What Does Ter Stand for in an Address
What are Street Types?
Street types (also known as street suffixes) are identifiers of street names and serve to describe the street. Some examples of street types are: street, road, avenue, boulevard, junction, crescent, etc.
Real Estate Agent Explains Street Types
My city (Edmonton) is a city based on a grid for the most part. Streets run north to south and avenues run east to west. We know when we see these suffixes, that these roads are running a certain way. This makes it easy to find addresses because they are just mostly simple coordinates. However, there are some exceptions – and when you've gotten used to the grid, you can have problems finding houses if there is no grid system in place. Roads that aren't on the grid are not called streets or avenues, because those types are reserved for straight roadways. So we have many other ways to describe a 'street' or road and each of those has an abbreviation.
Often when you see real estate listings these abbreviations have no explanation and in certain neighbourhoods that can be confusing. There are two ways to abbreviate a street type in Edmonton; you could do it according to the authority on Canadian mailing addresses (Canada Post) – which uses up to 6 characters, or use the shorter codes like the Edmonton real estate agents do. My thinking is that these short, two letter abbreviations are probably left over from the old MLS® system that had limited character space, but they are still used today, even though MLS® now has a lot more space for a listing's address entry.
Here is a chart laying out the different abbreviations you can have for different kinds of street types:
| Street Type or Suffix | Abbreviation (Canada Post) | Abbreviation (US Postal Service) | Abbreviation (Edmonton Real Estate Standard) |
| Abbey | ABBEY | – | |
| Acres | ACRES | AC | |
| Alley or Allée | ALLEY or ALLÉE | ALY | AL |
| Annex or Anex | ANX | – | |
| Arcade | ARC | ||
| Autoroute | AUT | – | |
| Avenue | AVE or AV | AVE | AV |
| Bay | BAY | BA | |
| Bayou | BYU | – | |
| Beach | BEACH | BCH | BE |
| Bend | BEND | BND | BN |
| Bluff or Bluffs | BLF or BLFS | – | |
| Box | – | ||
| Bottom | BTM | – | |
| Boulevard | BLVD or BOUL | BLVD | BV |
| Branch | BR | – | |
| Bridge | BRG | – | |
| Brook or Brooks | BRK or BRKS | – | |
| Burg or Burgs | BG or BGS | – | |
| Burrow | – | ||
| By-pass or Bypass | BYPASS | BYP | – |
| Byway | BYWAY | – | |
| Camp | CP | – | |
| Campus | CAMPUS | – | |
| Canyon | CYN | – | |
| Cape | CAPE | CPE | CA |
| Carré | CAR | – | |
| Carrefour | CARREF | – | |
| Castle | – | CS | |
| Causeway | CSWY | – | |
| Centre or Centres | CTR or C | CTR or CTRS | CE |
| Cercle | CERCLE | – | |
| Chare | CHARE (North-east England) | – | |
| Chase | CHASE | – | |
| Chemin | CH | – | |
| Circle or Circles | CIR | CIR or CIRS | CI |
| Circuit | CIRCT | – | |
| Cliffs or Cliff | CLF or CLFS | – | |
| Close | CLOSE | CL | |
| Club | CLB | – | |
| Common or Commons | COMMON | CMN or CMNS | CM |
| Concession | CONC | – | |
| Corners or Corner | CRNRS | COR or CORS | – |
| Côte | CÔTE | – | |
| Cour | COUR | – | |
| Cours | COURS | – | |
| Course | CRSE | – | |
| Court or Courts | CRT | CT or CTS | CO |
| Cove or Coves | COVE | CV or CVS | CV |
| Creek | CRK | – | |
| Crescent | CRES | CRES | CR |
| Crest | – | CRST | CT |
| Croissant | CROIS | – | |
| Cross | – | CX | |
| Crossing | CROSS | XS | |
| Crossroads or Crossroad | XRD or XRDS | – | |
| Cul-de-sac | CDS | – | |
| Curve | CURV | – | |
| Dale | DALE | DL | – |
| Dam | DM | – | |
| Dell | DELL | – | |
| Diagonal | |||
| Diversion | DIVERS | DI | |
| Divide | DV | – | |
| Downs | DOWNS | DO | |
| Drive | DR | DR | DR |
| Échangeur | ÉCH | – | |
