FedEx Standard Overnight

What FedEx Standard Overnight is

FedEx Standard Overnight is FedEx’s afternoon next-day service within Canada: delivery “5 p.m. next business day to businesses and by 8 p.m. to residences in most metropolitan areas.” FedEx pitches it for parcels that need to arrive the next business day when end of day is soon enough.

FedEx’s two other overnight services, First Overnight and Priority Overnight, deliver in the morning. ProtonShip quotes include Standard Overnight, alongside FedEx Ground and FedEx 2Day.

Delivery times and the guarantee

Most metropolitan areas get Standard Overnight parcels the next business day, by 5 pm at a business and 8 pm at a home. Other areas and the territories can take longer: the table above shows typical business days by distance, and a live ProtonShip quote shows FedEx’s own delivery date and time for your addresses.

Standard Overnight is one of the three services FedEx’s money-back guarantee covers within Canada, for Canadian payors, since February 12, 2026; the guarantee is suspended for FedEx 2Day, Economy and FedEx Ground. It doesn’t apply to shipments addressed to a PO box.

Size limits and dimensional weight

Standard Overnight takes packages up to 150 lb and 108 in long, and up to 130 in in length plus girth, the FedEx Express limit; larger boxes, up to 165 in, can go by FedEx Ground. Packages over 48 in long, with a second-longest side over 30 in, over 105 in in length plus girth, or over 55 lb carry an additional handling charge.

For dimensional weight, FedEx rounds each side up to the next whole inch, multiplies them, divides by 139 (5,000 in centimetres) and rounds 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. Try your own box in the parcel size calculator.

Saturdays and holidays

FedEx offers Saturday Service on Standard Overnight to most major cities in Canada, at an extra charge. Paid Saturday options aren’t offered in ProtonShip quotes at the moment. 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

FedEx Express doesn’t deliver to PO boxes: it holds such a parcel at a FedEx location for the recipient to collect, outside its delivery commitments. Use a street address. A rural route, concession or side road address needs the recipient’s area code and phone number. Remote areas can carry an out-of-delivery-area surcharge and homes a residential surcharge; ProtonShip’s quoted price includes the surcharges known at booking.

Within Canada, FedEx Express carries alcohol only between licensed distributors and prohibits cannabis, tobacco and vaping products, and firearms. See prohibited and restricted items for all five carriers.

Dropping it off

FedEx takes parcels at no extra charge at FedEx Ship Centres and at FedEx Authorized ShipCentre and FedEx OnSite locations, including Staples, Kent and Super C stores, and its drop boxes accept parcels around the clock. Find one with the FedEx location finder. Since March 9, 2026, FedEx charges a fee per stop for on-call pickups in Canada. Dangerous goods, dry ice included, can’t go in a drop box or to a FedEx OnSite or Authorized ShipCentre location.

Signature and claims

Signature options are available at an extra charge. FedEx Express takes damage claims within 21 days of delivery and loss claims within 9 months of the ship date. 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.

Standard Overnight or another FedEx service

• FedEx 2Day delivers in one to two business days by the same 5 pm and 8 pm times, with the same limits.
• FedEx Ground takes one to seven business days, accepts boxes up to 165 in, and delivers to homes on Saturdays in many big cities at no extra cost.

For next-day options from other carriers, see UPS vs FedEx and Purolator vs FedEx.

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