Canada Post is now sending letters to Canadians set to lose their home mail delivery to notify them of the upcoming change as the postal service prepares to move many to community mailboxes.
“We want to inform you that Canada Post will be changing how it delivers mail and parcels to your address. While delivery to your door will continue for now, your mail will be delivered to a community mailbox instead of the door starting in late 2026 or early 2027,” the letter informs impacted residents.
“Canada Post is renewing and modernizing the postal service to meet the evolving needs of Canadians in a financially sustainable way. As part of our plan, we’re converting nearly four million addresses that still receive door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes,” it continues.
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“Over the coming weeks and months, we will identify safe, accessible locations for community mailboxes in your neighborhood.”
The new delivery system is expected to begin in either late 2026 or early 2027.
The mail carrier stated on April 16 that it had begun discussions with 13 communities that will see their mail delivery service converted to community mailboxes later this year, kicking off what it says will be a five-year national conversion plan.
However, door-to-door delivery is still set to continue for residents in rural areas with individual roadside mailboxes.
About 700,000 homes have rural mailboxes, accounting for approximately four per cent of the 17.8 million addresses served by Canada Post.
The changes come as part of the federal government’s direction to Canada Post to “implement transformative changes to ensure we can meet the evolving needs of Canadians without becoming a recurring burden on taxpayers.”
Guess all these workers will be voting no on this new contract and they will definitely be on strike again very soon.
Why the heck does cda post need another 673 million. Maybe check the bank accounts of upper management. Yet, people lose door to door service
I personally like my community mailbox, especially in winter when I don’t have to go out and clear my personal house sidewalk and driveway when I don’t feel like it.
send them an email or text,
Let’s hope the letters arrive before delivery is suspended. Not holding my breath.
Canada post was never intended to be profitable it was a service provided by the government with your tax dollars…at least Canada post offered a service for Canadians..stop funding the CBC because they offer no service to Canadians
The ultimate irony. Canada Post sends soon to be cut off from mail service taxpayers a letter.
You can’t make this up comrades.
Yeah no more flyers
I think Canada post should do a subscription service for door to door delivery like amazon does, I would pay $20 a month to not have to stop at some random location on the way home from work
So many seniors trying to stay in their homes will now not be able to.
The majority of Canada Post employees work inside so this will provide small annual savings. And they will still be going everywhere five days a week
What about all the junk mail? Will there be a recycling bin next to each mailbox?
To call the mail service I get “door to door “ is certainly a misnomer. I have a rural mailbox which I must maintain, but it is in a cluster of 8 boxes and they are over one kilometre from my house. There is no security and we have been refused a super mailbox with no reason given.
This should allow them to shed at least 50% of their workforce, and save the tax payers some cash.