Editing Postal codes in Canada (section)

==Transition points to the Canadian Forces Postal Service==
For transition of mail from the civilian to the [[military mail|Canadian Forces Postal Service]], the postal codes of the three military post offices on Canadian soil are used, depending on the final destination.
* V9A 7N2 (BC): the Fleet Mail Offices (FMO) in Victoria
* B3K 5X5 (NS): FMO in Halifax
* K8N 5W6 (ON): the Canadian Forces Post Office (CFPO) in Belleville<ref>[http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/write-to-the-troops/mailing-instructions.page Instructions for mailing overseas], [[Canadian Forces]]</ref>

These postal codes each represent a number of military post offices abroad, which are specified not by postal code but by CFPO or FMO number. The LDUs in this case correspond not so much to physical as to virtual delivery units, since mail is not delivered locally but is forwarded to the actual delivery points at Canadian military bases and ships abroad.

For example:

 Name
 Slot #
 PO Box 5053 Stn Forces
 Belleville ON  K8N 5W6
 CANADA

In this example, Canada Post will deliver to the CFPO at Belleville, and the [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canadian Forces]] Postal System will continue transport to the addressee at CFPO 5053 (in [[Geilenkirchen|Geilenkirchen, Germany]])<ref name="CFPO5053">{{cite web | title=CFE – CFSU(E)/CS/Post Office | url=http://www.europe.forces.gc.ca/ger-all/lm-mg/cfs-sfc/cs-sc/cspo-scpo-eng.asp | access-date=7 January 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601072456/http://www.europe.forces.gc.ca/ger-all/lm-mg/cfs-sfc/cs-sc/cspo-scpo-eng.asp | archive-date=1 June 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> by whatever means and timing the military will deem appropriate.<ref name="CFPO">{{cite web | title=Canada Post – Canadian Forces Postal Service | url=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/productsservices/atoz/canadianforcesmail.jsf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514093314/http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/productsservices/atoz/canadianforcesmail.jsf | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 May 2009 | access-date=1 November 2014 }}</ref>