Title: Postal code conversion file: September 2007 postal codes.

Series title: Postal code conversion file.

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada.

Producer: Producer: Statistics Canada. Geography Divison (92-153-XCB)

Date of creation: 2008-01-18

Funding agency:

Collector:

Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Date of distribution: 2008-02-01

Access conditions/restrictions: University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.

Summary: The Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) links the six-character postal codes to the standard 2006 Census geographic areas (such as dissemination areas, census tracts, and census subdivisions). By linking postal codes to the Statistics Canada geographic areas, the file facilitates the extraction and subsequent aggregation of data for selected geographic areas. The PCCF also associates each postal code with a longitude and latitude coordinate to support mapping applications.

Geographic coverage: Canada

Time period:

Date(s) of collection: 2007-09

Universe:

Data type: aggregate

Sample:

Mode of data collection: process-produced

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Status:

Part 1: documentation
- codebook (PDF format) (English language)
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/doc/92-153-gie2008001.pdf
- postal codes corrected in the September 2007 PCCF
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/doc/corr_pcodes.txt
- record count by province and territory (Excel format)
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/doc/pccf_fccp.xls
- CD names file (pr=288) 
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/doc/cd.txt
- SAC (Statistical area classification) name file (pr=148) 
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/doc/sac.txt
- 2003 Federal Electoral District names file (pr=308)
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/doc/fed03.txt
- SPSS control commands (UT/DLS ed. 2007/10/30)(pr=296)
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/doc/pccf_07.sps

Part 2: data
File 1: all Canada file 
- data (Created 2008-01-18)(pr=1,612,268)(lrecl=215)
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/pccfnat_sept07_fccpnat.txt.Z

File 2: postal codes retired prior to Jan. 1, 2006
- data (Created 2007-10-16)(pr=208,644)(lrecl=215)
file://prod/cstdli/pccf/pccf_07sep/r2005.txt.Z
No printed codebook currently available in UT/DLS.