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Customers should ensure that they are using the most current version of the Canada Postal Guide, Canada Post Prices and other applicable documents, which are posted on the Canada Post website. Visit www.canadapost.ca/postalservices for a list of all current key documents.

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Canada Postal Guide


Last Updated	Change Location		Description
November 16, 2009	Priority™ Next A.M.	section 8.2	Updates made to “Tracking and Delivery Confirmation”
	Xpresspost™	section 8.2
	Regular Parcel™	section 8.1
	Xpresspost Certified™	section 8.3
	Expedited Parcel™	section 8.2
October 19, 2009	Service Standards	Table 4 Table 11 Table 16 Table 20	Added FSA T8T throughout.
September 30, 2009	ABCs of Mailing	section 4.2.2.12	Dry biological specimens section has been clarified.
	Expedited Parcel™	section 9.2	The signature option has been clarified.
		section 9.12	The Proof of Identity option has been clarified.
		section 11.1	Containerization requirements added.
	Priority™ Next A.M.	section 9.2	The signature option has been clarified.
		section 9.12	The Proof of Identity option has been clarified.
		section 11.1	Containerization requirements added.
	Regular Parcel™	section 9.2	The signature option has been clarified.
		section 9.10	The Proof of Identity option has been clarified.
		section 11.1	Containerization requirements added.
	Xpresspost™	section 9.2	The signature option has been clarified.
		section 9.12	The Proof of Identity option has been clarified.
		section 11.1	Containerization requirements added.
	Xpresspost Certified™	section 8.1	The signature feature has been clarified.
		section 9.3	Signature copy has been moved from Features to Options.
		section 10.1	Containerization requirements added.
September 10, 2009	Xpresspost™-International	section 8.3	Added Bahamas, Ethiopia and Malaysia to the post office box delivery list.
August 14, 2009	Service Standards	Table 2	Modifications made to table 2: Postal Codes of Remote Centres Under P0M: Removed 2J0, Added 2S0 Under P0T: Removed 1N0
June 22, 2009	ABCs of Mailing	section 4.7	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Expedited Parcel™	section 2.1	Prepaid labels must be ordered in advance.
		section 8.2	The Tracking and Delivery Confirmation feature has been improved with two new electronic tools to help large-volume shippers track multiple deliveries.
		section 9.7 and section 9.7.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
		section 9.12	The Proof of Identity with Data Transfer option has been clarified to explain the process to follow depending on whether the option is purchased at an automated post office or at a non-automated post office.
		section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Lettermail™	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Priority™ Next A.M.	section 2.1	Prepaid labels must be ordered in advance.
		section 8.2	The Tracking and Delivery Confirmation feature has been improved with two new electronic tools to help large-volume shippers track multiple deliveries.
		section 9.12	The Proof of Identity with Data Transfer option has been clarified to explain the process to follow depending on whether the option is purchased at an automated post office or at a non-automated post office.
		section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Registered Mail (Domestic)	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Regular Parcel™	section 8.1	The Tracking and Delivery Confirmation feature has been improved with two new electronic tools to help large-volume shippers track multiple deliveries.
		section 9.8 and section 9.8.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
		section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Xpresspost™	section 2.1	Prepaid labels must be ordered in advance.
		section 8.2	The Tracking and Delivery Confirmation feature has been improved with two new electronic tools to help large-volume shippers track multiple deliveries.
		section 9.4 and section 9.7.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
		section 9.12	The Proof of Identity with Data Transfer option has been clarified to explain the process to follow depending on whether the option is purchased at an automated post office or at a non-automated post office.
		section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
June 22, 2009 (continued)	Xpresspost Certified™	section 8.4	The Tracking and Delivery Confirmation feature has been improved with two new electronic tools to help large-volume shippers track multiple deliveries.
		section 9.4 and section 9.4.1	The On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options are now available for Xpresspost Certified.
		section 11	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Expedited Parcel™-USA	section 9.4 and section 9.4.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
	Expedited Parcel™-USA	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	International Parcel (Excluding U.S.A.)	section 9.3 and section 9.3.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
