Which carriers deliver on weekends in Canada?

Does UPS deliver on Saturday?

Yes. UPS Standard, its ground service, delivers to homes on Saturdays in major metro areas at no extra cost, and it happens automatically. UPS’s domestic page says major metropolitan areas across Canada; its 2024 map named Greater Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Laval, and the Greater Toronto Area. Saturday delivery to a business by UPS Standard is an option the shipper has to choose.

On the faster services, UPS Express Early, Express and Express Saver, a shipper can add Saturday delivery to certain destinations for a fee. UPS Expedited has no Saturday option.

UPS doesn’t pick up or deliver on Sundays, apart from its special Express Critical service. Many UPS Access Point locations inside other stores are open on weekends for drop-off. Our guide to UPS weekend delivery has the detail.

Does FedEx deliver on Saturday?

Yes. FedEx Priority Overnight, Standard Overnight and 2Day offer a paid Saturday Service to most major cities in Canada. FedEx Ground also delivers parcels to homes on Saturdays at no extra cost in select markets in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan, for parcels shipped on a Thursday or Friday depending on the distance.

FedEx doesn’t deliver on Sundays in Canada; its own pages say Saturday and Sunday aren’t regular shipping days. FedEx drop boxes aren’t emptied on Saturdays, so a parcel left in one then ships on the next business day. Many FedEx Ship Centres are open on Saturdays. For FedEx on its own, see does FedEx deliver on weekends?

Does Purolator deliver on weekends?

On Saturdays, with its paid Saturday Service on Purolator Express. Parcels picked up on a Friday are delivered by end of day Saturday to eligible addresses. Each piece has to be 70 lb or less, it can’t go into a drop box, and remote delivery points aren’t covered. Purolator doesn’t publish the list of eligible addresses.

Purolator has no standard Sunday delivery. Its QuickShip product for online retailers advertises next-day delivery by 9 pm including weekends, but that’s a separate e-commerce service. Many Purolator drop boxes and parcel lockers are open around the clock. Purolator’s Saturday rules are set out in our Purolator weekend delivery guide.

Does Canada Post deliver on weekends?

In some places, starting this fall. Canada Post is introducing weekend parcel delivery in select areas of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Eligible parcels to homes in those areas may arrive on a Saturday or a Sunday; Canada Post decides which day for each area, and senders can’t choose. Its published list covers 354 postal code areas, and Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver are planned for 2027.

Weekend delivery doesn’t apply to PO boxes, returns, or businesses closed on weekends, or to parcels sent with options such as Deliver to Post Office or Collect on Delivery. If a weekend attempt fails, the parcel goes out again on the next business day. Canada Post’s pages give different start dates for the three cities, so treat it as rolling out rather than guaranteed for any one address. Our Canada Post weekend delivery guide lists the areas and which parcels qualify.

Everywhere else, Canada Post delivers parcels Monday to Friday, and its delivery standards don’t count weekends or statutory holidays.

Does UniUni deliver on weekends?

Sometimes, in big cities. UniUni’s French services page advertises next-day delivery and seven-day service in the main metropolitan areas, but UniUni doesn’t publish delivery days, delivery hours or a weekend schedule. If you’re waiting on a UniUni parcel, the tracking page shows the estimate once UniUni has it. Our UniUni delivery guide explains each tracking status, and UniUni weekend delivery sets out what UniUni does and doesn’t publish.

Statutory holidays

All five carriers close on the main national holidays, and some keep provincial ones. A carrier’s delivery standard doesn’t count the holiday, so a two-day service shipped the day before a holiday arrives a day later. Check the carrier’s schedule before a long weekend: we keep one for Canada Post, UPS, FedEx, Purolator and UniUni. For a single day, see are carriers open today?

Weekend delivery with a ProtonShip label

Where a carrier gives its own delivery date for your exact addresses, as FedEx does, your quote shows that date, and it can be a Saturday where the carrier delivers then. Where a carrier gives no date, the estimate counts business days only. The paid Saturday options above aren’t offered in ProtonShip quotes at the moment.