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City

Standardization Definition

City
Description The City standardization definition standardizes city names.
Examples Input Output
vancouver Vancouver
TORONTO Toronto
T.O. Toronto
NOTL Niagara on the Lake
DDO Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Sherbrooke (Ascot) Ascot, Sherbrooke
Mt-Saint-Grégoire Mont-Saint-Grégoire
Montreal Montréal
Notre Dame Notre-Dame
St-Albert Saint-Albert
St-Jean-Baptiste Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Remarks The City standardization defintion standardizes city names according to the Canada Post SERP database. If two conflicting spellings exist as the SERP standard, this definition selects the French spelling, as seen in the final two examples. Common city abbreviations are expanded into full names. Accents and hyphens are added onto French city names where applicable.