No Postal Code where I live
I've lived in Squamish (about an hour north of Vancouver) for more than 2 decades. Anyone here in a HOUSE has never had house delivery; instead we have to go to our local post office (there are 3 different ones) to get mail from our po box.
Where this is an issue is any company that insists on an actual postal code to verify where you live. The one for the post office doesn't work because it's not for our house. I've just tried switching internet providers and, although their equipment managed to be delivered (via Purolator so it's ironic) but they can't connect us because we don't have a legit postal code (also ironic because they'd be using the same line as our current provider).
I've found a couple of online vendors who won't send to a po box and insist on a postal code so I have things sent to a friend who's 2 blocks north of me. She then has to go pick my shipment up at a location that's farther than my post office.
Anyway, I've assume this is fairly common except for urban areas. I googled it; sounds like maybe not. I'm just curious about others who live with this issue. Also, any thoughts on how to change this since it's been getting worse over the years?
EDIT: Yes, I've typed my address (and the addresses of various other houses) into Canada Post postal code look up. Yes, it fails. There is definitely no postal code here.