The Canada Post module in Parcel lets you:

•Use Canada Post customer-specific rates.

•Print Canada Post compliant manifests.

•Print Canada Post compliant labels.

•Generate and upload an electronic end-of-day file to Canada Post.

Note: Parcel does not support consolidated rating or COD deliveries for a Canada Post carrier.  

Recent Updates - Canada Post Rate Change 2021

BluJay Solutions Parcel supports the following Rates and Compliances changes for Canada Post effective from January 11, 2021.

•Domestic Services

▪Priority

▪Xpresspost

▪Expedited Parcel

▪Regular Parcel

•Special Services/Accessories

▪Oversize Surcharge increase to $15 from $12.

Recent Updates  

•Added a new Unpackaged Surcharge of $12.

Previous Updates

•New Postal Codes starting with R5L, R5M, R5N, R5P, R5R and R5T are added.

•Supports Close and Upload for multiple Canada Post shipments that belong to a specific location and generates the manifest number for all the closed shipments.

For Example:

Location – Toronto, Configuration two Canada Post Carriers - CAPO-1 and CAPO-2,  Shipments – Create the Shipment1 and Shipment2 from CAPO-1 and Shipment3 from CAPO-2. If you close one of the shipment (say Shipment3) then Shipment3 gets closed, as they belong to CAPO-2 carrier and generate the Manifest Number to the closed shipment. But, Shipment1 and Shipment2 will not get closed, since it belongs to CAPO-1 carrier.   

Previous Note: Canada Post Rate and Compliance Patches

The following are the new Rates and Compliance Changes (2019) for Canada Post are effective from January 14, 2019. For more information, see the Canada Post Overview of Changes Web page

Rate and Rate Code Updates

•Generic Rates (45 rate zones) have been updated.

•Zone to Rate Code changes:

▪ Rate Code from originating zone L01 to destination zones T22, T60, T71, V70, & V72 has been changed from H4 to H3.

▪ Rate Code from originating zones X99 and Y99 has been changed from J2 to J1.

▪ For Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut: Rate Codes from originating zones X01, X70, Y01, & Y70 has been changed from G1, H1, H3, and H5 to H4 or J1.

Manifest Changes

Effective from April 01, 2019, the Manifest file format is updated with the following changes to meet the requirement from the elink manifest data file specification document.

•Header Record is now replaced with File Record.

•New Details Record and Scale Weight fields are now added.

Airport Codes

Canada Post has introduced three-digit Airport Codes for Priority™ and Xpresspost™ items that are transported by air. This three-digit airport code now appears in the top left hand corner of the shipping label.

Note: The Airport Code is the code for the last airport before delivery. See the CAPO Web site for a list of these codes.

•  Effective from April 03, 2018, the Airport Codes for A0R and A2V has been changed from YWK to YYR.

Postal Codes

•   New R5J and R5K Postal Codes are added, effective from June 18, 2018.

•   New V8E Postal Code is added, effective from September 17, 2018.

• New Postal Codes starting with T3T, T6Y and L3L are added.

Cubing Factor

The cubed weight (dimensional rating) for an item is calculated as follows: Minimum Density Weight = (Length x Width x Height)/Constant Minimum Density Factor. Effective January 12, 2015, CAPO is changing the Constant Minimum Density factor for the following CAPO Domestic services from 6,000 to 5,000 for metric units and from 166 to 139 for Imperial units. (Note that only the Canada domestic services that Parcel supports are listed.)

• Priority™ 

• Xpresspost

Effective from January 15, 2018, CAPO is changing the Constant Minimum Density Factor for the Expedited Parcel Service from 6,000 to 5,000 for metric units and from 166 to 139 for Imperial units.

Note: The Density Factor for Regular Parcel Service will remains at 6,000.

Air Stage

The Air Stage listing has been updated for 2018.  

Supported Services

See the following Help topics for information about using Supported Services of CAPO in Parcel: Supported Services.

Options/Special Services

Not Applicable.

Billing Types

Parcel supports the following billing types for Canada Post: Prepaid

Forms and Reports

After you close Canada Post, you can print reports to accompany the shipments when the Canada Post driver arrives to pick up the shipments. Use the Reports page on the Ship menu to print reports.

The following table lists the reports that are available to print for Canada Post.

Labels

Label stock is 4x6 inches - thermal.

Packaging Types

The following package types are available with all services:

Note: You can not process multi-package shipments using Canada Post. Each Canada Post shipment can contain only one package.

Supported Origins and Destinations

Canada Post provides parcel delivery domestically within Canada.

Origins Supported

Canada Post provides parcel delivery domestically within Canada.

Supported Printers

Parcel supports the following printers with Canada Post:

•Zebra (thermal)

•Datamax

•PNG (laser)

Note: Parcel supports only models of the printers listed above that  provide a 203 dpi resolution.

Package Types

The following package types are available with all services:

Notes: You can not process multi-package shipments using Canada Post. Each Canada Post shipment can contain only one package.

Upload

Electronic upload for Canada Post is by FTP.

See the following Help topics for information about using Canada Post in Parcel:

•Supported Services

•Configuration

•Custom Management Tool Guide

•Reference Fields

•Reports