CITYnews halifax: 17,000 Halifax addresses to be converted away from door-to-door mail

CITYnews halifax / By Natasha O’Neill

Thousands of addresses in Halifax Regional Municipality will be converting away from door-to-door service, Canada Post announced on Thursday.

The postal agency said as part of its broader mailbox conversions to “modernize” the service. About 17,000 addresses will be impacted across the city by 2027. It’s unclear which specific addresses will see the change first.

Canada Post says the move will increase security by putting all mail and parcels under lock and key, and reducing costs.

“Converting an address from door-to-door delivery to a community mailbox typically takes months. Canada Post will engage with communities as it identifies suitable locations for community mailbox sites,” the release notes.

Officials from Canada Post explain that this will allow the service to be a better partner and help it meet its mandate of delivering mail to all Canadians, while not being a burden on taxpayers.

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This move follows meetings with union officials after the two-year saga of collective bargaining with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The union representing some 55,000 postal workers remains on a rotating strike heading into the busy holiday season — a critical period for Canada Post’s business.

In September 2025, the federal government pledged to transform its struggling business model when Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound unveiled a suite of changes after bailing out the corporation with $1 billion.

Changes included adjusting mail delivery standards, expanding community mailboxes to more Canadians and ending the moratorium on closing rural post offices.

With files from The Canadian Press.