Discover flat rate product types and regions
Choose the right product for your shipment:
✔ Prepaid envelopes come with the Xpresspost™ or Priority™ shipping service.
✔ Our Flat Rate Boxes allow you to ship up to 5 kg.
✔ Regional or Canada-wide shipping.
Simplify your shipping
Prepaid envelopes
✔ Tracking and on-time delivery guarantee.
✔ Delivery confirmation.
✔ Up to $100 liability coverage for loss or damage.
✔ Additional features and options can be added at shipping. ⓘ For more information refer to the Canada Post Parcel Services Customer Guide, under the Prepaid products section.
Flat rate boxes
✔ High-quality shipping box.
✔ Tracking and on-time delivery guarantee.
✔ Up to $100 of liability coverage for loss or damage.
✔ Carbon-neutral shipping.
✗ No additional features and options can be added such as additional liability, coverage or signature. ⓘ For more information, visit our Canada Post website under the sending section.
Flat rate service regions
Flat rate products can be sent regionally or nationally.Regional
The shipment must be sent and received within the same region in Canada.
Canada (Formerly National)
The shipment can be sent and received anywhere in Canada.
Select a flat rate product by region
To choose the right envelope or box for your needs, determine the region where your shipment will originate from and the region where it will be sent to. To learn how the regions are defined, look at the map. ⓘ For more information, visit our delivery standards page.
Regions chart
Province or territory | Region |
---|---|
Alberta | Western |
British Columbia | Western |
Manitoba | Western |
New Brunswick | Atlantic |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Atlantic |
Northwest Territories postal codes that begin with X0E, X0G and X1A | Northwest Territories |
Nova Scotia | Atlantic |
Nunavut postal codes that begin with X0A | Nunavut East |
Nunavut postal codes that begin with X0B and X0C | Nunavut West |
Ontario | Central |
Ontario northwestern postal codes that begin with P7A-L, P8N, P8T, P9A, P9N and P0T-Y | Central and Western Tip: Use a regional envelope if you’re sending mail from one of the applicable postal codes to any destination in a Central or Western region. |
Prince Edward Island | Atlantic |
Quebec | Central |
Saskatchewan | Western |
Yukon | Yukon |