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.
“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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