Canada Lettermail

Priority mailing with Canada Post.

Lettermail™ service is an effective and personal way to reach your customers—whether it’s your primary communications channel or part of an integrated communications strategy.

Want to be certain that your customers receive your message? Mail is great way to send business correspondence, newsletters, invoices or statements.

For size and weight limitations please See Chart 1
For delivery standards please See Chart 2

Canadian Personalized Mail

To qualify as Personalized Mail, your mailing must meet the following requirements:

• Be promotional in nature.
• Contain a uniform message.
• Include a minimum of 100 or 1,000 pieces to Canadian addresses depending on the layout of the mail piece.
• Meet address accuracy requirements (when mailing over 5,000 pieces).
• Be prepared and/or presorted in a specific way.
  

For size and weight limitations please See Chart 3
For delivery standards please See Chart 4

Canadian Publications

To qualify as Publications Mail™, ALL of the following requirements must be met. Your publication needs to:

• Be in the format of a newspaper, magazine (including magalogues) or newsletter.
• Consist of a single publication or a bundle of publications destined to a single address.
• Be addressed to a subscriber, non-subscriber or news dealer.
• Get published with a regular frequency and at least twice a year.
• Contain news and information intended for public dissemination. It must not contain confidential or proprietary information.
• Contain a maximum of 70% advertising content in more than half of the issues we deliver in a 12-month period.
• Be deposited in Canada and addressed to Canadian addresses.
  

For size and weight limitations please See Chart 5
For delivery standards please See Chart 6

Canada Expedited Parcel

Expedited Parcel™ is a cost-effective, ground delivery service for documents and parcels within Canada.

For size and weight limitations please See Chart 7
For delivery standards please See Chart 8

Chart 1
Standard Lettermail
Letter Carrier Presort (LCP) and NDG		Length	Width	Thickness	Weight
Cards and Post Cards	min.	140 mm	90 mm	0.18 mm	Should weigh enough to provide the stiffness needed to withstand processing without difficulty
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	235 mm	120 mm	5 mm
		(9.6 in)	(6.1 in)	(0.2 in)
Other (eg., envelopes and self-mailers)	min.	140 mm	90 mm	0.18 mm	3 g
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	245 mm	156 mm	5 mm	50 g
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(0.8 in)
Medium Lettermail	min.	140 mm	90 mm	0.18 mm	up to 50 g
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	235 mm	165 mm	5 mm
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(1.4 in)
Other Lettermail non Standard	min.	140 mm	90 mm	0.18 mm	3 g
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	380 mm	270 mm	20 mm	500 g
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(1.4 in)
Oversize	min.	140 mm	90 mm	0.18 mm	5 g
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	380 mm	270 mm	20 mm	500 g
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(1.4 in)

 

Chart 2
Delivery Zone	Local	Within Province	National
Major Urban Centes	2 days	3 days	4 days
Non-major Urban Centres	2 days	3 days	4 days
North Regions and Remote Centres	2 days	up to 6 days	up to 8 days

 

Chart 3
Short and Long (S/L) and Oversize (O/S)
Letter Carrier Presort (LCP) and NDG		Length	Width	Thickness	Weight
Short and Long (S/L) Up to 100 g	min.	100 mm	70 mm	0.18 mm	N/A
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	245 mm	156 mm	5 mm	100 g
		(9.6 in)	(6.1 in)	(0.2 in)	(3.5 oz)
Oversized (O/S) Up to 500 g	min.	100 mm	70 mm	0.18 mm	N/A
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	380 mm	270 mm	20 mm	500 g
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(0.8 in)	(1.76 oz)
Oversized (O/S) Over 500 g up to 750 g	min.	100 mm	70 mm	0.18 mm	Over 500 g*
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)	(Over 17.6 oz)
	max.	380 mm	270 mm	35 mm	750 g
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(1.4 in)	(26.4 oz)
Oversized (O/S) Over 750 g up to 1.36 kg	min.	100 mm	70 mm	0.18 mm	Over 750 g
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)	(Over 26.4 oz)
	max.	380 mm	270 mm	35 mm	1.36 kg
		(14.9 in)	(10.6 in)	(1.4 in)	(3 lb)

 

Chart 4
Local	3 business days
Within a Province	4–5 business days
National	4–13 business days

 

Chart 5
Individually Addressed Copies		Length	Width	Thickness	Weight
(including all enclosures and wrapping)
Non-machineable Category (Letter Carrier Presort (LCP) and NDG Presort)
Short and Long (S/L)	min.	100 mm	70 mm	0.18 mm	–
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	245 mm	156 mm	5 mm	100 g
		(9.6 in)	(6.1 in)	(0.2 in)	(3.5 oz)
Oversize (O/S)	min.	100 mm	70 mm	0.18 mm	–
		(3.9 in)	(2.8 in)	(0.007 in)
	max.	600 mm	600 mm	200 mm	1.36 kg
		(23.6 in)	(23.6 in)	(7.9 in)	(3 lb.)

 

Chart 6
Local	3 business days
Within a Province	4–5 business days
National	4–13 business days

 

Chart 7
	Length	Width	Height	Weight
Minimum	10 cm	7 cm	1 mm	–
Maximum	Length = 2 m			30 kg
	Length + Girth = 3 m

 

Chart 8
Local	1 day
Regional	1-3 days
National	2-7 days