Canada Post has announced the first batch of addresses in 13 communities it plans to stop delivering directly to, part of the Crown corporation’s larger plan to restructure and stay afloat after losing billions of dollars.
Swapping 4 million addresses to community mailboxes part of Crown corporation’s plan to tackle crushing debt
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Canada Post plans to convert 4 million addresses that still receive door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes within the next five years. (Showwei Chu/CBC)
Canada Post has announced 136,000 addresses in 13 communities will no longer receive door-to-door delivery, and instead get their mail through community mailboxes starting later this year.
The Crown corporation plans to eliminate all household delivery over the next five years, part of larger restructuring efforts to save money and stay financially viable under crushing debt.
The majority of the new community mailboxes in this first batch will be installed in B.C. and Ontario. Ottawa, Etobicoke and municipalities around Vancouver are the main areas being targeted.
Some postal codes in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, Greater Moncton, N.B., Winnipeg, Montreal’s South Shore and Quebec’s northeast coast will also lose door-to-door delivery.
Those addresses are expected to be switched over late this year and in early 2027.
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