North America · DX entity · DXCC 001

Canada

Canada is a DX entity in North America, in CQ zones 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and ITU zones 2, 3, 4 and 9. Its primary prefix is VE.

Flag of Canada.

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Figure 1. Canada and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.04363 degrees, about 5 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 62.4° N 96.8° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	001
Name in the ADIF standard	CANADA
Continent	North America
Primary prefix	VE
CQ zone	1, 2, 3, 4, 5
ITU zone	2, 3, 4, 9

Prefixes

VE is the primary prefix. The country files list 126 prefixes and prefix blocks for Canada.

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VE CF CF2 CF3 CF4 CF5 CF6 CF7 CF8 CG CG2 CG3 CG4 CG5 CG6 CG7 CG8 CH1 CH2 CI0 CI1 CI2 CJ CJ2 CJ3 CJ4 CJ5 CJ6 CJ7 CJ8 CK CK2 CK3 CK4 CK5 CK6 CK7 CK8 CY1 CY2 CZ0 CZ1 CZ2 VA VA2 VA3 VA4 VA5 VA6 VA7 VA8 VB VB2 VB3 VB4 VB5 VB6 VB7 VB8 VC VC2 VC3 VC4 VC5 VC6 VC7 VC8 VD1 VD2 VE2 VE3 VE4 VE5 VE6 VE7 VE8 VF1 VF2 VG VG2 VG3 VG4 VG5 VG6 VG7 VG8 VO1 VO2 VX VX2 VX3 VX4 VX5 VX6 VX7 VX8 VY0 VY1 VY2 VY9 XJ1 XJ2 XK0 XK1 XK2 XL XL2 XL3 XL4 XL5 XL6 XL7 XL8 XM XM2 XM3 XM4 XM5 XM6 XM7 XM8 XN1 XN2 XO0 XO1 XO2

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.