The Guide to Worldwide Postal-Code and Address Formats is your single source for information and examples of postal-code and address formats for more than 200 countries and territories.

For example, the postal code for the CN Tower in Toronto is M5V 3L9. Every mailing address in Canada has a postal code, which helps mail carriers and couriers sort and deliver mail.

"When you make a query to Geocoder containing, for example, this information '1435 Prince of Wales, Ottawa, ON K2C 1N5,' we then extract the postal code 'K2C 1N5' and insert it into the database ...