Common Mailing Address Abbreviations and Guidelines

This information is considered as APPENDIX A from Division Standards for PowerSchool Data Entry: Addresses and Phone Numbers guide.

This Information was taken from the Canada Post Guidelines symbols and abbreviations. Please visit the site for any other unknown abbreviations.

Other Guidelines

1. Punctuation should not be used unless it is part of a proper name, such as in "St. John's".
   
2. Accents may be used if they are an integral part of the language but they are not considered to be punctuation.
   
3. The official municipality name, as provided to Canada Post, the official abbreviation of the municipality, or an official alternate name, must be used and should not be translated (e.g., TROIS-RIVIÈRES is not THREE RIVERS).
   
4. The street name is the official name recognized by each municipality and should not be translated (e.g., Main is not Principale).
   
5. There is no space between a numerical street name with an ordinal or an alphanumeric character (e.g., 2nd ST or 36A ST).
   
6. When the street name is numeric, there is only one space (no hyphen) between the civic number and the street name (e.g., 8442 22nd AVE).
   
7. Station information should be present to direct mail to the proper postal installation when there is more than one installation within a municipality.
1. Station = STN
2. Retail Postal Outlet = RPO

See APPENDIX B - Street Directions Abbreviations

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