

Province mail is within a single province, while national mail is within the country. Local mail is considered within a town or city. Otherwise, the delivery times are as follows. Delivery times might vary if the package falls outside the standard size and weight requirements. Canada Post Delivery TimesĬanada Post has set delivery times for all items that are sent within the country. That number can be different combinations of numbers or letters depending on what is used. If that is the case, then the number should appear either on the delivery notice card or the receipt. It is also possible that a reference number was created by the person who sent the package. Or, a 13-digit tracking number that mixes numerals with characters from the alphabet.Įither of the numbers may be used for the delivery of the package itself. Canada Post tracking numbers come in two forms, a 16-digit tracking number consisting of all numerals. The tracking number itself can be found on the package, receipt, and on the delivery notice card, so you can enter the information to find the location of the delivery.

What does a Canada Post Tracking Number Look Like? As packages are sent from the origination point to the destination point, they are scanned at the time they were delivered to a Canada Post office, when they are loaded onto a transport vehicle, as they pass through any processing centers, and finally when they are sent out for delivery. If the number is valid you should receive the last known location of the package where it was scanned. You go to the Canada Post Tracking Number page and enter the number in the designated space. The person who sent the package may include a separate number along with the delivery date for the purposes of ensuring the package can be properly tracked. You can also use the reference number provided at the origination point. The first step is to obtain the tracking number from the receipt, delivery notice card, or the package itself. Today, the company provides service to over 16 million addresses across Canada and delivers over 8 billion items each year. Changing its name to Canada Post, in 1981 the company switched from government run to being operated by a Crown corporation. It also says the parcel is in my town and processed, so I wouldn't have guessed that it wasn't ready today.Founded in 1867, the Royal Mail Canada as it was known until the 1960s is part of the Canadian government and was the official postal operator for the country. If you're saying they were just going to deliver a card either way, the site is still a misleading mess, because it clearly states "Item out for delivery" today, which would also be misleading. It clearly paints the wrong picture about what is going on and what I should have expected. They either need to fix how they put in times, or how they present that information. I wouldn't have done this if the site didn't tell me that the item was out for delivery, and that delivery was already missed earlier in the day, and that a note was dropped off. She told me the same thing about how they do it, but by then it was too late, because I literally missed the delivery while I went to go check this out. I went to the post office to try to figure out why it said I had a note when I didn't. The only reason I went to the post office was because the wording on the tracking website clearly indicates that they sent the item out for delivery, and dropped off a note at 9:33 AM showing me where to pick the item up.īecause it was after 9:33 AM, and there was no notice in my mailbox or doors, it looked to me like there was a mistake and they forgot to leave the notice.

The online wording is extremely misleading though. And going to the dropoff point it still isn't there, and they close in 15 minutes, so I missed that package completely today. It says the card was delivered, not that I'll be getting it sometime. Like don't have a notification system if it's going to be giving out incorrect information. The note also says "9:34 AM" but that's total BS since the actual time they dropped it off was between 11:30 and 12:30. I'm pretty pissed at how stupid the system is. Sure enough, I missed the delivery while I was at CP out trying to figure this out. They tell me "oh it was probably filled out this morning, you will probably receive it sometime today". I decided to drive over to the Canada Post to see what the deal was (it was quicker than online support, and I'd rather talk to a person). It says I'm supposed to have received a card at 9:33 AM but no card to be found in my mailbox or door.
