Closures and service interruptions

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Learn about upcoming outages to our website and specific online tools that are affected as well as major weather events and holiday closures that impact mail delivery in your community.

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On-time delivery guarantee suspended for Xpresspost International destined for Australia

Delays are expected for all mail items sent to Australia between September 26 and October 9, 2016 due to strike activity by the Border Protection Department, which oversees customs clearance.

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On-time delivery guarantee for Xpresspost International items destined to Brazil is temporarily suspended

Due to a labour disruption in Brazil, the delivery of letters, parcels and EMS items may be delayed. Consequently, effective September 16, the on-time guarantee for Xpresspost International items destined to Brazil is temporarily suspended.

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Mail and parcel service to Yemen suspended

Effective Apr. 20, 2015, all Yemen-bound mail accepted by Canada Post will be returned to sender. Once postal service has resumed, customers will be able to resend their mail items at no additional charge.

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Mail and parcel service temporarily suspended to Yemen

Effective immediately, postal service for parcels and letters to Yemen is temporarily suspended.

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