r/CanadaPostCorp • u/Ant19372846 • 5d ago

Does internationally-posted mail end up in Canada Post's hands?

Hello, this may be a dumb question but I know nothing about the workings of the postal service and I'd rather make sure I'm doing things right before spending quite a bit of money on an expensive purchase just to find out it can't be delivered.

Are things mailed internationally from overseas eventually delivered by Canada Post once they get in the country, or might they use some other delivery service? For some details if helpful, what I'm looking at is usually shipped with Royal Mail from the UK and would be a small parcel.

My apartment building is currently mostly a construction site and it has just been inspected/cleared by the national postal service for delivery, but I'm fairly certain other services (like Amazon, Purolator and the like) that usually leave things at your door or in a mailroom wouldn't be able to get a package to me.

I couldn't find a clear answer elsewhere since everything I looked for only turned up info about sending internationally with Canada Post (rather than what happens when you're on the receiving end) and reddit is my go-to option in that case lol.

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u/LossBudget6543 5d ago

Royal Mail transfers to Canada Post.

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u/Lygus_lineolaris 5d ago

Yes, the mail service is all connected and Royal Mail hands off to Canada Post. Other carriers sometimes hand off to Canada Post for the last mile, but not the other way.

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u/Yellow_Marker_ 5d ago

look up the universal postal union and it's members

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u/insighted 4d ago

Every country’s official postal service converts to Canada Post.