piighost/ca-postal

Canadian postal code, letter digit letter then digit letter digit. The letter classes drop D, F, I, O, Q and U, which Canada Post never uses because they read as digits, so the shape alone is already selective.

Label: CA_POSTAL

Pattern

(?<!\w)[A-CEGHJ-NPR-TVXY]\d[A-CEGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]\s?\d[A-CEGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]\d(?!\w)

Must be caught

• Ottawa, K1A 0B1 for the mail room. → K1A 0B1
• Postal code H3Z2Y7 in Montreal. → H3Z2Y7

Must be left alone

• Postal code D1A 0B1
• Postal code K1A 0B

Tags: ca, location, contact

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Used by

• piighost/ca — Canada: postal code and social insurance number.

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