---
id: "cadriverlic"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["CA"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 65
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/cadriverlic"
---

# Canada driver license number (`cadriverlic`)

Alphanumeric value of the Canada driver license

- Parent datatype: `driver_license`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Canada (CA)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z](?:\d[- ]*){14}$
```

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- purview: `Canada drivers license number`

## Supported by tools

- `amazonmacie`
- `awsglue`
- `azureailanguage`
- `ibmknowledgecatalog`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `nightfall`
- `snowflake`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_licences_in_Canada>

## Quality

Score 65/100. Missing: longer description, examples, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/cadriverlic.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/CA/persons/cadriverlic.yaml>