The Abbreviations for Provinces and Territories in Canada

There are 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada. When preparing the mailing address, people often use the two-letter abbreviations for the province or territories in Canada.

For example, AB stands for Alberta and BC stands for British Columbia …

1. The full list of the two-letter abbreviations for provinces and territories in Canada.

Province/TerritoriesAbbreviationNote
AlbertaABProvince
British ColumbiaBCProvince
ManitobaMBProvince
New BrunswickNBProvince
Newfoundland and LabradorNLProvince
Northwest TerritoriesNTTerritories
Nova ScotiaNSProvince
NunavutNUTerritories
OntarioONProvince
Prince Edward IslandPEProvince
QuebecQCProvince
SaskatchewanSKProvince
YukonYTTerritories

2. The list of the two-letter abbreviations for 10 provinces

ProvinceAbbreviation
AlbertaAB
British ColumbiaBC
ManitobaMB
New BrunswickNB
Newfoundland and LabradorNL
Nova ScotiaNS
OntarioON
Prince Edward IslandPE
QuebecQC
SaskatchewanSK

3. The list of the two-letter abbreviations for 3 territories

TerritoriesAbbreviation
Northwest TerritoriesNT
NunavutNU
YukonYT

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