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The postal code reference date for this Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) is April 2007.
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The postal codes are linked to the geographic areas used in the 2006 Census of Population. The reference date for these geographic areas is January 1, 2006.
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New record level metadata are included indicating the source, quality and type of linkage made between the postal code and the geographic area.
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For the first time, virtually all postal codes are aligned to respect 2006 Census geographic areas using an automated geocoding system. The geocoding was performed directly to the new geographic areas rather than converting linkages from previous census geographic areas.
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Records representing postal codes retired prior to January 1, 2006 are available in a separate file. This file follows the same record layout as the PCCF.
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More postal codes are linked to the block-face, compared with the previously released PCCF.
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A conceptual review of the postal code to geographic area linkage was completed. The resulting working paper, entitled How Postal Codes Map to Geographic Areas (Catalogue no. 92F0138MIE2007001), is available on the Statistics Canada website (www.statcan.gc.ca).