| End | END | EN | |
| Esplanade | ESPL | – | |
| Estates or Estate | ESTATE | ESTS or EST | ES |
| Expressway | EXPY | EXPY | – |
| Extension or Extensions | EXTEN | EXT or EXTS | – |
| Fall | FALL | – | |
| Falls | FLS | ||
| Farm | FARM | – | |
| Ferry | FRY | – | |
| Field or Fields | FIELD | FLD or FLDS | – |
| Flat or Flats | FLT of FLTS | – | |
| Ford or Fords | FRD or FRDS | – | |
| Forest | FOREST | FRST | – |
| Forge or Forges | FRG or FRGS | – | |
| Fork or Forks | FRK or FRKS | – | |
| Fort | FT | – | |
| Freeway | FWY | FWY | FR |
| Front | FRONT | – | |
| Gardens or Garden | GDNS | GDNS or GDN | GD |
| Gate | GATE | GA or GT | |
| Gateway | – | GTWY | GW |
| Glade | GLADE | – | |
| Glen or Glens | GLEN | GLN or GLNS | GL |
| Glenway | – | ||
| Golfway | – | ||
| Green or Greens | GREEN or GREENS | GRN or GRNS | GR |
| Grounds | GRNDS | – | |
| Grove or Groves | GROVE | GRV or GRVS | GV |
| Hall | – | HL | |
| Harbour or Harbours | HARBR | HBR or HBRS | HB |
| Haven | – | HVN | HA |
| Heath | HEATH | HE | |
| Heights | HTS | HTS | HT |
| Highlands | HGHLDS | – | |
| Highway | HWY | HWY | HI |
| Hill or Hills | HILL | HL or HLS | HL |
| Hollow | HOLLOW | HOLW | HO |
| Île | ÎLE | – | |
| Impasse | IMP | – | |
| Inlet | INLET | INLT | IN |
| Island or Islands | ISLAND | IS or ISS | IS |
| Isle | ISLE | – | |
| Junction or Junctions | JCT or JCTS | – | |
| Keep | – | KE | |
| Key or Keys | KEY | KY or KYS | KY |
| Knoll or Knolls | KNOLL | KNL or KNLS | KN |
| Lake or Lakes | LK or LKS | LK | |
| Land | LAND | – | |
| Landing | LANDNG | LNDG | LD |
| Lane | LANE | LN | LN |
| Light or Lights | LGT or LGTS | – | |
| Limits | LMTS | – | |
| Line | LINE | – | |
| Ligne | – | ||
| Link | LINK | LI | |
| Loaf | LF | – | |
| Lock or Locks | LCK or LCKS | – | |
| Lodge | LDG | – | |
| Lookout | LKOUT | – | |
| Loop | LOOP | LOOP | LO |
| Mall | MALL | MALL | MA |
| Manor or Manors | MANOR | MNR or MNRS | MR |
| Maze | MAZE | MZ | |
| Meadow or Meadows | MEADOW | MDW or MDWS | MD |
| Mews | MEWS | MEWS | ME |
| Mill or Mills | ML or MLS | ||
| Mission | MSN | ||
| Montée | MONTÉE | – | |
| Moor | MOOR | – | |
| Motorway | MTWY | ||
| Mount | MOUNT | MT | MT |
| Mountain or Mountains | MTN | MTN or MTNS | – |
| Neck | NCK | ||
| Nene | NENE (Tallahasse Florida) | ||
| Not Applicable | – | NA | |
| Oaks | – | OA | |
| Orchard | ORCH | ORCH | – |
| Oval | OVAL | ||
| Overpass | OPAS | ||
| Parade | PARADE | PR | |
| Park or Parc | PK or PARC | PARK | PA |
| Parkway | PKY | PKWY | PK |
| Pass or Passage | PASS | PASS or PSGE | PS |
| Path | PATH | PATH | PH |
| Pathway | PTWAY | – | |
| Peak | |||
| Pike | PIKE | ||
| Pine or Pines | PINES | PINE or PNES | – |
| Place | PL or PLACE | PL | PL |
| Placeway | |||
| Plain or Plains | PLN or PLNS | ||
| Plateau | PLAT | – | |
| Plaza | PLAZA | PLZ | PZ |
| Point or Pointe | PT or POINTE | PT | PT |
| Pond | – | PD | |
| Port | PORT | PRT | – |
| Prairie | PR | ||
| Private | PVT | – | |
| Promenade | PROM | PM | |
| Quai | QUAI | – | |
| Quary | – | QU | |
| Quay | QUAY | QY | |
| Radial | RADL | ||
| Ramp | RAMP | RAMP | – |
| Ranch | – | RNCH | RA |
| Rang | RANG | – | |
| Range | RG | – | |
| Rangée | |||
| Rapid or Rapids | RPD or RPDS | ||
| Reach | |||
| Rest | RST | ||
| Ridge or Ridges | RIDGE | RDG or RDGS | RG |
| Right of Way | ROWY (usually seen in Australia) | ||
| Rise | RISE | RI | |
| River | RIV | ||
| Road | RD | RD | RD |
| Rond-point | RDPT | – | |
| Ronde | |||
| Round | |||
| Route | RTE | RTE | – |
| Row | ROW | ROW | RO |
| Rue | RUE | RUE | – |
| Ruelle | RLE | – | |
| Run | RUN | RUN | RU |
| Sentier | SENT | – | |
| Shoal or Shoals | SHL or SHLS | ||
| Shores or Shore | – | SHR or SHRS | SH |
