UniUni shipping in Canada

What is UniUni?

UniUni is a last-mile delivery company for online orders. It is the trading name of Uni Express Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, and it started in Vancouver in 2019. It delivers in Canada and the United States.

Stores and shipping platforms hand UniUni parcels that are already labelled, and its drivers, who are independent contractors, carry them the last stretch to the door. It delivers to street addresses, not PO boxes or post offices.

What UniUni is good for

UniUni describes itself as “a lightweight, flexible network built for residential and urban delivery” and says it is optimized for parcels of 10 lb or less.

That makes it a fit for small, light parcels going to homes in cities. For a rural address, the territories, a parcel that needs a signature, or anything heavy or fragile, choose one of the other carriers in the same quote. A PO box needs Canada Post.

Service and delivery times

ProtonShip quotes include UniUni Standard, UniUni’s regular delivery service. UniUni describes its delivery range as “from next-day delivery to up to 7 days” and doesn’t publish zones or a transit chart, so the business days in the table above are ProtonShip’s estimates.

UniUni says it delivers to 80% of Canada. Its coverage map shades all ten provinces and marks Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as not yet covered. A ProtonShip quote only shows UniUni when it serves both ends of the route. How parcels reach UniUni is in our UniUni drop-off and pickup guide.

Size and weight limits

UniUni doesn’t publish one set of size and weight limits for business shipments. Its marketing describes the service as built for parcels under 10 lb, and its own Small Business terms, for sellers who ship with UniUni directly, allow up to 60 lb and 80 inches for the three sides added together. A ProtonShip quote asks UniUni about each parcel and only shows UniUni when it accepts it.

UniUni doesn’t publish how it works out dimensional weight, so the tile above and our parcel size calculator leave UniUni’s figure out. The price in your quote is UniUni’s own.

Weekends

UniUni’s French services page advertises next-day delivery and seven-day service in the main metropolitan areas, but no current English page names Saturday or Sunday delivery or gives delivery hours. A weekend delivery is possible in big cities, but UniUni doesn’t promise one. UniUni lists the statutory holidays when it doesn’t deliver on its support page. Our guide to UniUni weekend delivery has the detail.

Holidays

UniUni’s only published holiday list is labelled 2024. It names holidays by rule, such as the second Monday in October, so the table applies that list to this season. UniUni doesn’t say what happens when Boxing Day falls on a weekend, as it does in 2026, and it hasn’t published a list for 2027.

The UniUni holiday schedule explains each date, and are carriers open today? checks a single day.

PO boxes, rural and remote addresses

UniUni delivers to street addresses only: “Deliveries cannot be made to post offices or PO boxes.” It doesn’t say in words which rural areas it covers. UniUni can hand some parcels to Canada Post for the last leg, and its tracking then shows a transfer.

UniUni doesn’t publish a residential or remote surcharge.

Signature and delivery photos

Drivers take photos at the drop-off as proof of delivery. UniUni sells a PIN or signature check on its own platform, but it isn’t offered through ProtonShip, and UniUni drops out of a quote when you ask for a signature.

What UniUni won’t carry

UniUni’s list is stricter than the national carriers’. It refuses all alcohol, all perishables, cannabis “regardless of local legality”, tobacco and vape cartridges, firearms, knives and tasers, dangerous goods, cash, and very fragile items such as glassware and porcelain. Compare all five carriers on our prohibited items page.

Guides for UniUni

• UniUni tracking, statuses and customer service
• Does UniUni deliver on weekends?
• UniUni holiday schedule
• UniUni drop-off and pickup
• Lost or damaged parcel: what to do

UniUni through ProtonShip

UniUni sits in the same quote as three other carriers, so you can see for each parcel whether it's the right pick. Canada Post is coming soon. Prices are per label, with fuel and the surcharges known at booking already in the quoted price. The quote shows UniUni’s own delivery date when UniUni gives one, and counts business days when it doesn’t. Signed-out quotes show prices by speed; sign in to see which carrier runs each one.

If a UniUni parcel goes missing, you file the claim with us from the shipment in your account. See coverage and claims.