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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
CA
Short name
CANADA
Short name lower case
Canada
Full name
Alpha-3 code
CAN
Numeric code
124
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
For definition of the different code types, please click here

Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
en eng Canada
fr fra Canada (le)

Subdivisions

3 territory (en) / territoire (fr)

10 province (en) / province (fr)

List source

Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB), 1997-03-18; IGN 1989; E-mail on Nunavut from Standards Council of Canada (SCC), 1999-09-02; update 2001; update 2002; Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7), Department of Justice, Canada, Amended 1 April 2003: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Y-2.01; Official website of the Government of Yukon: http://www.gov.yk.ca

Code source

Standards Council of Canada

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
province CA-AB Alberta fr
province CA-AB Alberta en
province CA-BC British Columbia en
province CA-BC Colombie-Britannique fr
province CA-PE Île-du-Prince-Édouard fr
province CA-MB Manitoba en
province CA-MB Manitoba fr
province CA-NB New Brunswick en
province CA-NL Newfoundland and Labrador en
territory CA-NT Northwest Territories en
province CA-NB Nouveau-Brunswick fr
province CA-NS Nouvelle-Écosse fr
province CA-NS Nova Scotia en
territory CA-NU Nunavut fr
territory CA-NU Nunavut en
province CA-ON Ontario fr
province CA-ON Ontario en
province CA-PE Prince Edward Island en
province CA-QC Quebec en
province CA-QC Québec fr
province CA-SK Saskatchewan fr
province CA-SK Saskatchewan en
province CA-NL Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador fr
territory CA-NT Territoires du Nord-Ouest fr
territory CA-YT Yukon fr
territory CA-YT Yukon en

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2014-10-29 Change spelling of CA-YT; update List Source Modification de l'orthographe de CA-YT; mise à jour de la Liste Source