Official Canada Post abbreviations for municipalities in Saskatchewan

To meet addressing guidelines or to accommodate limitations on address fields in your database, you may need to adjust the names of towns, cities or communities with long names.

Canada Post has a list of official abbreviations for some municipalities in Saskatchewan with names longer than 13 characters.

Use these official shortened names:
  • If your database fields cannot accommodate longer names
  • To ensure the mailing address fits on a standard mailing label while meeting the addressing guidelines outlined by Canada Post

Saskatchewan municipality abbreviations

Official list Municipality 13-character abbreviation 18-character abbreviation
BUFFALO NARROWS BUFFALO-NRRWS
CHRISTOPHER LAKE CHRISTPHER-LK
CRYSTAL SPRINGS CRYSTAL-SPRGS
CUMBERLAND HOUSE CUMBRLAND-HSE
D'ARCY STATION DARCY-STATION
DESCHAMBAULT LAKE DESCHAMBLT-LK
FRENCHMAN BUTTE FRNCHMN-BUTTE
GOLDEN PRAIRIE GOLDN-PRAIRIE
ILE-A-LA-CROSSE ILE-LA-CROSSE
MIDNIGHT SUN ESTATES MIDNIGHT SUN ESTS
NORTH BATTLEFORD N-BATTLEFORD
PELICAN NARROWS PELICAN-NRRWS
PENNANT STATION PENNANT-STN
PINEHOUSE LAKE PINEHOUSE-LK
PORCUPINE PLAIN PORCUPINE-PLN
RIVERSIDE ESTATES RIVERSIDE-EST
RM OF ABERDEEN RM ABERDEEN
RM OF LONGLAKETON 219 LONGLAKETON
RM OF TOUCHWOOD 248 TOUCHWOOD 248
SKYVIEW ESTATES SKYVIEW ESTS
ST ISIDORE DE BELLEVUE ST-ISID-BELV ST-ISIDORE-BLLEVUE
STANLEY MISSION STANLEY-MISS
STEWART VALLEY STEWART-VLY
STURGEON LANDING STURGEON-LNDG
WHISPER RIVER ESTATES WHISPER RIVER WHISPER RIVER ESTS
WOLLASTON LAKE WOLLASTON-LK