Canadian Change of Address (CCOA) with AVC

Canadian Change of Address (CCOA) with AVC applies new address information for Canadian individuals, families, businesses and organizations that have relocated, similar to NCOALink.

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Approximately 1.7 million individuals, families, businesses and organizations move each year in Canada, and about 1.2 million of those file a Change of Address Notification (COAN) form with the Canada Post (Postes Canada; Société canadienne des postes). This information is captured electronically and made part of the CCOA database.

Canadian Change of Address service matches your data against the CCOA master database, using a Canadian postal authority-approved process, and updates address changes going back 36 months.

With Canadian Change of Address service you also receive Canadian AVC – Address Validation & Correction – which includes a Statement of Accuracy (SOA) reporting the percentage of accurate addresses.

What else is special about our CCOA service? To maximize results each file is checked before processing to look for problems. The input data is optimized for the best outcome.

• Canadian Change of Address updates (CCOA) going back 36 months
• Approved by the Canada Post (Postes Canada; Société canadienne des postes)
• Canadian AVC – Address Validation & Correction:
  • Statement of Accuracy (SOA)—reports the percentage of accurate addresses
  • Cleans and completes inaccurate addresses
  • Appends or corrects postal codes
  • Spelling corrections
  • Standardizes addresses
• Preprocessing Optimization:
  • Each file is checked before processing to look for problems
  • Input data is optimize for the best results
• Friendly return file
• Easy-to-read statistics on your Canadian Change of Address (CCOA) with AVC service
• Two business day turnaround
• Rates are in USD

Canadian Change of Address (CCOA) with AVC can be purchased using our online order form or fax order form. You will be able to select additional data processing services to be run at the same time.

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Notes

The Canada Post requires each Canadian Change of Address customer to complete a Processing Acknowledgement Form (Schedule A) once every 12 months. A link to this form and instructions will be sent with your order confirmation.

Customers new to Canadian Change of Address or Canadian Data Services will want to review the many additional resources located in the Support section of this website.