Canadian Postal Data:Introduction

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Introduction

Canada Postal Code Polygon data is available in CSV format, and can be opened natively in Excel, or imported into relational databases such as SQL Server and MySql. Canadian Polygon data includes approximately 730,000 postal code polygons that will be include WKT format.

Metrics
  • The coverage determines if the geo coordinates of verified addresses are located within the shape of the polygon.
  • The shape measures the geometric figure
  • The edge measures the outer bounds of the shape
  • The surface area measures the coverage of the postal codes
  • The position of the polygons