discussion Rants etc.....

[SugarJ]

I've never had to-the-door mail delivery in 28 years of home ownership. Mailboxes in both townhouses in the amenity building, then a community mailbox in a new subdivision when we bought our house 14 years ago. It's 4 houses away from me so it's not a big deal. Parcel delivery has been better since they added another mailbox just for parcels a couple years back, now there's room for 10 parcels between 32 mailboxes instead of 4.

 

[Izerous]

Maybe I wrongly assumed packages would still come to the door? Usually my guy today walks the neighbourhood with the letter mail. Then he comes back around in the van with parcels. So once CP stops "home delivery", that includes parcels too? Seems like a really poor business model...

Yeah effects parcels too. Grabbed first image that came up for example. The numbered boxes are for mail. So you might be assigned 1-10 or something. When you get a parcel you get a key labeled 2B in your letter box. Key opens the door, lock the door drop the key in the red slot. Next time they show up they grab the keys from the red box and use them for the next person. Red box is also the mail drop of slot if you have a stamped letter to send.

All the ones I have seen around Edmonton don't have anything like #4 either where it is only parcels they are all like 1-3 and I'm pretty sure the A/B boxes are even smaller than they show here.

Since the parcel keys are endlessly recycled it would honestly be pretty easy for the average key cutter to make clones and over time have keys for all of the parcel boxes if they recieved enough over time.

Edit: About 80% of what I receive through Canada post if it doesn't fit in the mail slot I get a delivery slip instead and almost never get the parcel key. Post office is ~6km round trip for each parcel they hold onto.

 

[sswilson]

Maybe I wrongly assumed packages would still come to the door? Usually my guy today walks the neighbourhood with the letter mail. Then he comes back around in the van with parcels. So once CP stops "home delivery", that includes parcels too? Seems like a really poor business model...

I believe the intention is to continue home delivery for packages, but I'm unsure how they're going to draw the line between full sized parcels and items that currently come in the mailbox.

My biggest concern is how they're going to do the mailing address when they convert us to community boxes. Will mail/parcels continue to be addressed to our civic address, or are they going to be converted to a PO box address?

 

[Izerous]

...Will mail/parcels continue to be addressed to our civic address, or are they going to be converted to a PO box address?

to your address, they are not the equivalent of real PO box addresses.

Your also not gaunteed to be in a box nearest to your house. The one I was assigned is ~180m walking distance, yet there is a cluster only 120m away in the other direction. Not that I'm complainingg about 60m if thats how that comes across but its true for my elderly neighbour as well etc.

 

[sswilson]

Maybe I wrongly assumed packages would still come to the door? Usually my guy today walks the neighbourhood with the letter mail. Then he comes back around in the van with parcels. So once CP stops "home delivery", that includes parcels too? Seems like a really poor business model...

Full List of Postal Codes Moving to Community Mailboxes Under Canada Post Plan in 2026–2027

Canada Post is starting a major shift in how it delivers mail, marking what it calls a turning point for the future of the service.[caption id="attachment_419485" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Credit: Canada Post[/caption]The Crown corporation has begun preliminary work on a multi year...

www.todocanada.ca

Canada Post says community mailboxes offer secure, round-the-clock access, with more than 80 percent of parcels fitting inside designated compartments. For items that do not fit or require signatures, delivery to the door or pickup options will remain.

You can read that both ways....

In our neighbourhood, it's a separate truck which delivers parcels. Yes the letter mail dude has a truck, but it's a completely different truck/person who delivers parcels.

 

[JD]

My area has no boulevards, so I struggle to understand where they plan to even put these boxes. I suppose the city owns the first 4ft or so of all our yards, and I guess if your house is the lucky one, that means you effectively still get door service?

But I see what you guys are saying, a lot of times the mailman is carrying "small" parcels in his bags, so those would end up in these community mailboxes. Something big, like a computer case, might still arrive at the door - but I'm guessing they'll just leave slips and make you pick that stuff up at the post office.

Hopefully they don't close any of the post office outlets? My nearest is inside a corner store about 500m away. Fine to walk to, but not so great to carry something heavy back home lol

Realistically, seems like they should just exit the parcel business...

 

[sswilson]

My area has no boulevards, so I struggle to understand where they plan to even put these boxes. I suppose the city owns the first 4ft or so of all our yards, and I guess if your house is the lucky one, that means you effectively still get door service?

But I see what you guys are saying, a lot of times the mailman is carrying "small" parcels in his bags, so those would end up in these community mailboxes. Something big, like a computer case, might still arrive at the door - but I'm guessing they'll just leave slips and make you pick that stuff up at the post office.

Hopefully they don't close any of the post office outlets? My nearest is inside a corner store about 500m away. Fine to walk to, but not so great to carry something heavy back home lol

Realistically, seems like they should just exit the parcel business...

Yeah, so long as you don't mind your driveway being blocked half the time by folks who're just stopped (parked) long enough to get their mail.

edit: Here's CP's official site/presser:

Canada Post’s transformation

We’re working to renew and transform the national postal service and put it on a path to financial sustainability. Here are 5 guiding principles that outline our commitments.

www.canadapost-postescanada.ca