(CAN) New fields Synthetic LDU and Building Type Indicator

Synthetic Local Deliver Units (LDU) available in Canadian Master Location Data (CAN MLD CA8/ 8CA)

The "Local Delivery Unit" or "LDU" is assigned to postal addresses by Canada Post. If an address has not been assigned an LDU, Precisely has assigned a “Synthetic LDU”. Synthetic LDUs are not recognized by Canada Post. However, our methodology for assigning them is geographically congruent with LDUs assigned by Canada Post.

For Geocode and Reverse Geocode candidates, the SYNTHETIC_LDU is only returned for cases when it is true. The Interactive candidates will return a “t” or an “f” depending on whether the candidate has a SYNTHETIC_LDU or not.

Building Type Indicator available in Canadian datasets (CA1, CA2, CA3, CA8, 8CA and 1CA)

A new building type indicator is for candidates with an A1 CPC_RECORD_TYPE.

• Geocode or Reverse Geocode candidates: the new field is CPC_BUILDING_TYPE
• Interactive candidates: BUILDING_TYPE
• Values: '1' for a residential building, '2' for a commercial building, and not returned if it is unknown.

Available as REST Responses

The new fields SYNTHETIC_LDU and CPC_BUILDING_TYPE will only be seen in REST responses when Return All Information is set to true. Please note that CPC fields are not present when SYNTHETIC_LDU = true or t.