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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
December 14, 2009
Commercial Expedited Parcel™-USA
 
Discontinuation of Commercial Expedited Parcel-USA throughout various documents and on the Postal Services Information Web site.
December 2, 2009
International Destination Listing
Various changes
Various changes made to the following destinations: Cyprus, Ghana, Japan, Moldova, Qatar and Turkey.
December 1, 2009
ABCs of Mailing
Section 5
Updates made to "Identification Requirements"
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.
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.
section 13
New information added pertaining to deposit cut-off times.
Priority™ Worldwide
section 3.1
The section on pharmaceuticals has been updated.
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.
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.
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.
section 14
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.
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.
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
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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