Shipping and mailing label template
A free shipping label maker: type the sender and recipient and print a mailing or address label in Canada Post's address format, 4 × 6 or two half-sheet labels.
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Add the recipient's name, street and city to download. This labels the parcel; it isn’t postage. The PDF is made on your device, and nothing you type is sent to ProtonShip.
How Canada Post asks for an address
From Canada Post’s addressing guidelines:
- The city, the province or territory and the postal code go together on the last line.
- One space between the city and the province, and two before the postal code.
- The postal code in capitals, with one space in the middle and no hyphen.
- Capitals throughout are preferred, and the # symbol is best left out.
- Leave “Canada” off an address within Canada.
The template follows all of these, so an address prints like this:
ALEX MARTIN 100 QUEEN ST W TORONTO ON M5H 2N2
Units, PO boxes, rural routes and French addresses have their own rules: see our Canadian address format guide.
Before you tape it on
- Remove or cover any old labels on the box, as UPS advises, so nobody reads the wrong address.
- Put a copy of the address inside the box. UPS suggests it, and on half-sheet labels the template prints the copy for you.
- Leave room on the box for the carrier’s label, and keep this one from covering its barcode.
Your details stay on your device
The preview and the PDF are made in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to ProtonShip. “Remember this address” keeps your own address in this browser only.
Questions about shipping labels
Can I ship a parcel with this label?
It addresses the parcel, but it isn't postage. Every carrier needs its own label with a tracking barcode, bought from the carrier or a shipping platform. Use this one beside the carrier's label, or put it inside the box.
How do I make a shipping label?
For the address: type the recipient and your return address above, pick 4 × 6 or half-sheet labels, download the PDF and print it at actual size. For postage: buy the carrier's label, with its tracking barcode, from the carrier or a shipping platform and print that too. A parcel needs the carrier's label to ship; this one addresses it and goes beside it or inside the box.
What size is a shipping label?
Most thermal label printers print 4 × 6 inch labels, the usual size for a carrier's label. For an inkjet or laser printer, half-sheet labels are 8.5 × 5.5 inches, two to a letter page.
Should I write the address in capitals?
Canada Post prefers capitals, though it accepts lower case. The template prints capitals unless you turn them off.
Do I add Canada to the address?
Not for a parcel shipped within Canada. Canada Post asks senders to leave the country off domestic addresses.
How do I get a shipping label for free?
An address label like this one is free to make and print. A carrier's label, with postage and a tracking barcode, is paid: you buy it from the carrier or from a platform such as ProtonShip, then print it at home.
Is it cheaper to make your own shipping label?
Printing the carrier's label yourself saves a trip to the counter, and shipping platforms sell carrier labels at discounted rates. This template doesn't replace that label: it addresses the box, or goes inside it as a copy.
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