Submitted By
Richard Pietro
Votes: 164
It is time for Canada Post to release Postal Codes as open data sets under the Open Government Licence. Other jurisdictions have come to learn that access to Postal Code data is essential in creating a more open government.
For example, the UK, Norway, Japan, the U.S., and Rwanda all release their geocoded Postal Codes.
http://index.okfn.org/dataset/postcodes/
Meanwhile, Canada ranks 40th in the World on this issue. I believe this should be a priority for the next Open Government Action Plan.
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It is absolutely essential…
Submitted by Israel Graniel on September 23, 2022 - 1:25 PM
It is absolutely essential to have a full list of postal codes, this will enable so many commerce and information tools for the benefit of everyone. This data is not supposed to be restricted or privileged. Canada Post currently charges ~$10,000 CAD to access their API of postal codes database, which is absurd. This should be free and open information.
Use to analyze our…
Submitted by Chloe on June 19, 2022 - 6:27 AM
Use to analyze our demographic and geographic of our Online shopping
I second that! I have been…
Submitted by Ali on May 26, 2022 - 2:20 AM
I second that! I have been looking out for this data for years. Can't stress enough how it impacts my business and my customers.
We need this data to be publically available and up-to-date.
I added a comment a few…
Submitted by Joseph Olstad on August 19, 2021 - 1:22 PM
I added a comment a few weeks ago but it didn't show up here. Are the moderators able to approve comments here? We need postal codes.
Hi Joseph, We currently…
Submitted by open-ouvert on August 19, 2021 - 1:43 PM
Hi Joseph,
We currently don't have a timeline as to when this data will be released. It has been in high demand for a number of years, and Canada Post is aware of that. We unfortunately won't know more until Canada Post makes a decision.
Kind regards,
The Open Government team
As a community non-profit,…
Submitted by Randy Legault on September 24, 2021 - 4:12 AM
As a community non-profit, it is galling to have to wrestle with for-profit database providers to get access to data developed with Canadian public funds and that serves a very public service.
Postal code data is, by definition a public good, -- use by one person neither prevents access of other people nor does it reduce availability to others, except where by failure to publish, the government creates artificial conditions of exclusivity creating a "club good" from our investment as a nation.
Our 40th rank globally for publication of this dataset shows that action is overdue on release of this public data.
I believe this is free for…
Submitted by Mike on April 24, 2022 - 4:19 PM
I believe this is free for non-profits
https://geocoder.ca/?freedata=1
Yep
Submitted by Normand Henault on July 25, 2018 - 9:04 PM
At least provide a
Submitted by Michael Ross on April 28, 2016 - 6:35 PM
I completely agree that
Submitted by Jon MacKay on April 19, 2016 - 10:37 PM
I strongly support the
Submitted by Aaron Freeman on April 12, 2016 - 4:42 PM
Sounds good to me but I
Submitted by John Whelan on April 12, 2016 - 3:39 PM
Postal Code information is
Submitted by Sunny Purewal on April 12, 2016 - 2:42 PM
Great idea, Richard :) The
Submitted by James McKinney on April 12, 2016 - 2:13 PM