Unlocking Canadian Location Data with GeoGeneralCanadian

Overview

GeoGeneralCanadian is your go‑to endpoint for retrieving standardized location attributes—city, province, latitude, and longitude—given any Canadian postal code (e.g. “M5V 3L9”). Designed for simplicity and speed, it powers everything from address autocomplete to back‑office reporting, all with a single HTTP call and flexible output formats (JSON, XML, CSV).

Key Business Use Cases

1. Delivery & Logistics Optimization

• Auto‑assign orders to the nearest fulfillment center
• Calculate route distances for same‑day delivery services
• Visualize delivery coverage areas in your operations dashboard

2. Marketing & Customer Segmentation

• Append province codes for geo‑targeted campaigns
• Use latitude/longitude for proximity‑based offers
• Export batch CSVs for offline analysis

3. Compliance & Reporting

• Verify customer data falls within service jurisdictions
• Aggregate transactions by province for tax filings
• Feed location‑aware data into BI dashboards

Developer Spotlight: C# Code Snippet

// GeoGeneralCanadian C# lookup in dark‑mode
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Text.Json;

namespace CDXGeoDataSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            var apiKey     = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CDX_GEO_KEY");
            var postalCode = "M5V 3L9";
            var url        = $"https://geodata.cdxtech.com/api/geocanadiangeneral?key={apiKey}&postalcode={postalCode}&format=json";

            using var client   = new HttpClient();
            var response       = await client.GetAsync(url);
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

            var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(json);
            Console.WriteLine($"City: {data.GetProperty(\"City\").GetString()}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Province: {data.GetProperty(\"Province\").GetString()}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Lat/Long: {data.GetProperty(\"Latitude\")}, {data.GetProperty(\"Longitude\")}");
        }
    }
}
  

Getting Started

1. Sign up for your free CDXGeoData account and grab your API key.
2. Pick a format—JSON for interactive apps, CSV/XML for batch workflows.
3. Make your call to /api/geocanadiangeneral with your key and postal code—no pagination, no callbacks, just data.