Your company is planning an advertising campaign that includes mailing a flyer to local households. The marketing manager needs to know the number of residential households and apartments in the companys surrounding area to determine how many to have printed (Postal Codes in Brampton beginning with L6Y) and has asked you to research this for her.

Connect to the Canada Post web site and access the TOOLS section of the site. Select the Precision Targeter. Locate the area that will provide you with the information you need (look for Delivery Area Counts and Maps)

Drill down in the database to obtain the number of houses, apartments and other dwellings (not businesses) that Canada Post delivers to in this postal code.

How many households are there in each of your own postal codes?