Is this Postal code an actual postal code for canada: K1V 0R7?

Question

What is a Postal Code?

Answer 1

That's a postal code for Ottawa, Ontario. You can do an area/postal/zip code search on whitepages.com.

Answer 2

Yes it is an actual postal code. You can reverse search it and find out that it is the postal code for the Office of the Prime Minister, 59 Sparks Street, Ottawa.

A postal code is like a US zip code, except it is more specific. Instead of for a whole city, it is usually specific to a couple of blocks on one side of a street. In this case, it is specific to 1 address.

Answer 3

That is indeed a valid postal code for an Ottawa-area address.

Postal codes are used by the post office to help sort and route mail. They are used in most countries of the world . Ours are similar to the UK codes. American ones are entirely numeric.

The first letter indicates where in Canada the address is. Some letters are not used.

A - Newfoundland & Labrador
B - Nova Scotia
C - Prince Edward Island
E - New Brunswick
G - Quebec - Quebec City and area
H - Quebec - Montreal and area
J - Quebec - Gatineau and area
K - Ontario - Ottawa and area
L - Ontario - Toronto-area suburbs
M - Ontario - Toronto
N - Ontario - Kitchener/Waterloo/London/Windsor and area
P - Ontario - Thunder Bay and northern Ontario
R - Manitoba
S - Saskatchewan
T - Alberta
V - British Columbia
X - Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Y - Yukon

Answer 4

A Postal Code is like a ZIP code in the USA, it tells the ppl in the post office EXACTLY where the address is.

check on www.canadapost.ca to see where the area of the postal code.

Answer 5

you can check any postal code at canada post web: canadapost.ca