When you use standard country/territory address picklists, some country and territory states/provinces have special considerations for their state codes. You can now access the updated state codes for Canada and Japan in Salesforce orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Spring ’26 and later, helping you maintain data quality.
Where: This change applies to Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic in all editions.
Why: For Canada, the state/province name Yukon Territories (YT) is available in orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Winter ’26 and earlier. The state/province name Yukon (YT) is available in orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Spring ’26 and later.
For Japan, the state codes for 02 (Aomori), 05 (Akita), and 23 (Aichi) and their state/province names have changed.
- 02 is the state code for the state/province Aomori for orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Spring ’26 and later. For orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Winter ’26 and earlier, the state code is 23.
- 05 is the state code for the state/province Akita for orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Spring ’26 and later. For orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Winter ’26 and earlier, the state code is 02.
- 23 is the state code for the state/province Aichi for orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Spring ’26 and later. For orgs where standard country/territory picklists were configured in Winter ’26 and earlier, the state code is 05.