Data solutions

Smarter marketing starts with better data

Access Canada’s most trusted address and consumer data to identify high-value audiences and drive better campaign results. Ready to see what better data can do for your campaigns?

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Canada’s largest address database

Our Data Intelligence team combines address data with advanced modelling to help you identify ideal prospects and drive stronger campaign results.

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More than 17 million addresses

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More than 1 million businesses

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Hundreds of targeting attributes

Data targeting, insights, measurement and optimization

Data visualization

Use our visual mapping tool to identify new audiences and under targeted areas to strengthen your targeting strategy.

  • See your existing audiences on a map
  • Identify new and look-alike audiences
  • Uncover underserved areas
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Prospect lists

Acquire ideal customers by targeting residential and business addresses using geographic, demographic and lifestyle attributes.

  • Target prospects using address insights
  • Add your ideal audience attributes
  • Get a custom list built around your acquisition goals

Clean your customer list

Analyze and format your existing lists, correct address issues and ensure your mail reaches your customers.

  • Format and standardize customer data
  • Increase response rates
  • Reduce costs and improve ROI

Data tools

Fuel your analytics, modeling and marketing programs with licensed access to Canada’s most trusted address and geodemographic data.

  • License advanced address and geographic data
  • Support analytics, modeling and segmentation
  • Integrate data seamlessly across your platforms

The postal code is key

At Canada Post, we use aggregated, privacy-safe data to pinpoint postal codes with a high propensity for the audience attributes you care about. This postal code-level targeting approach allows marketers to plan direct mail with the same audience-attribute logic used in digital campaigns, while leveraging the proven impact of a physical channel.

Postal code explanation, first 3 characters target approx. 9,000 addresses, last 3 characters target approx. 20 addresses.

Seeing is believing

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Costco’s data success story

Retail powerhouse Costco leveraged Canada Post’s data tools to sharpen targeting and drive measurable growth, achieving a 94% lift in new memberships from targeted areas and $84 million in attributed sales.

Read their story

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The power of data visualization

See how Dr. Green used Canada Post’s Data Visualization tool to map existing customers, uncover new audiences and refine targeting to drive smarter, more effective campaigns.

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The Essential Guide to Direct Mail

Learn how to plan, integrate and execute direct mail campaigns with this free guide.

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Download the guide

Free, online Precision Targeter™

Use our interactive maps and demographic data to execute your next campaign.

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Try Precision Targeter

INCITE magazine

Read thought-provoking marketing content that inspires.

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Browse the magazine

Privacy and confidentiality

Canada Post’s Data Solutions are built on a privacy-forward foundation. Our marketing insights and targeting attributes are derived from aggregated and anonymized postal code data, not individual-level profiles. All audience characteristics, such as demographics, lifestyle, household or behavioural indicators, are modelled at the postal code-level to ensure privacy, accuracy and compliance with data-minimization principles.

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Ready to put better data to work?

Let us help validate your customer data, build your ideal target audience and identify the right postal codes to reach your best customers.

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