Does Canada Post deliver on weekends?

Does Canada Post deliver on Sunday?

Only in its weekend delivery areas, and only where Sunday is the day Canada Post has chosen for that area. Canada Post says eligible parcels in those areas “may be delivered on a Saturday or Sunday” and that it decides the weekend day for each one. Outside them, Canada Post doesn’t deliver parcels on Sundays.

Does Canada Post deliver on Saturday?

The same rule applies. In a weekend delivery area where Saturday is the chosen day, eligible parcels can arrive on Saturday. Everywhere else, Canada Post delivers on weekdays only, at the hours below. Its delivery standards count business days only, so a parcel shipped on Friday isn’t a day late when it arrives on Monday.

Canada Post delivery hours

For businesses, Canada Post says it tries to match deliveries to the usual business hours on each route. It adds that times can vary with the volume of mail or changes to a route, and it doesn’t deliver on statutory holidays such as Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.

Is Canada Post open on Saturday or Sunday?

Canada Post delivers mail and parcels Monday to Friday, apart from the weekend parcel areas. It doesn’t publish one set of hours for its post offices: each location’s hours, weekends included, are in its Find a Post Office tool, so check the counter you plan to use.

Canada Post’s customer service line is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 am to 9 pm Eastern, and on weekdays from 7 am to 11 pm.

Where Canada Post delivers on weekends

Canada Post’s list has 354 postal areas, each the first three characters of a postal code (the M5V in M5V 3A8). If yours is on the list, eligible parcels to that address can come on the weekend.

Canada Post announced on September 28, 2026 that weekend delivery would begin in Ottawa in early October and reach Montréal and Toronto by late November. Its weekend delivery page says the three cities launch in November 2026 and, further down, that the service is available now, so treat it as rolling out. Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver are planned for 2027.

Which parcels qualify

Weekend delivery covers Canada Post’s parcel and packet services sent to an address in one of the listed areas. Lettermail and Smartmail Marketing aren’t part of it. Parcels can be left at the door, in a community mailbox, in a lobby lockbox or in a parcel locker.

These parcels stay on weekdays:

• Parcels to a PO box
• Returns
• Parcels to a business that is closed on weekends
• Parcels sent with Deliver to Post Office, Card (Hold) for Pickup or Collect on Delivery

When a weekend delivery is missed

If Canada Post can’t complete a delivery during the weekend window, the parcel goes out again on the next business day. It isn’t sent to a post office for pickup that weekend.

What senders can control

A sender can’t ask for weekend delivery or choose Saturday over Sunday; Canada Post sets that by area. What you can control:

• Skip the options that keep a parcel on weekdays, such as Card (Hold) for Pickup or Deliver to Post Office, if speed matters more.
• Check the first three characters of the postal code against Canada Post’s list when a customer asks.
• Ship early in the week if the parcel must arrive before a weekend outside those areas.

Other carriers on weekends

UPS Standard and FedEx Ground both deliver to homes on Saturdays in some cities, and Purolator sells Saturday delivery on Purolator Express. Our weekend delivery guide compares all five carriers, and each has its own page: UPS weekend delivery, FedEx weekend delivery, Purolator weekend delivery and UniUni weekend delivery.

Canada Post and ProtonShip

Canada Post isn’t in ProtonShip quotes yet. When it joins, it will sit next to UniUni, Purolator, UPS and FedEx in the same quote, and each quote shows the carrier’s own delivery date where it gives one for your addresses. Canada Post shipping options covers its services, limits and rural delivery.