Your mailing address is where Canada Post delivers your mail. A mailing address follows Canada Post鈥檚 standards and conventions with the following types of address:
Civic mailing address: an address for door-to-door or community mailbox delivery e.g. 4145A MAIN STREET N TORONTO, ONTARIO M1A 5H9Route civic mailing address: a street served by a delivery route service from a delivery installation e.g. 1565 陆 SMITH ENUE W RR 1 MARKHAM, ONTARIO M3M 1J8Post office box address: an address used to deliver mail to a post office box e.g. PO BOX 4001 STN A KINGSTON, ONTARIO K8X 3X4Rural route address: an address served by a delivery route service from a delivery installation e.g. RR 8 STN MAIN MILLARVILLE, ONTARIO L0L 1K1General delivery address: an address served directly by a delivery installation e.g. GD STN A KINGSTON, ONTARIO K2U 1H7Enter the postal code for your new mailing address in the format ANA NAN, where "A" is an alphabetic character and "N" is a number (e.g. K7L 3M6) and click Confirm postal code. The system will look-up your address in the Canada Post database and present another screen where you may be required to complete additional information.