diff --git a/src/additional/postalCodeCA.js b/src/additional/postalCodeCA.js
index 976b316c9..ba3bb4a4e 100644
--- a/src/additional/postalCodeCA.js
+++ b/src/additional/postalCodeCA.js
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
  * @cat Plugins/Validate/Methods
  */
 $.validator.addMethod( "postalCodeCA", function( value, element ) {
-	return this.optional( element ) || /^[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY]\d[A-Z] \d[A-Z]\d$/.test( value );
+	return this.optional( element ) || /^[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY]\d[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ] *\d[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ]\d$/i.test( value );
 }, "Please specify a valid postal code" );
diff --git a/test/methods.js b/test/methods.js
index 9b95ca797..c04988464 100644
--- a/test/methods.js
+++ b/test/methods.js
@@ -1181,12 +1181,16 @@ test("currency", function() { // Works with any symbol
 
 test("postalCodeCA", function() {
 	var method = methodTest("postalCodeCA");
-	ok( method( "H0H 0H0"), "Valid CA Postal Code; Single space" );
-	ok( !method( "H0H0H0"), "Inalid CA Postal Code; No space" );
-	ok( !method( "H0H-0H0"), "Invalid CA Postal Code; Single dash" );
-	ok( !method( "H0H 0H"), "Invalid CA Postal Code; Too Short" );
-	ok( !method( "Z0H 0H"), "Invalid CA Postal Code; Only 'ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY' are valid starting characters" );
-	ok( !method( "h0h 0h0"), "Invalid CA Postal Code; Only upper case characters" );
+	ok( method( "H0H0H0"), "Valid Canadian postal code: all upper case with no space" );
+	ok( method( "H0H 0H0"), "Valid Canadian postal code: all upper case with one space" );
+	ok( method( "H0H  0H0"), "Valid Canadian postal code: all upper case with multiple spaces" );
+	ok( method( "h0h 0h0"), "Valid Canadian postal code: all lower case with space" );
+	ok( method( "h0h0h0" ), "Valid Canadian postal code: all lower case with no space" );
+	ok( !method( "H0H-0H0"), "Invalid Canadian postal code: dash used as separator" );
+	ok( !method( "H0H 0H"), "Invalid Canadian postal code: too short" );
+	ok( !method( "Z0H 0H0"), "Invalid Canadian postal code: only 'ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY' are valid first characters for the Forward Sorting Area" );
+	ok( !method( "H0D 0H0"), "Invalid Canadian postal code: only 'ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ' are valid third characters for the Forward Sorting Area" );
+	ok( !method( "H0H 0D0"), "Invalid Canadian postal code: only 'ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVWXYZ' are valid second characters for the Local Delivery Unit" );
 });
 
 test("stateUS", function() {