[Logic] Canada Explained

[George Vincent K3GV]

The following appeared in the ARRL Contest Rate Sheet for January 28, 2004:

Canada Explained
by Marc Zeigler W6ZZZ and Rob Brownstein K6RB

(There is a fair amount of confusion on the part of contesters about
what exactly IS the list of provinces, territories, islands,
sections, postal codes, and prefixes up there in the Great White
North known as Canada. Marc and Rob wrote this piece for the NCCC
"Little Brown Jug" and graciously provide it for your education, as
well. No excuses for not knowing the difference between VO1 and VO2!
Exhaustive, eh? - Editor)

Canadian amateur radio has:
   - 8 RAC sections
   - 10 provinces and 3 territories
   - 13 postal codes corresponding to the 10 provinces and 3
territories.
   - one province that has 2 common name areas (Newfoundland and
Labrador)
   - call sign prefix VE0 for stations at sea making international
voyages

Many contests treat the Canadian multipliers differently (with as few
as 8 multipliers and as many as 14 mults), just like for the USA some
contests treat the District of Columbia as part of Maryland and some
treat it as a separate multiplier.

RAC Section Call Prefixes   Province/Territory & Postal
Code
 -  -  -  -  - -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - -  -
Maritimes VE1,VA1,CY0,CY9     Nova Scotia      
  NS
Maritimes VE9     New Brunswick      
  NB
Maritimes VY2     Prince Edward Island     
  PE
Newfoundland VO1,VO2     Newfoundland & Labrador  
  NL
Quebec VE2,VA2     Quebec      
  QC
Ontario VE3,VA3     Ontario      
  ON
Manitoba VE4,VA4     Manitoba      
  MN
Saskatchewan VE5,VA5     Saskatchewan      
  SK
Alberta VE6,VA6     Alberta      
  AB
British Columbia VE7,VA7     British Columbia      
  BC
Alberta VE8     Northwest Territories    
  NT
Alberta VY0     Nunavut      
  NU
British Columbia VY1     Yukon      
  YT

(Note that your logging software will likely have some combination of
these and other abbreviations that you will have to know to enter the
correct multiplier. - Editor)

73,
George K3GV

DX: Long may it live !

If it isn't LOGic, then it isn't LOGging