Canada Post converting 81,000 B.C. addresses to community mailboxes
The second wave of conversions starts in 2027, affecting 15 B.C. communities. The shift is meant to balance Canada Post's significant financial losses.
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Canada Post identified fifteen B.C. communities marked for conversion from door-to-door mail delivery to community mailboxes in 2027, affecting about 81,000 addresses across the province.
The affected communities are Burnaby, Colwood, Coquitlam, Esquimalt, Kelowna, Langford, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Saanich, Victoria, View Royal, West Kelowna, Songhees Nation, and Westbank First Nation. Specific postal codes will be shared later, and residents will be notified before installation.
This is the second round of conversions. Earlier this year, Canada Post identified 40,000 addresses in Abbotsford, Mission, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver for conversion by year's end or early 2027.
Across the country, about three-quarters of Canadian addresses already use community mailboxes or centralized delivery. Roughly four million addresses still receive door-to-door service as of mid-2026.
Canada Post says the shift is necessary to stabilize its finances. The postal service recorded a $205 million before-tax loss in the first quarter of 2026, with revenue down $181 million (14 percent) compared to the same quarter last year. Door-to-door delivery costs significantly more than centralized mailboxes, and the conversions are described as "a key element" of the service's plan to become financially sustainable without becoming "a recurring burden on taxpayers."