Coverage
Where the register has data, how old it is, and how much you should trust it. Figures below are as at the 2026 Q3 release.
By province and territory
| Province or territory | Address points | Postal points | Vintage | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 2,410,000 | 126,400 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| Alberta | 1,690,000 | 89,100 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| Saskatchewan | 470,000 | 26,800 | 2026 Q3 | Partial |
| Manitoba | 560,000 | 30,200 | 2026 Q3 | Partial |
| Ontario | 6,550,000 | 342,700 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| Quebec | 3,480,000 | 199,300 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| New Brunswick | 380,000 | 22,600 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| Nova Scotia | 470,000 | 27,900 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| Prince Edward Island | 78,000 | 4,300 | 2026 Q3 | Complete |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 260,000 | 16,100 | 2026 Q3 | Partial |
| Yukon | 22,000 | 1,400 | 2026 Q3 | Partial |
| Northwest Territories | 19,000 | 1,100 | 2026 Q3 | Thin |
| Nunavut | 11,000 | 800 | 2026 Q3 | Thin |
| Total | 16,400,000 | 888,700 |
Every province is on the same vintage because the launch release comes from a single national source. That changes as municipal sources are layered in.
What the status column means
Complete means a current authoritative source, a parse rate above 97%, and most records positioned within 25 m. Safe to count with.
Partial means coverage exists with a known gap. Usually an older vintage or weak positional accuracy in rural areas. Check the municipality-level validation report before using it for anything that gets published.
Thin means fallback coverage only. Useful for locating a place. Not useful for counting one.
Reading these numbers honestly
Three cautions.
Address counts are not population, dwellings or households. A vacant lot with an assigned address counts here. A twelve-unit building with a single civic address and no unit detail counts as one point unless the source supplied units. Do not divide one of these numbers by a household size and present the result.
This is a National Address Register baseline. Positional accuracy is variable and class C records are more common than they will be once municipal sources are added. Check the per-municipality figures before assuming block-level work is supported.
Postal points are derived, not authoritative. Each is the representative point of the addresses carrying that code. A code with no matched addresses produces no point, so these counts are lower than the number of postal codes in existence — deliberately.
Vintage is the source vintage, not the release date. The National Address Register publishes on its own schedule, which may itself lag by months.
Checking a specific municipality
Provincial totals hide a great deal. If you need to know whether one municipality is usable, the per-municipality figures in each release’s validation report are the answer, and they are free to download without a licence.