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Canada Post to end door-to-door mail delivery

April 9, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

If you live in New Tecumseth, you most likely get your mail at a community box in your subdivision, or, if you are on a rural route, you may have a post office box at the local post office.

However, if you still have your mail delivered to your home or business, that will change, and you will have to make a short trip to pick it up.

Canada Post has announced it will eliminate door-to-door mail delivery.

Around 4 million Canadian households still have mail delivered to their door. That number represents less than one quarter of the country’s households.

The move to eliminate the service isn’t a big surprise. Canada Post has been struggling for years as many documents that used to be delivered by mail are now sent electronically.

That, combined with private parcel delivery services that have taken a big chunk of the business over the past couple of decades, has turned Canada Post into a floundering crown corporation.

The move to eliminate door-to-door delivery is part of a nationwide shift to save money and maintain relevance in the modern information-delivery system.

Canada Post released a statement about the proposed changes, saying it has already begun consulting with its bargaining units.

Canada Post relies on government subsidies to stay afloat, reporting losses of $541 million in the third quarter of last year. This is on top of $5 billion in operating losses since 2018.

“Our transformation will strengthen the postal service, allow us to be a better partner for business, and help us meet our dual mandate of delivering for all Canadians in a way that is financially sustainable,” the statement said.

It said eliminating letter carriers would result in about $400 million in annual savings. The cost to deliver to addresses is $279 annually per address, while a community mailbox costs $157 annually.

In addition to eliminating door-to-door delivery, Canada Post is considering other options, including consolidating or closing rural post offices and transitioning non-urgent letter mail from air to ground transportation. 

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