Learn more about addressing formats

General Information

• Addresses should be upper case
• Addresses should be formatted with a uniform left margin
• Punctuation should not be used unless it is part of a proper name. Accents are not considered to be punctuation
• Postal codes must be printed in upper case
• The # symbol must never be used
• Addresses must be less than 40 characters per line, including spaces
• The municipality, province and postal code should always appear on the same line
• For mail addressed outside Canada and the U.S.A., the name of the country must be the last entry on the address and the name of the country must be spelled in full.

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Preferred Destination Address Format:
The proper sequence for information on a destination address is:

1. Non-Address Data (i.e. Attention, Confidential etc)
2. Addressee Information (i.e. Name, Title/Position, Company Name etc)
3. Delivery Address Information
4. City Province Postal Code
5. Country – only if out of Canada

Examples:

Below is an example of how to address mail using sample information.

Sample Delivery Address Information

Street number: 10521
Street number Suffix: D
Street Name: RAINBOW
Street type: COURT
Street direction: SE
Unit designator and identifier: SUITE 101

Place the above information in one of the following formats:

• 10521D RAINBOW COURT SE SUITE 101
• 101 – 10521D RAINBOW COURT SE

• SUITE 101
  10521D RAINBOW COURT SE

Province and State abbreviations