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Revision History Date Version Description October 2, 2019 1.0 • New document February 24, 2020 1.1 • Revised Additional Location to exclude buildings • Added clarity to some diagrams • Made minor enhancements to some definitions January 18, 2023 2.0 • Added NENA's NG9-1-1 Data Model attribute requirements May 18, 2023 3.0 • Made minor enhancements to definitions, attributes and field names May 1, 2024 4.0 • New document format • Added a Glossary of Terms and Acronyms • Added three appendix sections: Attribution, Fea- ture Attribute Values (Domains), Attribute Data Specifications • Updated images and diagrams • Some explanations are further updated • Updated all Data Model Attributes in Appendix A, Feature Attribute Values (Domains) in Appendix B, and Attribute Data Specifications in Appendix C • Added Language Indigenous and Language tables to Appendix B Community Civic Addressing Guide to Best Practices v4.0 ii

• Cover
• 1 Overview
• 2 Civic Addressing
• 2.1 Civic Address Naming and Format
• 2.2 Address Format
• 3 Civic Address Assignment
• 3.1 Assigning Address Numbers
• 3.2 Rural Addressing
• 3.2.1 Dominion Land Survey System
• 3.3 Island Property Addressing
• 4 Civic Address Representation
• 5 Data Quality Checks for NG9-1-1
• Appendix A: Attribution
• Appendix B: Feature Attribute Values
• Appendix C: Attribute Data Specifications
• Figure 1 Simple Addressing Starting with Low Numbers
• Figure 2 Simple Addressing with Cross-Street Preface Numbering
• Figure 3 Addressing from Higher Road Classifications
• Figure 4 Cul-de-Sac Addressing
• Figure 5 Dead End Road Addressing
• Figure 6 Crescent Addressing
• Figure 7 Rural Addressing
• Figure 8 Addressing in a Dominion Land Survey Township Section
• Figure 9 Island Addressing
• Figure 10 Parcel Centroid Addressing
• Figure 11 Building Centroid Addressing
• Figure 12 Parcel Frontage Offset Addressing
• Figure 13 Additional Address Locations
• Table 1 Site Address Point Attributes
• Table 2 Additional Location Attributes
• Table 3 Pre/Post Directionals
• Table 4 Unit Type
• Table 5 Road Types
• Table 6 Province or Territory
• Table 7 Acquisition Technique
• Table 8 Address Point Type
• Table 9 Language Indigenous
• Table 10 Language