FedEx shipping in Canada

What FedEx is good for

FedEx runs two networks in Canada: FedEx Ground, delivering in one to seven business days, and FedEx Express, with two-day and next-day services. Ground and 2Day reach every province and territory, and FedEx Ground delivers to homes on Saturdays in many big cities at no extra cost.

FedEx doesn’t deliver to PO boxes, and homes carry a residential surcharge. For a PO box, use Canada Post.

Services and delivery commitments

These are FedEx’s parcel services within Canada, in its own words. The three marked are in ProtonShip quotes.

FedEx counts Monday to Friday, except holidays, as business days.

Size and weight limits

Every FedEx parcel can weigh up to 150 lb and be up to 108 inches long. Length plus girth (twice the width plus twice the height) is where the networks differ: FedEx Ground takes up to 165 inches, while the Express services take up to 130 inches. FedEx Ground also caps parcels at 70 lb to Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

FedEx adds an Additional Handling charge to a package longer than 48 inches, wider than 30 inches on its second-longest side, over 105 inches in length plus girth, over 10,368 cubic inches, or heavier than 55 lb. Past 96 inches long, 130 inches in length plus girth, 17,280 cubic inches or 110 lb, an Oversize charge applies with a 90 lb minimum billable weight. Our guides to shipping tires and furniture show where real boxes land against these lines.

Both networks divide length × width × height in inches by 139 for dimensional weight. FedEx rounds each dimension up to the next whole inch and the result up to the next whole pound. Try a box in the parcel size calculator, and see how FedEx shipping rates work for the rest of what sets a FedEx price.

Weekends

FedEx Ground delivers residential parcels on Saturday at no extra cost in major urban centres in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan: parcels shipped Thursday on two-day lanes and Friday on one-day lanes. FedEx Priority Overnight, Standard Overnight and 2Day offer Saturday Service to most major cities, for an extra fee. FedEx lists no Sunday delivery in Canada.

FedEx drop boxes aren’t serviced on Saturdays, so a parcel left in one then ships the next business day. Many FedEx Ship Centres open on Saturdays. Our guide to FedEx weekend delivery has the detail, and which carriers deliver on weekends compares all five.

Holidays

FedEx publishes its Canadian holiday schedule by date and says the dates are subject to change. On Remembrance Day it closes in Nova Scotia only.

FedEx hasn’t published its 2027 dates after New Year’s Day yet. The FedEx holiday schedule explains each date, and are carriers open today? checks a single day.

PO boxes, homes, rural and remote addresses

FedEx Express accepts parcels addressed to a PO box in Canada but doesn’t deliver them to the box; FedEx contacts the recipient to pick it up at the nearest FedEx location, and the delivery commitment no longer applies. Include the recipient’s phone number, and see shipping to a PO box for the other carriers. A rural route, concession or side road address also needs the recipient’s area code and phone number.

Remote and rural deliveries carry surcharges with different names by network: an Out-of-Delivery-Area or Extended Service Area surcharge on Express, and a Remote Rural Surcharge on Ground. Deliveries to a home, including a business run from a home, carry FedEx’s Residential Delivery Surcharge on both networks.

Drop-off and pickup

Drop parcels at a FedEx Ship Centre, at FedEx Authorized ShipCentre or OnSite locations such as Staples, Kent and Super C stores, or in a FedEx drop box (up to 20 × 12 × 6 inches). Authorized ShipCentres take FedEx Ground at select locations only. Find one with the FedEx location finder.

Since March 9, 2026, FedEx charges a fee per stop for on-call driver pickups in Canada. More on both in our FedEx drop-off and pickup guide.

With a ProtonShip label, hand the parcel to the FedEx driver if one already collects from you; otherwise drop it off at one of the locations above.

What FedEx won’t carry

FedEx won’t take cash, cannabis, tobacco, vaping products or firearms on either network. FedEx Ground refuses alcohol, and FedEx Express carries it only between licensed distributors. Ground takes dangerous goods only as consumer commodities or limited quantities, and FedEx Express won’t take damaged or defective batteries. Compare all five carriers on our prohibited items page.

Guides for FedEx

• Does FedEx deliver on weekends?
• FedEx holiday schedule
• FedEx drop-off and pickup
• How FedEx shipping rates work
• How to file a FedEx claim in Canada

FedEx through ProtonShip

ProtonShip quotes include FedEx Ground, FedEx 2Day and FedEx Standard Overnight, next to the other carriers. Prices are per label, with fuel and the surcharges known at booking, such as home delivery, already in the quoted price. Your quote shows the carrier’s own delivery date where it gives one for your addresses, which can be a Saturday where it delivers then; otherwise the estimate counts business days. FedEx Saturday Service isn’t sold through ProtonShip yet.

Signed-out quotes show prices by speed; sign in to see which carrier runs each one. If a FedEx parcel is lost or damaged, you file the claim with us. See coverage and claims.