Appendices

Places

Use the middle column abbreviations in the body of texts, while the right column abbreviations are acceptable for postal codes.

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
the Yukon

Alta.
B.C.
Man.
N.B.
Nfld.
NWT
N.S.
Nvt.
Ont.
PEI
Que.
Sask.
Yukon

AB
BC
MB
NB
NF
NT
NS
NU
ON
PE
QC
SK
YT

Note: geographic abbreviations of three letters or more don’t take periods (PEI, USA).