Editing Postal codes in Canada (section)

==Urbanization==
"Urbanization" is the name Canada Post uses to refer to the process where it replaces a rural postal code (a code with a zero as its second character) with urban postal codes.<ref>
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</ref> The vacated rural postal code can then be assigned to another community or retired. Canada Post decides when to urbanize a certain community after its population reaches a certain level, though different factors may also be involved.

For example, in early 2008, the postal code G0N 3M0 (covering [[Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier]], [[Fossambault-sur-le-Lac]], and [[Lac-Saint-Joseph]], Quebec) was urbanized to postal codes beginning with G3N to remove ambiguities and confusions caused by similar street names.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lejacquescartier.com/article-160035-Nouveaux-codes-postaux-en-fevrier-2008.html |title=Nouveaux codes postaux en février 2008 à Sainte-Catherine, Fossambault et Lac-Saint-Joseph |publisher=Médias Transcontinental |access-date=1 December 2008 |language=fr}}</ref> Unique among province-wide districts, New Brunswick (postal district E) is completely urbanized, its rural codes having been phased out.