FedEx Ground

What FedEx Ground is

FedEx Ground is FedEx’s ground network in Canada, separate from FedEx Express. FedEx describes it as “cost-effective, on-time delivery in 1 to 7 business days,” available to all provinces and territories. It handles deliveries to homes as well as businesses.

It suits most parcels that don’t need to arrive the next day or the day after, including larger boxes, since FedEx Ground takes more length plus girth than FedEx’s express services.

FedEx Ground delivery times

FedEx gives a delivery date for each route, and a live ProtonShip quote shows FedEx’s own date for your addresses, a Saturday included where FedEx delivers then. The table above shows typical business days by distance.

FedEx’s money-back guarantee has been suspended for FedEx Ground in Canada until further notice. Since February 12, 2026, FedEx applies it within Canada to its overnight services only.

Size limits and dimensional weight

FedEx Ground takes packages up to 150 lb, up to 108 in long, and up to 165 in in length plus girth, where girth is twice the width plus twice the height. To Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut the limit is 70 lb a package.

For dimensional weight, FedEx multiplies length, width and height in inches and divides by 139 (5,000 in centimetres), after rounding each side up to the next whole inch, and rounds the result up to the next whole pound. An 18 × 14 × 10 in box comes to 18.1 lb, so a 6 lb parcel in it bills at 19 lb. Check any box in the parcel size calculator.

Saturdays and holidays

FedEx Ground delivers to homes on Saturday at no extra cost in major urban centres in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan: parcels shipped on Thursday on two-day lanes, or on Friday on one-day lanes, arrive Saturday. FedEx says these markets cover 82% of the population of Canada’s major urban centres. FedEx doesn’t deliver on Sundays, and its drop boxes aren’t emptied on Saturdays. Holiday closures are in our FedEx holiday schedule, and our FedEx weekend delivery guide covers Saturdays.

Addresses and restricted items

ProtonShip quotes send FedEx Ground to street addresses. A rural route, concession or side road address needs the recipient’s area code and phone number on the label, and FedEx quotes it once that’s there. Rural postal codes can carry a remote rural surcharge and homes a residential surcharge; ProtonShip’s quoted price includes the surcharges known at booking.

FedEx Ground is stricter than FedEx Express about what it carries within Canada. It prohibits alcoholic beverages, cannabis, tobacco and vaping products, firearms and ammunition, and flammable goods, and it accepts dangerous goods only as consumer commodities or limited quantities. See prohibited and restricted items for all five carriers.

Signature and claims

Signature options are available at an extra charge. FedEx Ground’s deadlines are 21 calendar days from delivery for damage or missing contents, and 9 months from the ship date for a lost parcel. FedEx treats a platform that consolidates other businesses’ parcels as the shipper, so with ProtonShip you file from the shipment page in your account. Read how to file a FedEx claim.

FedEx Ground or FedEx Express

• FedEx 2Day delivers in one to two business days, by 5 pm to businesses and 8 pm to homes in most metropolitan areas, with a 130 in length plus girth limit.
• FedEx Standard Overnight delivers the next business day on the same times, and is one of the services FedEx’s money-back guarantee still covers within Canada, for Canadian payors.

Questions about FedEx Ground