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Table 3
Number of records per postal code PCType on the Address Lookup File
PCType
Records Total records of a particular postal code
Total
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
Standard deviation
only 1
2 to 5
6 to 50
50 and over
number percentage
June 2001
1
912,835
1
78
1.23
0.94
72.56
21.20
6.20
0.04
2
58,414
1
512
31.63
41.11
0.12
1.18
47.02
51.68
3
16,718
1
34
1.06
0.49
91.59
7.36
1.05
0.00
4
4,996
1
10
1.36
0.84
57.77
40.23
2.00
0.00
5
4,196
1
1
1.00
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total
997,159
68.68
19.80
8.45
3.07
June 2006
1
1,012,077
1
86
1.29
1.05
67.89
24.80
7.25
0.07
2
94.979
1
507
42.16
50.03
0.10
0.57
34.62
64.71
3
17.763
1
34
1.06
0.55
90.85
7.53
1.62
0.00
4
4.922
1
8
1.36
0.84
57.72
40.41
1.87
0.00
5
4.073
1
1
1.00
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total
1,133,814
62.65
22.47
9.40
5.48
Data sources: Canada Post Corporation, June 2001 and June 2006, Address Lookup File.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, How Postal Codes Map to Geographic Areas, Catalogue number 92F0138MWE2007001.