10.13 Inside address

Place the recipient’s address below the date and at the left margin, unless it must be moved to fit properly into a window envelope. Except in purely personal mail, the addressee’s full address must be used. Note the following conventions:

• There is no punctuation at the end of address lines.
• The address should be single-spaced.
• When both a street number and a post office box are provided, use only the box number.
• When the terms east, west, north and south are used with street addresses, they are written with initial capital letters.
• The postal code is the last item in the address; enter it two spaces after the symbol or name of the province or on a separate line below the names of the municipality and province:²

  Vesna Souker
  Management Services
  Export Development Corporation
  151 O’Connor St.
  Ottawa, ON  K1A 1K3

  Jacob Devine
  Administration Branch
  Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  664 Main Street
  Moncton, New Brunswick
  E1C 9J8

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