Does UPS deliver on weekends?

UPS delivers on Saturdays in parts of Canada and never on Sundays. Which services deliver Saturday, how late drivers come, and what a business day is.

Updated October 17, 2026

Short answer. UPS delivers on Saturdays in Canada but not on Sundays. UPS Standard parcels to homes in eligible metro areas, including Greater Toronto, Montréal and Laval, Calgary and Greater Vancouver, can arrive on a Saturday at no extra charge, and UPS’s express services can add Saturday delivery for a fee. On weekdays, UPS says its drivers generally deliver as late as 9 pm.

Does UPS deliver on Saturday?

Yes, depending on the service and the address. UPS says it offers “Monday through Saturday services for residential and commercial packages,” and each service reaches Saturday in its own way:

Service and address	Saturday delivery	How it’s arranged
UPS Standard to a home	In eligible metro areas, at no extra charge	Automatic. It can’t be requested, and the scheduled delivery date shows when it applies
UPS Standard to a business	Where available, at an extra charge per shipment	The shipper selects it when shipping. A business with a UPS Saturday pickup can opt in to receive at no charge
UPS Express Early, Express and Express Saver	To certain destinations, at an extra charge	Saturday Air Delivery, selected when shipping, with a Saturday Delivery label on the box
UPS Expedited	None listed	UPS’s rate guide gives it no Saturday option

From the 2026 UPS Canada Rate and Service Guide and UPS's terms of service, checked October 17, 2026.

UPS decides where home delivery on Saturday applies by the origin postal code, its own Saturday delivery territory and whether the address is residential. Its map, from a 2024 flyer, covers Greater Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal and Laval, and Greater Toronto, which UPS says reaches 79% of the population. The flyer said coverage would grow through 2025, and UPS hasn’t published a newer list. Its domestic services page describes Saturday delivery as available “to major metropolitan areas across Canada.”

The flyer also explains the timing. Eligible parcels with one or two days in transit, picked up on a Thursday or Friday, are scheduled for Saturday instead of the following week, and nothing has to be done differently when shipping.

Does UPS deliver on Sunday?

No. UPS’s weekend page says “there are no pickups nor deliveries on Sunday.” The one exception is UPS Express Critical, a separate urgent service that UPS books by phone and runs every day of the year, holidays included. ProtonShip doesn’t sell it. A parcel that would otherwise reach you on a Sunday arrives on Monday, or on Tuesday after a Monday holiday that UPS observes.

What time does UPS deliver?

UPS says its drivers “can deliver as late as 9 p.m.” and may deliver even later during the festive season. For UPS Standard, it gives the window more precisely: homes get deliveries Monday to Friday between 9 am and 9 pm, “and sometimes later,” and businesses get them during their normal business hours. UPS doesn’t publish separate hours for Saturdays.

Only the express services come with a time of day. UPS Express Early delivers by 9 am to many metropolitan areas in the 10 provinces, UPS Express by 10:30 am to most metropolitan areas, and UPS Express Saver by 3:00 pm to businesses in most metropolitan areas. UPS Standard and UPS Expedited are scheduled for a day, not a time. When a parcel shows “Out for Delivery” and the driver can’t deliver it, UPS tries again on the next business day.

UPS’s holiday page says its service guarantee is suspended for all services within Canada, the timed express services included. The times above are still UPS’s commitments, but its money-back promise doesn’t apply while the suspension lasts.

What counts as a business day for UPS

UPS’s terms define a business day as Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, and its transit times count only those days. UPS Standard takes one to seven business days and UPS Expedited aims for the second business day, so Saturday is never part of the count. A Saturday delivery comes on top of it.

UPS also closes on the national holidays and on some provincial ones, such as Family Day in most provinces and Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec, and a parcel in transit waits for the next business day. The UPS holiday schedule lists each date, and the delivery time calculator estimates UPS’s business days between any two postal codes.

Saturday pickups and weekend drop-off

UPS’s Saturday pickups are for UPS account holders, where UPS offers them: a stop every Saturday, a stop when a shipment is processed on the Saturday, or a one-time Saturday pickup booked ahead. Each carries a charge per stop, and a Saturday pickup has to match the account’s weekday pickup type unless it’s a one-time pickup.

UPS Access Point locations keep evening and weekend hours, which vary by location. UPS doesn’t say when a parcel dropped off on a Saturday or Sunday leaves the location, so allow for it to move on the next business day. Our UPS drop-off and pickup guide covers the location types, size limits and cut-off times.

UPS weekend delivery with a ProtonShip label

Every ProtonShip quote shows each UPS service’s estimated delivery day for your postal codes. Where UPS gives its own date, that date is shown, and it can be a Saturday where UPS delivers then; otherwise the estimate counts UPS’s business days. Because UPS applies Saturday home delivery automatically on eligible routes, a UPS Standard parcel sent with a ProtonShip label can still arrive on a Saturday.

UPS’s paid Saturday options, Saturday Air Delivery and Saturday delivery to a business, aren’t sold through ProtonShip. Booking a pickup through ProtonShip isn’t offered either: hand the parcel to a UPS driver who already collects from you, or drop it off at a UPS location before its cut-off time.

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Questions about UPS on weekends

Does UPS deliver to businesses on Saturday?

Only when it's arranged. A shipper can select Saturday delivery for UPS Standard to a business where UPS offers it, for an extra charge, and a business with a UPS Saturday pickup can opt in to receive its UPS Standard parcels then at no charge. Express parcels need UPS's Saturday Air Delivery option.

Can I ask UPS to deliver my parcel on a Saturday?

Not as the receiver. UPS Standard Saturday delivery to homes happens automatically where the route qualifies, and UPS says it isn't available by request. With UPS My Choice, a receiver can reschedule a delivery or redirect the parcel to another address.

What happens if nobody is home for a Saturday UPS delivery?

UPS says that in many areas the driver simply leaves the parcel at the door. When a parcel that's out for delivery can't be delivered, UPS tries again on the next business day.

Does UPS Expedited deliver on Saturday?

UPS's rate guide lists no Saturday option for UPS Expedited. Within Canada it aims for the second business day, so a parcel picked up on a Thursday is due the following Monday.

Can I drop off a UPS parcel on the weekend?

Yes, where a location is open. UPS Access Point locations, which include participating The UPS Store locations, keep evening and weekend hours that vary by location, and UPS's locator shows each one's hours. UPS doesn't pick up on Sundays, so a parcel left that day moves on a later day.

Sources, checked October 17, 2026

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