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Canada Post announces 485,000 more addresses to lose home delivery

   Marina von Stackelberg
   | CBC News | Posted: June 11, 2026 6:43 PM | Last Updated: June
   11

   Crown corporation plans to end door-to-door delivery within 5
   years to save money

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   Caption: Canada Post is undergoing major restructuring in an
   attempt to save money after losing billions of dollars in
   recent years. (Sarah Leavitt/CBC)
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   Canada Post has announced nearly half a million addresses that
   will lose home delivery next year.
   The postal codes, which represent 37 communities, will move to
   community mailboxes in 2027, the Crown corporation said on
   Thursday.
   The 485,000 homes are on top of the 136,000 announced in April.
   The majority of mailboxes impacted are in Ontario and Quebec.
   They include addresses in the Greater Toronto Area,
   southwestern and eastern Ontario, along with the Montreal
   region, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières.
   More than a dozen communities in B.C. are also listed, along
   with locations in Manitoba, New Brunswick and Halifax, Calgary
   and Edmonton.
   The latest locations to be included are:
     * Nova Scotia: Halifax (17,000 addresses).
     * New Brunswick: Fredericton, Oromocto (17,000 addresses).
     * Quebec: L'Ancienne-Lorette, Laval, Longueuil, Quebec City,
       Saint-Hubert, Trois-Rivières (139,000 addresses).
     * Ontario: Ajax, Brampton, Hawkesbury, Kitchener, London,
       Mississauga, Ottawa, Pickering (158,000 addresses).
     * Manitoba: Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg (17,000 addresses).
     * Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton (56,000 addresses).
     * British Columbia: Burnaby, Colwood, Coquitlam, Esquimalt,
       Kelowna, Langford, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Port
       Moody, Saanich, Songhees Nation (New Songhees 1A),
       Victoria, View Royal, Westbank First Nation
       (Tsinstikeptum 10 and Tsinstikeptum 9), West Kelowna
       (81,000 addresses).

   Canada Post plans to switch all four million addresses that
   still receive door-to-door delivery to shared mailboxes, where
   each address has its own locked box. The process is expected to
   take five years and, when completed, save $400 million
   annually.
     * Canada Post records Q1 loss of $205 million amid major
       restructuring

     * Canada Post workers vote in favour of deal

   "Community mailbox conversions are a key element of Canada
   Post's plan to transform the postal service to meet the
   evolving needs of Canadians without becoming a recurring burden
   on taxpayers," Canada Post wrote in a statement.
   Canada Post is currently in the midst of major restructuring
   after years of financial woes. In 2025, the company reported a
   whopping $1.57 billion in losses before tax — its worst on
   record.
   The national mail carrier is currently only operational because
   of $2 billion in federal loans.

Most Canadians already use community mailboxes

   Nearly three-quarters of all Canadian homes already get their
   mail through community, apartment lobby and post office
   mailboxes.
   "The move to community mailboxes will increase security by
   putting nearly all mail and parcels delivered by Canada Post
   under lock and key," the statement said.
   Canada Post has an accommodation program for people who may
   have difficulty accessing their community mailbox. In some
   cases weekly home delivery can still be provided, the company
   said.
   To date, the following postal codes have been slated for
   conversion to community mailboxes:
   B3H, B3J, B3K, B3L, B3M, B3N, B3P, B3R, E1B, E1C, E1E, E1G,
   E2V, E3A, E3B, E3C, G1X, G2A, G2B, G2E, G2G, G4R, G4S, G8T,
   G8V, G8W, G8Y, G8Z, G9A, G9B, G9C, H7P, H7R, H7W, H7X, H7Y,
   J3Y, J3Z, J4G, J4H, J4J, J4K, J4L, J4M, J4N, J4T, J5R, K1B,
   K1C, K1E, K1G, K1H, K1J, K1W, K6A, L1S, L1T, L1V, L1W, L1X,
   L4T, L4V, L5M, L5N, L5S, L5T, L6S, L6T, L6V, L6W, L6X, L6Y,
   L6Z, L7A, M9V, M9W, N2A, N2B, N2C, N2E, N2G, N2H, N2M, N2N,
   N2P, N6C, N6E, N6L, N6N, R1N, R2P, R2R, R2V, R2W, R2X, R3E,
   R3H, R3T, R3V, T3A, T3B, T3C, T3G, T3H, T3K, T3L, T6A, T6B,
   T6C, T6E, T6G, T6H, T6R, V1V, V1W, V1X, V1Y, V1Z, V2S, V2T,
   V2V, V3B, V3C, V3E, V3H, V3L, V3M, V3N, V5E, V7M, V7P, V7R,
   V7S, V7T, V7V, V7W, V9A, V9B, and V9C.

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