ISO 3166-2 codes for Canada describe 10 Provinces and 3 Territories. The second part of the code is two-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.

Table of contents
1 Newsletters
2 Coding list
3 Decoding list
4 See also

Newsletters

ISO 3166-2:2000-06-21
ISO 3166-2:2002-05-21
ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10

Coding list

Provinces

CA-AB Alberta
CA-BC British Columbia
CA-MB Manitoba
CA-NB New Brunswick
CA-NL Newfoundland and Labrador
CA-NS Nova Scotia
CA-ON Ontario
CA-PE Prince Edward Island
CA-QC Quebec
CA-SK Saskatchewan
 

Territories

CA-NT Northwest Territories
CA-NU Nunavut
CA-YT Yukon Territory

Decoding list

CA-AB Alberta
CA-BC British Columbia 
CA-MB Manitoba
CA-NB New Brunswick
CA-NL Newfoundland and Labrador
CA-NS Nova Scotia
CA-NT Northwest Territories
CA-NU Nunavut
CA-ON Ontario
CA-PE Prince Edward Island
CA-QC Quebec
CA-SK Saskatchewan
CA-YT Yukon Territory

See also

  • ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
  • ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the internet.