Overview

• Door-to-door service for roughly four million addresses will be converted to community mailboxes, with the moratorium on rural post‑office closures lifted and non‑urgent letter mail shifted to ground delivery with a three‑to‑seven‑day standard.
• Ottawa projects annual savings of about $400 million from mailbox conversions and more than $20 million from slower letter‑mail standards, with over three‑quarters of households already not receiving door‑to‑door delivery.
• Canada Post must deliver a 45‑day implementation plan, with the conversion expected to take up to nine years and most changes occurring in three to four years, while programs for people with mobility issues remain in place.
• CUPW declared an immediate nationwide strike in response to the announcement, with picket lines already active in the Atlantic provinces and broader disruptions expected as other regions join.
• The overhaul follows sustained losses exceeding $5 billion since 2018, a record $407 million loss in Q2 2025, daily losses of about $10 million, and a $1‑billion federal lifeline earlier this year; Ottawa also ordered a review of management structure and stamp‑rate processes.