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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 2
Changes in postal code PCTypes combinations in the Address Lookup File
PCTYPE
June 2001 June 2006
Urban delivery area
Rural delivery area
Urban delivery area
Rural delivery area
number percent number percent Number Percent Number Percent
1
739,624
98.2
0
0.0
786 435
98.2
0
0
2
0
0,0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
3
12,039
1.6
817
15.7
12 865
1.6
841
16.1
4
250
0.0
156
3.0
249
0
136
2.6
5
626
0.1
615
11.8
647
0.1
457
8.8
1, 3
46
0.0
0
0.0
46
0
0
0
2, 4
864
0.1
290
5.6
760
0.1
443
8.5
2, 4, 5
0
0.0
106
2.0
0
0
161
3.1
2, 3, 5
0
0.0
11
0.2
0
0
39
0.8
2, 3, 4
0
0.0
88
1.7
0
0
156
3
2, 3, 4, 5
0
0.0
482
9.3
0
0
677
13
2, 5
0
0.0
6
0.1
0
0
17
0.3
3, 5
0
0.0
1 203
23.1
0
0
1 259
24.2
3, 4
0
0.0
288
5.5
0
0
212
4.1
3, 4, 5
0
0.0
864
16.6
0
0
631
12.1
4, 5
0
0.0
283
5.4
0
0
185
3.6
Total by PC
753,449
100
5,209
100.0
801,002
100
5,214
100
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note: The data units in this table are records grouped by unique postal code PCType combinations.
Data source: 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.