Unique Enhanced Postal Codes (UEP) Coordinate system: 4326 - "WGS 84" Abstract: The Unique Enhanced Postal Code (UEP) file contains the precise point locations of all six-digit postal codes in Canada, associated population and dwelling counts, and links to Statistic Canada’s standard census geographic areas.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2016-07-06

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  http://scholarsportal.info

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Series

  Name: CanMap Postal Code Suite

  
  

  DMTI Spatial Inc. Markham Ontario, Canada

  Canada Post , Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: boundaries

  Keywords:

  postal codes, local delivery unit, Canada Post, census geography

  Postal services, Service postal, Postal codes

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  This file can be used for planning and market research purposes.

  Dataset Language: eng. CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: asNeeded

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

  Extent

  West Longitude: -140.888878

  East Longitude: -52.669996

  North Latitude: 80.053100

  South Latitude: 41.786800

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  Canada Post is the primary data source for the product. DMTI enhances positional accuracy of postal code points using the civic addressing within the CanMap streetfile product. Various attribute information is then associated to each record including precision codes to convey the level of accuracy at which the postal code is geographically positioned.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: point

  Object Count:

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4326

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  Canada Post is the primary data source for the product. DMTI enhances positional accuracy of postal code points using the civic addressing within the CanMap streetfile product. Various attribute information is then associated to each record including precision codes to convey the level of accuracy at which the postal code is geographically positioned.

  
  

  Canada Post is the primary data source for the product.

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  DMTI Spatial Inc. Markham Ontario, Canada