JANUARY 31, 2002

Statistics Canada postal code conversion file

(Excerpt from the Statistics Canada Daily)

The November 2001 Postal code conversion file (PCCF) is now available. This digital file links the six-character postal code with the standard 1996 Census geographic areas (such as enumeration areas, census tracts, and census subdivisions). It also locates each postal code by longitude and latitude to support mapping applications.

The November 2001 version of the Postal codes by federal riding file (1996 representation order) is also available. This product, a subset of the PCCF, provides a link between the six-character postal code and Canada's federal electoral districts, or ridings. By using the postal code as a link, data from administrative files may be organized and/or tabulated by federal riding.

PCCF+, a tool to assist health professionals in geocoding, is also available to purchasers of the PCCF.

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