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Jon Boy
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Can somebody tell me the proper way to format Canadian postal addresses? This is what I've been doing, but I've been seeing so much inconsistency that I thought I'd better double-check:

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON M5S 1A1
Canada

Do I have everything in the right order and on the right lines? Should there be a hyphen in the postal code?

Thanks!

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Bob the Lawyer
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University of Toronto
Some sort of street address
Toronto, ON
M5S 1A1
Canada

OR

University of Toronto
Some sort of street address
Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1A1

The latter is more common these days.

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Chungwa
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I've always done it the way you did, Jon (except for the street (I just wrote 'three' instead of street, isn't that weird?) address).

If you do it that way, it'll get there. Granted, the second way Bob listed is the most common. I just like putting the country last, as sort of the final (or first) destination - but I don't actually know how the postal system really works, so.

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Brinestone
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Why are you mailing something to the University of Toronto, dare I ask?
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Jon Boy
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No, you daren't! :pirate:

It's for work. I need to know the proper format for Canadian addresses that appear in company profiles.

PS: Thanks, Bob and Chungwa.

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Jaiden
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I always address things the first format. But that's considered more old fashioned [Smile]
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Annie
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I always make sure to write the name of the country very large underneath everything else and then ask the postman loudly for an 80 cent stamp. Just so everyone knows how cool I am for sending letters to foreign countries.

When I worked for the French Review, I had to send letters and manuscripts all over the world all of the time. It was right when they were changing the international rates, but some countries still cost more. So, just to be safe, I called the post office one day.

"Hi. I was just wondering how much it costs to send a regular letter to Jordan."

"Um.... 37 cents."

"Really? That's weird."

"Jordan, Montana?"

"Um, no. Jordan the country."

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Jon Boy
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Whoa. They have a country now, too?
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Jon Boy
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*bump*

I have another question about Canadian addresses. I've seen several that look like this: "1510 - 700 W. Georgia St." What's up with that? If the first number is the street address, then what's the second? Or vice versa, I suppose.

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Kwea
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They own 810 houses.


In a row.


[Big Grin]

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I'd bet it's like a suite address.
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Yup. Apartment number, essentially.
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Jon Boy
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Danke.
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Foust
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It's a townhouse complex. I live in one like that. It's just a block of homes (addresses 1510 to 700) surrounded by a fence, and "1510 - 700" appears on the front gate.
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Jon Boy
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I should've mentioned that this is a corporate address, not a residential one. I'm guessing it's probably not a townhouse.
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...which is why I said "suite address". [Smile]
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Annie
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Just give it to me! I'm going to Canada! [Razz]
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Jon Boy
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Sure. Could you swing by Vancouver while you're there to check out the address?
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It's a suite/apartment/townhouse number. Normally the suite number comes first and the street number comes second. So that would be Suite 1500 at 700 W. Georgia St. However since most apartment buildings, townhouse complexes, and office blocks have their own postal code in Canada, the postman can usually figure it out either way.
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Hey, I've been there. [Smile]
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