Postal Code Federal Riding File [Canada], March 2026, Census of Canada 2021

<p>The Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File (PCFRF) is a digital file which provides a link between the six- character postal code and Canada’s federal electoral districts (which are also known as federal ridings).</p>

<p>Elections Canada defines a federal electoral district (FED) as any place or territorial area entitled to return a Member of Parliament (MP) to serve in the House of Commons. Federal electoral district legal limits and descriptions are the responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officer, and are usually revised every ten years after the results of the decennial census. There are 338 FEDs in the 2013 Representation Order, the most recent revision of the federal electoral districts limits.</p>

<p>Some postal codes straddle one or more FED boundaries. The ‘unique link’ variable indicates if the postal code is linked to one or more FEDs. Users often link the postal code in their data set to the FED in the PCFRF. When performing this link, users should be aware that the postal code in their data set may represent a mailing address used by a person, not necessarily where the person actually resides. Similarly, a postal code in a business-based mailing address may not necessarily indicate where the business activity took place.</p>

<p>The reference date for postal codes contained in the PCFRF is the same date as the postal codes contained in the Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF) product released concurrently with this version of the PCFRF</p>

联邦选区邮政编码文件（Postal Codes by Federal Ridings File，PCFRF）是一份数字文件，用于建立六位字符邮政编码与加拿大联邦选举区（亦称联邦选区）之间的关联关系。

加拿大选举局将联邦选举区（Federal Electoral District，FED）定义为有权选派一名议员（Member of Parliament，MP）进入众议院履职的地域或领土区域。联邦选举区的法定边界与描述由选举事务首席执行官负责，通常会在十年一次的人口普查结果公布后每十年修订一次。在最新一次2013年联邦选举区边界修订的《代表令》中，共计设有338个联邦选举区。

部分邮政编码跨越一个或多个联邦选举区边界。“唯一关联”变量用于标识该邮政编码是否仅关联单个联邦选举区。用户通常会将自身数据集内的邮政编码与该文件中的联邦选举区进行关联。在执行此类关联操作时，用户需注意：数据集内的邮政编码所指向的可能是个人的邮寄地址，而非其实际居住地址；同理，基于企业的邮寄地址对应的邮政编码，也未必能代表企业经营活动的实际发生地。

本文件所含邮政编码的参考日期，与本次同步发布的邮政编码转换文件（Postal Code Conversion File，PCCF）产品中的邮政编码参考日期一致。