Template:Canadian province name/doc

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This template converts the names of Canadian provinces to their two-letter codes or vice versa. This is useful because some templates ask for province names as input and others ask for province code, so one type of template could not be nested in the other without translation between the two formats.

Usage

Use the province name in the first parameter to get the code. Put name in the second parameter to get the full province name. For example:

Input	Output	Output with `\|name`	Output with `\|link`
`{{CanProvName\|Saskatchewan}}`	SK	Saskatchewan	SK
`{{CanProvName\|P.E.I.}}`	PE	Prince Edward Island	PE
`{{CanProvName\|Northwest Territories}}`	NT	Northwest Territories	NT
`{{CanProvName\|Canada}}`	CA	Canada	CA
`{{CanProvName\|QC}}`	QC	Quebec	QC

The previous names of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories can be produced as follows:

Input	Output	Output with `\|name`	Output with `\|link`
`{{CanProvName\|NF}}`	NF	Newfoundland	NF
`{{CanProvName\|N-W}}`	NT	North-West Territories	NT

TemplateData

This template converts between the full names and short form names of Canadian provinces.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
province	`1`	Full name or short form name of province.	Line	required
type of output	`2`	By default, template will output the two-letter code for the province. Set this parameter to 'name' to output the full name. Set this parameter to 'link' to make the two-letter code a wikilink. Suggested values `name` `link`	Line	optional