Overview

• The remaining four million addresses with home delivery will be converted to community mailboxes over up to nine years, with most changes in three to four years, and accommodations for people with mobility issues will continue.
• Non-urgent letter mail will shift from air to ground, extending delivery standards from two to four days to three to seven business days and saving more than $20 million annually.
• Ottawa lifted the 1994 moratorium on rural post office closures and directed Canada Post to propose a modernized network that may close or convert locations in over‑served areas.
• Officials cite a $407 million loss in the second quarter, roughly $10 million in daily losses, more than $5 billion in cumulative losses since 2018, and a parcel market share below 24 percent after 62 percent in 2019, despite a $1 billion federal injection earlier this year.
• CUPW declared an immediate nationwide strike, with pickets already in the Atlantic provinces, calling the changes an attack on workers, while Canada Post is expected to table new contract offers on Sept. 26.