Posted by
Hugh McGuire on
Feb 02, 2007; 5:22pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/elections-canada-tp814p821.html
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Dear Elections Canada,
Do you have a complete list of postal codes sorted by electoral
ridings that is accessible to citizens in an accessible data format
(eg text or tab-delimited)?
Is it possible to get such a list?
Thanks,
Hugh McGuire
On Feb 2, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Daniel Haran wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Hugh McGuire <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> For the other elements, I don't know. A mapping zipcode/riding
>>> would be very useful for example
>> elections canada provides this search tool:
>>
http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/FindED.aspx?L=e>>
>> so the data is there... can we get it out tho?
>>>
>>
>> h.
>
> Well, I first checked the copyright, which seems OK for non-profit
> use.
>
> Second, I tried to replace the postal code parameter in the URL, but
> no dice. Non-geek translation: they make it difficult to check
> different postal codes. Since no list that I know is public domain,
> you'd have to more or less try each one to find the 500,000+ that are
> valid. Could take a while.
>
> d.
>
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