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Ensure all your mail follows you to your new address. Use Mail Forwarding when you move or temporarily relocate to a new address. You can forward your personal or business mail from your Canadian address to anywhere in the world. Rest assured you’re not missing infrequent mailings such as tax slips, licenses or health card renewals.
- Support: How to get started with Mail Forwarding - Canada Post
A homeowner, renter or business moving or changing post...
- Mail Forwarding - Overview - Canada Post
Overview. Mail Forwarding service ensures that mail is...
- Support: How to get started with Mail Forwarding - Canada Post
A homeowner, renter or business moving or changing post office boxes. Managing an estate or receiving mail for a deceased individual. Use Mail Forwarding for temporary relocation if you’re: A snowbird going south for the winter. Relocating during renovations, a temporary job or an extended vacation. Managing mail on behalf of someone else.
Get familiar with your community mailbox. If you’ve moved to a neighbourhood with a Canada Post community mailbox, we’ll get you up to speed. Find out which box is yours, how to receive your parcels and how to get keys to your box. We can also help with any other questions or concerns that may arise. Get started with your community mailbox.
Sep 22, 2023 · Overview. Mail Forwarding service ensures that mail is delivered to a new or temporary address anywhere in Canada or the world when a business or residential customer moves. For additional information, please visit Forward” mail when you move or relocate | Personal | Canada Post (canadapost-postescanada.ca). You can buy the service online or ...
- 18 1. Overview
- Please note:
- 2.1 Types of Mail Forwarding service
- Mail Forwarding for moves
- Mail Forwarding for temporary relocation
- 2.2 Mail Forwarding service fee types
- 3.2 How to pay
- Residential customer
- Business customer
- Please note:
- 3.3 How to prove you paid
- Acceptable proofs of payment
- If you purchased your service online, we accept:
- 4. Delivery standards
- 5.1 Purchasing Mail Forwarding overview
- To buy Mail Forwarding online
- What to do with a barcode
- 1. Keep your barcode
- To buy Mail Forwarding at a post office
- 5.2 Purchasing Mail Forwarding for someone else
- Buying online
- Buying at a post office
- 5.3 What to bring to the post office
- If you’re buying for another person or business, bring:
- If you’re buying for a deceased person, bring:
- 6. Changing your Mail Forwarding service
- At any time, you can change:
- Before the service start date, you can change:
- After service start date, you can change:
- 7. Features
- Service duration
- Mail recipients
- If you bought the service online:
- If you bought the service at a post office:
- If you bought the service online:
- If you bought the service at a post office:
- Acceptable ID
- Additional ID requirements
- Additional ID requirements for a deceased person
- Forwarded items
- Special offers
- Self-serve portal
- Changes and cancellation
- Consumers’ Choice
- Destination address
- Restrictions
- In cases of dissolved partnerships, marriages, and so on:
- No liability
- Privacy Act
- 8. Extending your Mail Forwarding service
- Online
- At the post office
- 10. Addressing guidelines
Mail Forwarding service ensures that mail is delivered to a new or temporary address anywhere in Canada or the world when a business or residential customer moves. For additional information, please visit Forward” mail when you move or relocate | Personal | Canada Post (canadapost-postescanada.ca). You can buy the service online or at a post office...
You can only buy Mail Forwarding service if your original address is in Canada.
There are two Mail Forwarding service types that are available:
Use Mail Forwarding for moves if you’re: Not returning to your original address A homeowner, renter, or business moving or changing post office boxes Managing an estate or receiving mail for a deceased person Mail delivery resumes to the original address upon service expiry. It’s your responsibility to notify correspondents of the new mailing addre...
Use Mail Forwarding for temporary relocation if you’re: A snowbird going south for the winter Relocating during: Renovations A temporary job An extended vacation Managing mail on behalf of someone else You can also use Mail Forwarding for temporary relocation for any other reason when you’re still associated with the current address.
There are two Mail Forwarding service fee types: Residential fees apply to one or more people, such as a family, using an address as a place of residence only. Business fees apply to an enterprise of any sort, whether for profit or not, as distinguished from one or more people, such as a family using an address as a place of residence only. Example...
We accept several different methods of payment for the Mail Forwarding service.
Business cheque or certified cheque (conditions apply) Cash Credit card (where available) Debit card (where available) Money order
Business cheque or certified cheque Cash Credit card (where available) Debit card (where available) Money order
If you buy the Mail Forwarding service online, you must pay by credit card or bill to your account.
We accept several different methods for proof of payment.
We accept several different types of proof of payment depending where you purchased your Mail Forwarding service:
Email confirmation Printed online transaction receipt
Delivery standards are estimates of how long it will take for the mail to be delivered. These delivery standards aren’t guaranteed. To calculate the delivery standard for forwarded mail: Add the delivery standard of the postal service first used and the delivery standard from the old address to the new address Add one day to that total
You can buy Mail Forwarding service online or at any post office. Whether you buy Mail Forwarding online or at the post office, you’ll need a government-issued photo identification and proof of authorization if you’re ordering on behalf of another person or business/organization. Please note: When buying the service online, we confirm your identi...
Sign-in to your Canada Post account or sign-up Enter your address and identification information Choose the length of service Pay with your credit card Visit the post office with your barcode (if required)
If you order online and your identity can’t be verified, you must visit your nearest post office to finalize your Mail Forwarding order. Here’s what to do:
Print your barcode or keep it ready to show on your device.
Fill out an order form Visit your nearest post office Show your identification Pay
Purchasing Mail Forwarding for someone else You can buy Mail Forwarding service on behalf of another person (including a deceased person) or business/organization, either online or at your nearest post office.
To buy Mail Forwarding online on behalf of another person or a business/organization: Specify whose mail you’d like to have forwarded and complete the online form. Print a barcode and pay online. Take the barcode to a post office to show your government-issued photo ID and a legal document demonstrating your authority to act on behalf of the other ...
To buy Mail Forwarding at a post office on behalf of another person or a business/organization: Come in to a post office and complete a form. To save time, you can print and complete the Mail Forwarding form before you come in. Provide your personal government-issued photo ID along with a legal document demonstrating your authority to act on behal...
What you need to bring to the post office to make your Mail Forwarding purchase depends on who you’re buying the service for.
Your government-issued photo ID The barcode from your online purchase (if applicable) A Letter of Authorization or legal document demonstrating your authority to act on behalf of the person or business (for example, power of attorney)
Your government-issued photo ID The barcode from your online purchase (if applicable) One of the following certificates: Death (issued by the applicable government Vital Statistics office) Medical examiner’s Funeral director’s Cremation Another certificate by a comparable authority (such as in the case of a death outside the country) Proof of appoi...
If you provided your email address at the time of purchase, you can change your Mail Forwarding service request by accessing our online self-serve tool. To do so, you’ll need the: Reference number from the confirmation email we sent when you placed your order Postal code of the original address Email address on the order
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
We need a complete and valid address and postal code information as part of this service. See our Addressing guidelines for more information.
Standard mail forwarding lasts 12 months. You can pay to extend mail forwarding for 6, 12, or 18 more months (18 months is the maximum). To purchase Extended Mail Forwarding, you can add it when you first submit your change of address request or if you later edit your request. (USPS will also send you a reminder email when you have 1 month left ...
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Sep 22, 2023 · You can extend, modify 1, or cancel the Mail Forwarding service online (when you provide an email address at the time of purchase) or at any post office by presenting the original receipt. We don’t give a refund when you cancel the service after the start date. You can’t change the original and destination addresses after the service has ...
