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Map reveals the postcodes losing Canada Post door-to-door delivery this year
Canada Post has announced that 13 communities across the country, encompassing 31 postcodes, will no longer receive door-to-door delivery and instead transition to community mailboxes, starting later this year.
The first batch of addresses being converted to community mailboxes is mostly concentrated in Vancouver and elsewhere in B.C., but several areas in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Etobicoke and Moncton and Riverview will also be affected, along with three postcodes in Quebec.
In total, 136,000 addresses will be converted from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes in late 2026 and early 2027.
The change is part of the corporation’s efforts to cut costs and improve long-term financial sustainability, following years of significant losses.
Canada Post plans to phase out household delivery entirely over the next five years, with additional areas moving to community mailboxes each year.
The postcodes set to be converted in the first phase are:
- Moncton and Riverview, N.B.: E1B, E1C, E1E, E1G
- Sept-Îles, Que.: G4R, G4S
- La Prairie and Candiac, Que.: J5R
- Ottawa: K1B, K1G, K1H, K1J, K1K
- Etobicoke, Ont.: M9V, M9W.
- Winnipeg: R2P, R2R, R2V, R2W, R2X, R3E, R3H.
- Abbotsford, B.C.: V2S, V2T
- Mission, B.C.: V2V
- North Vancouver and West Vancouver: V7M, V7P, V7R, V7S, V7T, V7V, V7W
Nearly three-quarters of Canadian addresses already receive mail through some form of centralized delivery (such as community mailboxes, apartment and condo lobby boxes, and post office boxes), Canada Post said in a news release on Thursday.
However, about four million addresses still receive door-to-door delivery.
The corporation added that it plans to engage with communities as it identifies suitable locations for community mailbox sites, and will keep residents informed throughout the transition.
Meanwhile, most of the addresses selected for the first phase of conversion are adjacent to areas already served by community mailboxes.
Dense urban areas will be addressed in later stages of the multi-year conversion program, which will ultimately result in annual savings of more than $400 million, Canada Post said.
The corporation’s financial situation has deteriorated dramatically in recent years. In September 2025, a statement from the federal government announced that the service had accumulated more than $5 billion in losses since 2018, losing over $1 billion in 2024 alone. It also reported its worst quarterly results ever, losing $407 million, in the second quarter of 2025.
But now, Canada Post claims to have “reached a turning point”.
It said in Thursday’s release: “Canada Post’s transformation will strengthen the postal service, allow it to be a better partner for businesses, enable national commerce, and help it meet its dual mandate of delivering for all Canadians without being a recurring burden on taxpayers.”
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