| Sideroad | |||
| Skyway | SKWY | ||
| Springs or Spring | – | SPG or SPGS | SP |
| Spur | SPUR | ||
| Square or Squares | SQ or SQS | SQ or SQS | SQ |
| Station | STA or STN | STA | |
| Standard | |||
| Stravenue | STRA | ||
| Stream | STRM | ||
| Street | ST | ST | ST |
| Streets | STS | ||
| Stroll | |||
| Subdivision | SUBDIV | – | |
| Summit or Summits | – | SMT | SU |
| Terrace or Terrasse | TERR or TSSE | TER | TC |
| Thicket | THICK | – | |
| Throughway | TRWY | ||
| Tour | |||
| Towers | TOWERS | – | |
| Townline | TLINE | – | |
| Trace | TRCE | ||
| Track | TRAK | ||
| Trafficway | TRFY | ||
| Trail | TRAIL | TRL | TR |
| Tailer | TRLR | ||
| Tunnel | TUNL | ||
| Turnabout | TRNABT | – | |
| Turnpike | TPKE | ||
| Two | – | TW | |
| Underpass | UPAS | ||
| Union or Unions | UN UNS | ||
| Vale | VALE | VA | |
| Valley or Valleys | VLY VLYS | ||
| Via or Viaduct | VIA | VIA | – |
| View or Views | VIEW | VW or VWS | VW |
| Village or Villages | VILLGE | VG | |
| Villa or Villas | VILLA or VILLAS | VLG or VLGS | VI |
| Ville | VL | ||
| Vista | VISTA | VIS | VS |
| Voie | VOIE | – | |
| Walk or Walkway | WALK | WALK | WK |
| Wall | WALL | ||
| Way or Ways | WAY | WAY or WAYS | WY |
| Well | WL | ||
| Wells | WLS | ||
| Wharf | WHARF | – | |
| Wold | |||
| Wood or Woods | WOOD or WOODS | WO | |
| Wynd | WYND | WD |
Why Does It Matter?
The original reason for different kinds of streets or designations is to describe a street. It's helpful to know a certain street is a crescent, because then we know it's going to have a curve. If it's a maze, then we know it will be a total zig-zag, if it's a wynd, it probably curves this way and that. If you live on an avenue in Edmonton, it's going to be a straight roadway that runs east to west. If you live on a stroll, it's likely a narrow pathway – perhaps one that doesn't even allow cars and if you live on a close, it's likely a road with no outlet – perhaps a cul-de-sac. These designations serve to help you picture a roadway before you even get there. Also, developers certainly choose a street type to advertise an area. For example, if you see the name Elk Meadows, you probably are thinking this location will be in a park-like setting. It might just be a townhouse complex in the middle of the city, but the name serves to give the area a natural, outdoorsy feeling. This can help sell someone on the location when they are looking for a property to buy.
To illustrate how important thesestreet types can be, let's look at Wedgewood Heights in Edmonton. In one corner of Wedgewood Heights, there are four different streets with the same name (and differentstreet types). They are: Weber Way, Weber Place, Weber Close and Weber Gate. You can see how it could get a little confusing if you didn't have the street typeand the street name was the same for two nearby roads. This isn't really a big deal if they're close together because you can just drive to the next road which is sometimes connected, but if they're separated at all, you could end up looking on the wrong street completely.
In another corner, there are three different streets with the same name and different types: Welbourn Cove, Welbourn Lane and Welbourn Drive. Again, it's a confusing situation when searching for a house.
A map showing an area with three different street types with the same name.
Other issues include mistakes with the abbreviations themselves. In Edmonton, some commonstreet types that get mixed up are Court (CO) and Crest (CT), and also Villa (VI) and Village (VG) can have the wrong abbreviations associated with their real estate listing address.
by +Alan F Macdonald REALTOR® | Copyright © – gimme-shelter.com
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