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About Canada Post

Canada’s national postal service.

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Highlights

Canada Post:

  • Is Canada’s national postal service.
  • Delivers more than 11 billion pieces of mail, parcels and shipments to over 14 million destinations annually.
  • Operates 6,600 Post Offices—the largest retail network in Canada.
  • Serves 33 million Canadians and more than 1 million businesses and public institutions coast to coast.

Why choose Canada Post?

We connect you with your ideal Canadian customer
Take advantage of our direct marketing expertise to reach the right customers for your products. You’ll also benefit from our Canadian look and feel. Studies show that Canadians respond to Direct Mail 65% of the time if the mail originated in Canada compared to only 24% of the time if mailed from the U.S.

From checkout to delivery, we do it all
We’ll simplify cross-border transactions for you and your customers. Use our Borderfree™ service to take care of address validation, credit card acceptance, fraud management, customs documentation, returns management and more.

We can manage your whole supply chain
Let us meet your supply chain management needs through our Canada Post Group of Companies. We provide logistics, transportation management and end-to-end merchandise fulfillment.

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How Canadian customers get your goods

Customers who aren’t home when we attempt delivery can pick up their parcels at a nearby Post Office and with our 6,600 outlets across the country, customers won’t have to go far: urban Canadians live within 1.2 miles of an outlet and most rural customers within 4.6 miles. This delivery network is unmatched by any other carrier.

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Who’s got surcharges? Not us.

Our competitors levy surcharges for residential deliveries and areas outside their normal delivery area.

These surcharges can add up to 30% of the actual shipping charges. See what types of things carriers charge for below.

Surcharges by carrier

Surcharges FedEx UPS DHL Canpar Canada Post
Residential Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Address correction Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Extended Area Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Aviation - - Yes - -
Nav Can Air - - Yes - -
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Contact us now

Reach us online or call 1-905-688-2615 ext. 2001 to speak directly to a sales representative specializing in the needs of American businesses.


USPS terminology and Canadian equivalents

U.S. Term Equivalent Canadian Term
State Province
CASS SERP
SCF FSA
Zip+4 LDU
First Class Mail Lettermail
Periodicals Publications Mail
Standard Mail Admail
DMM Postal Guide
Carrier Route Letter Carrier Walk
Zip Code Postal Code