	International Parcel (Excluding U.S.A.)	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Priority™ Worldwide	section 3.1	The section on pharmaceuticals has been updated.
	Priority™ Worldwide	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Xpresspost™-International	section 9.4 and section 9.4.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
	Xpresspost™-International	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Xpresspost™-USA	section 9.4 and section 9.4.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
	Xpresspost™-USA	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Small Packet™ (U.S.A. and International)	section 9.2 and section 9.2.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
	Small Packet™ (U.S.A. and International)	section 14	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
	Commercial Expedited Parcel™-USA	section 9.4 and section 9.4.1	A minimum of 10 items is now required to qualify for the On-demand Pick-up and Third-party On-demand Pick-up options, down from 25.
	Commercial Expedited Parcel™-USA	section 13	New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
May 15, 2009	Service Standards	Table 10 and Table 18	Clarifications made to the Delivery Service Standards for domestic parcels. Modifications to Xpresspost - USA Service Standards grid.
	Change of Address Service (Redirection)	section 2 section 6 and section 13	Changes made to incorporate the School Service.
	Collect on Delivery (COD)	section 2	Clarifications made to the acceptable methods of collection.
	Collect on Delivery (COD)	section 10	Changes made to labels and documentation required.
	Expedited Parcel™	section 7 section 8.2 and section 14	Clarifications made to the Delivery Service Standards, Tracking and Delivery Confirmation and Delivery Options table.
	Hold Mail	section 2 and section 7	Changes made to incorporate the School Service.
	Lettermail™	section 2 section 5 and section 7	Modifications made to introduce a Medium size category.
	Priority™ Next A.M.	section 4 section 7 section 8.2 and section 14	Clarifications made to the Delivery Service Standards, Tracking and Delivery Confirmation and Delivery Options table. Updates to prepaid dimensions.
	Regular Parcel™	section 7 section 8.1 and section 14	Clarifications made to the Delivery Service Standards, Tracking and Delivery Confirmation and Delivery Options table.
	Xpresspost™	section 4 section 7 section 8.2 and section 14	Clarifications made to the Delivery Service Standards, Tracking and Delivery Confirmation and Delivery Options table. Updates to prepaid dimensions.
	Registered Mail (U.S.A. and International)	section 7, section 9.1 and section 9.2	Clarifications made to Service Standards, Advice of Receipt and Literature for the Blind sections.
	Money Orders	throughout	Clarifications made throughout.
	Philatelic Products	section 7	Updates to the 2009 Commemorative Stamp Program.
April 2, 2009	International Shipping Chart	Entire document	Changes made to the following destinations: Anguilla, Burnei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Heard & McDonald Islands, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Russia and Vojvodina.
April 2, 2009	International Destination Listing	Various changes	Changes made to the following destinations: Anguilla, Australia, Burnei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Great Britain, Heard & McDonald Islands, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, U.S.A., Venezuela and Vojvodina.
February 23, 2009	Xpresspost Certified™	section 7 and section 8.4	Clarifications made to the Delivery Service Standards and to Tracking and Delivery Confirmation.
February 6, 2009	ABCs of Mailing	section 4.2.1	Changes made to the list of suggested packaging and wrapping materials

Canada Post Prices


Last Updated	Change Location		Description
October 30, 2009	Canada Post Prices - Other Products and services	Section 10	Added replacement of keys prices
October 19, 2009	Rate codes and Rate Zones		Added FSA T8T througout
August 28, 2009	Air Stage Office List		New Air Stage Office added: TSAY KEH DENE, BC, V0J 3N0
May 15, 2009	Canada Post Prices - Canada	section 1 section 2	Clarifications and adjustments made to the Delivery Service Standards for domestic parcels. Modifications made to introduce a Medium size category.
March 6, 2009	Canada Post Prices - U.S.A.	section 2	Updates made to the Xpresspost-USA and Expedited Parcel-USA Rate Zone Table
March 6, 2009	Small Business Prices - U.S.A.	section 2	Updates made to the Xpresspost-USA and Expedited Parcel-USA Rate Zone Table
February 23, 2009	Small Business Prices - Canada	section 1	Clarifications and adjustments made to the Delivery Service Standards for domestic parcels
Xpresspost - USA and Expedited Parcel - USA Rate Zone Table			Reformatted table in a bilingual format.
International Shipping Chart			Changes made to the following destinations: Anguilla, Burnei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Heard & McDonald Islands, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Russia and Vojvodina.

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