Postal codes in Canada are essentially the same thing, except they have six characters consisting of letters and numbers (e.g., L2E 6X5).

Canada Post has publicly released a chunk of its postal code database, even as it continues to pursue a lawsuit against a small start-up for also giving away postal… ...

Not only does Canada Post claim to own the copyright for Canadians' postal codes, but now it also claims to own the very phrase "postal code." Last spring, the Crown corporation launched a lawsuit ...

Mail delivered to 'urban' designated postal codes less expensive than 'rural' PO boxes located at the post office.

However, Canada Post in all its wisdom reserved "H0H 0H0" for Santa's personal use, thereby making a geographic exception for Kris Kringle. "H0H 0H0" has been Santa's very own postal code since 1982.

Canada Post is not trying to claim copyright over individual postal codes. Instead, it claims GeoCoder is infringing on its overall database, which contains information about roughly 890,000 codes.

There is also another type of postal code, the ZIP + 4 code. According to unitedstateszipcodes.org, the ZIP + 4 was established in 1983 and identifies an even more specific location within a ZIP code.

Postal codes in Canada are a six-character string consisting of three letters and three digits. For example, the postal code for the CN Tower in Toronto is M5V 3L9.