geocoder.ca: geocoding for North America

Geocoding USA & Canada since 2005.

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Reverse geocoding of 43.647151,-79.379769 in Canada Reverse geocoding of 40.707710,-74.010944 in the US 1416 Victoria Park Ave, Toronto, ON (by address in Canada) 800 6th ave, NYC, NY, 10001 (by address in USA) L1S2N5 (by postal code) \| 10001 (by zip code) \| 10001-0001 (by zip+4 code) \| S0G0Y0 \| 791, rue Saint-Charles Saint-Lambert, QC J4P 2A2 (by address and postal code) \| R2V1K1 (By Postal Code to show street addresses) XML version patterson and metcalfe, ottawa, ontario (by intersection) w 45th st and 7th ave, new york, ny \| Highway 401 & Yonge Toronto - hwy 400 and hwy 401 toronto Postal Code polygons, eg. L1S2N4 12 Route 280. Eel River Cove, NB (rural) 525 Lowrys Rd, Parksville, Colombie Britanique (address correction, standardization and geocoding) Hey twitterbot, I'm looking for restaurants around 123 Main Street, New York (extracting locations from twitter feeds) This and That and The Other street are all valid street names in PORTERS LAKE nova scotia (parsing intersections from text, Canada) What's going on on This Way Lane and That Way Lane, Culver, Or (parsing intersections from text, USA) LSD-09 SEC-14 TWP-019 RGE-14 MER-4 Parcel geocoding (LSD legal subdivision descriptor) 80 Hilliards Bay Estates ...,SE-20-075-13-5,AB (combined LSD and street) W5M-07-53-30-NE (Alberta) / SEC12+TP21+R3+W2M (Saskatchewan) / SEC24+TP65+R3+WPM (Manitoba)	Reverse geocoding of 45.4240354,-75.675941 \| JSON, JSONP (location in Canada) Reverse geocoding of 40.70771,-74.010944 \| JSON, JSONP (location in the USA) 101 Wellington St, Ottawa (by Canadian address) \| JSON, JSONP \| CSV 200 pearl st, new york, ny (by US address) \| JSON, JSONP \| CSV L1S2N5 \| JSON, JSONP \| CSV (by postal code) 10001 \| JSON, JSONP \| CSV (by zip code) patterson and metcalfe, ottawa, ontario \| JSON, JSONP (by intersection) Highway 401 & Yonge Toronto \| >JSONP - hwy 400 and hwy 401 toronto \| JSONP \| CSV L1S2N4 (get polygon boundary) 12 Route 280. Eel River Cove, NB (rural) 525 Lowrys Rd, Parksville, Colombie Britanique (address correction, standardization and geocoding) something going on near the intersection of main and arthur kill rd new york (parsing locations out of free form text) twitterbot, what's near Yonge & Dundas, Toronto? I'm hungry! 80 Hilliards Bay Estates ...,SE-20-075-13-5,AB (address + parcel geocoding, XML) NW 9 63-4- WEST OF 4 ARDMORE, AB (parcel + city, JSON)
More json examples: zip+4 code in USA: 75704-2933 on 5 digit zip code USA: 75704 in Canada: K2C1N5 More jsonp examples: zip+4 code in USA: 75704-2933 on 5 digit zip code USA: 75704 in Canada: K2C1N5 Node.js module to interface with the Geocoder.ca API	Recent Queries: 1475 Fillmore ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115 10 E Chase ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21093 8700 SW 83rd ST, MIAMI, FL 33173 3601 W MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, INGLEWOOD, CA 90008 7420 Wilde RD , Powell River, BC V8A4Z3 2692 SPRINGLAND DR , OTTAWA, ON K1V6M1 11018 Partridge Cres , Surrey, BC V3R5A8 73 TALBOT AVE , WELLAND, ON L3B6E9 24.67.181.214 RR Pt NE17-71-5 W6M ... Grande Prairie AB More Examples

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SFAQ (Selected Frequently Asked Questions)

What is the geocoding accuracy? We generally return two types of geocoding results, Rooftop / Parcel Geocoding and Street Interpolation Geocoding. (The other types as based on postal/zip codes, city/neighborhood names, ip addresses, etc).

Rooftop / Parcel Geocoding is the most precise Geocoding methodology because it returns an exact match to a single address point (normally placed at the center of the "roof" of the property/parcel, hence "Rooftop".)
Street Interpolation Geocoding works by estimating a location in a known address range, a method also known as address intepolation. The geocoding algorithm matches an address to a street and a specific segment then interpolates the position within that segment. Since this is an approximation, this method is generally less accurate than the "Rooftop" method.

Currently over 40% of the geocoding requests we receive return Rooftop results with Confidence Score = 1.
Interpolated results have a maximum Confidence Score of 0.9.
for Example:

2525 Olympic ST, SPRINGFIELD, OR 97477 (Rooftop)
2524 Olympic ST, SPRINGFIELD, OR 97477 (Interpolated)

How can I use it? Use the free API or Create an account for batch geocoding and premium api access. (see the services page or read the XML api docs.)

Who uses geocoder.ca? It is easy to use our real time geocoding port to build location aware web applications (examples: Canada | USA | Both USA and Canada.)
Many other applications also use our services. Some of them are mentioned here.

Legal News, May 2016 - In regards to Canadian Postal Code data on Geocoder.ca:

Canada Post commenced court proceedings in 2012 against Geolytica Inc. for copyright infringement in relation to Geolytica Inc.'s Canadian Postal Code Geocoded Dataset and related services offered on its website at geocoder.ca. The parties have now settled their dispute and Canada Post will discontinue the court proceedings. The postal codes returned by various geocoder interface APIs and downloadable on geocoder.ca, are estimated via a crowdsourcing process. They are not licensed by geocoder.ca from Canada Post, the entity responsible for assigning postal codes to street addresses. Geolytica continues to offer its products and services, using the postal code data it has collected via a crowdsourcing process which it created. Notice of Discontinuance