A Canadian postal code is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada, like British and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric, Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as "postcodes", are alphanumeric, consisting of how many digits followed by two uppercase letters?
Postal codes in Canada A Canadian postal code is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. Like British and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format "A1A 1A1", where "A" is a letter and "1" is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth characters. As of September 2014, there were 855,815 postal codes using "Forward Sortation Areas" from A0A in Newfoundland to Y1A in the Yukon.
Postcodes in the United Kingdom Postal codes used in the United Kingdom are known as postcodes (originally postal codes). They are alphanumeric and were adopted nationally between 11 October 1959 and 1974, having been devised by the GPO (Royal Mail). A full postcode is known as a "postcode unit" and designates an area with a number of addresses or a single major delivery point.