Table 2
Percentage of the Canadian population matched to one dissemination area or more than one dissemination area in the Postal Code Conversion File Plus, by postal code characteristics


Table 2
Percentage of the Canadian population matched to one dissemination area or more than one dissemination area in the Postal Code Conversion File Plus, by postal code characteristics
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of the Canadian population matched to one dissemination area or more than one dissemination area in the Postal Code Conversion File Plus Population of Canada, Percentage of the population with postal codes, by number of dissemination area links, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or more and Missing, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Population of CanadaTable 2 Note ‡ Percentage of the population with postal codes, by number of dissemination area links
1 2 3 4 5 or more Missing
number percent
Canada 35,151,700 72.56 9.77 3.03 1.98 12.54 0.12
Province or territory
Newfoundland and Labrador 519,700 62.30 12.09 4.97 4.95 15.38 0.31
Prince Edward Island 142,900 44.01 3.82 1.30 2.45 48.01 0.41
Nova Scotia 923,600 57.07 8.35 3.76 2.25 28.39 0.18
New Brunswick 747,100 85.74 8.52 2.87 1.36 1.27 0.24
Quebec 8,164,400 71.94 9.43 3.47 2.64 12.50 0.02
Ontario 13,448,500 72.21 9.47 2.07 0.94 15.18 0.12
Manitoba 1,278,400 71.32 9.89 4.54 3.40 10.67 0.19
Saskatchewan 1,098,500 67.95 12.48 5.53 4.61 9.12 0.31
Alberta 4,067,000 72.35 11.58 3.33 2.47 10.02 0.24
British Columbia 4,648,100 79.47 9.24 3.17 2.10 5.99 0.04
Yukon 35,900 95.70 2.61 0.02 0.00 1.29 0.39
Northwest Territories 41,800 69.84 13.94 5.97 2.63 7.55 0.06
Nunavut 35,900 28.15 31.30 40.55 0.00 0.00 0.00
Delivery mode type
A - urban street address 24,812,400 85.32 11.24 2.09 0.68 0.68 0.00
B - urban apartment building 3,438,200 95.25 2.38 1.28 0.86 0.23 0.00
E - business building 46,100 90.64 4.96 1.75 1.79 0.86 0.00
G - large volume receiver 72,400 95.80 2.56 0.98 0.54 0.11 0.00
H - rural route 420,000 6.80 4.11 3.29 5.64 80.16 0.00
J - general delivery 1,400 43.29 27.69 1.54 27.48 0.00 0.00
K - post office box 124,200 63.67 9.19 5.27 4.50 17.37 0.00
M - large volume receiver (post office box) 5,400 53.43 29.97 10.62 0.81 4.37 0.80
T - suburban service 208,400 6.74 8.14 9.47 10.47 65.18 0.00
Rural - rural postal code 5,884,000 13.86 8.28 7.57 7.32 62.94 0.04
Z - retired postal code 100,000 10.94 24.47 15.49 14.96 34.14 0.00
Missing 39,300 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.17 99.48
Population centre or rural area type
Core 24,401,500 87.12 9.04 1.76 0.73 1.30 0.05
Fringe 1,102,800 52.31 11.84 3.44 2.31 30.04 0.07
Rural area inside a CMA or CA 2,543,100 38.10 11.30 5.10 4.44 40.63 0.43
Population centre outside a CMA or CA 1,814,700 39.84 9.08 4.55 5.17 41.09 0.27
Rural area outside a CMA or CA 4,069,800 26.15 11.15 8.60 6.73 47.09 0.29
Secondary core 1,204,700 74.90 15.84 2.93 1.00 5.26 0.07
Missing 15,100 82.27 7.95 1.77 1.66 6.36 0.00
Note ‡

rounded to the nearest hundred for confidentiality

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Notes: CMA refers to census metropolitan area and CA refers to census agglomeration.
Source: 2016 Census of Canada; Postal Code Conversion File Plus version 7B (2019).

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