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Canada Post also receives letters to God and, on occasion, the Easter Bunny. In 2001, Canada Post started accepting e-mail messages to Santa. In 2006, more than 44,000 email messages were responded to. [68] The 2024 strike caused Canada Post to remove its deadline for sending letters to Santa when its letters to Santa program was disrupted. [69]
In December 2003, Canada Post issued a new 49¢ definitive stamp bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II using a photograph taken by rock star Bryan Adams. A similar redenominated stamp was issued in 2005 as a 50¢ denomination, and a 51¢ denomination in 2006 (see Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp (Canada)).
The 2024 Canada Post strike was a strike action against Canada Post by the national membership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). The strike began on November 15, 2024 [1] and suspended on December 17. [2] The strike could be started again on May 22, 2025 [3]
The price of a First-Class stamp reached 10 cents in 1974, just before the 200th anniversary of the service. As recently as 2002 it stood at 34 cents, or half of the current price.
Canada Post provides a postal code look-up tool on its website [3] and via its mobile application, [4] and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries.
The proposed adjustments would raise prices for certain mailing services products by about 7.8%, USPS said, but the agency will apply a price reduction of 10% for postal insurance when you mail an ...
Canada Post's Registered Mail service provides the sender with a mailing receipt, and upon delivery of the item, with the delivery date and a copy of the signature of the addressee or the addressee's representative. Registered Mail may include lettermail, documents, valuables, and literature for the blind, but does not include parcels. [6]
The Canada Post counterpart is Lettermail. [71] The British Royal Mail's 1st Class, as it is styled, is simply a priority option over 2nd Class, at a slightly higher cost. Royal Mail aims (but does not guarantee) to deliver all 1st Class letters the day after posting. [72] In Austria priority delivery mail is called Prio, in Switzerland A-Post ...