Table 4.1
Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) and Retired 2005 (R2005.txt) record layouts
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| Position | Size | Type1 | Field name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | C | Postal code | Postal code |
| 7 | 3 | C | FSA | Forward sortation area |
| 10 | 2 | C | PR | Province/territory code |
| 12 | 4 | C | CDuid | Census division unique identifier |
| 16 | 7 | C | CSDuid | Census subdivision unique identifier |
| 23 | 70 | C | CSDname | Census subdivision name |
| 93 | 3 | C | CSDtype | Census subdivision type |
| 96 | 3 | C | CCScode | Census consolidated subdivision code |
| 99 | 3 | C | SAC | Statistical Area Classification code (includes CMA/CA) |
| 102 | 1 | C | SACtype | Statistical Area Classification type (includes CMA/CA) |
| 103 | 7 | C | CTname | Census tract name |
| 110 | 2 | C | ER | Economic region code |
| 112 | 4 | C | DPL | Designated place code |
| 116 | 5 | C | FED03uid | Federal electoral district – 2003 Representation Order unique identifier |
| 121 | 4 | C | UARA | Urban areas rural areas code |
| 125 | 1 | C | UARAtype | Urban areas rural areas type |
| 126 | 8 | C | DAuid | Dissemination area unique identifier |
| 134 | 2 | C | Dissemination block | Dissemination block code |
| 136 | 1 | C | Rep_Pt_Type | Representative point type |
| 137 | 11 | N | LAT | Latitude of lowest level geographic area for postal code record (as indicated in Rep_point variable) |
| 148 | 13 | N | LONG | Longitude of lowest level geographic area for postal code record (as indicated in Rep_point variable) |
| 161 | 1 | C | SLI | Single link indicator |
| 162 | 1 | C | PCtype | Postal code type |
| 163 | 30 | C | Comm_Name | Community name |
| 193 | 1 | C | DMT | Delivery mode type |
| 194 | 1 | C | H_DMT | Historic delivery mode type |
| 195 | 8 | C | Birth_Date | Birth date (yyyymmdd) |
| 203 | 8 | C | Ret_Date | Retired date (yyyymmdd) |
| 211 | 1 | C | PO | Delivery installation |
| 212 | 3 | C | QI | Quality indicator |
| 215 | 1 | C | Source | Source of geocoding |
| 1. The type 'N' refers to numeric values while 'C' refers to both alphabetic and numeric characters. | ||||
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