Canada Post union launches strike as Ottawa moves to end most door-to-door mail

By Canadian Press on September 25, 2025.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is declaring a countrywide strike, hours after Ottawa announced door-to-door mail delivery will end for nearly all Canadian households within the next decade.

Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced sweeping changes today aimed at shoring up Canada Post’s finances in response to a decline in letter mail and the Crown corporation’s small share of the parcel market.

The changes include more community mailboxes, slower delivery times and hiring part-time staff for weekends.

The union says it was caught off-guard by the changes and argued Canada Post and the government are creating the conditions that drive down demand for its letter and parcel services.

CUPW says all of its Canada Post members are on strike “effective immediately,” adding the corporation has avoided “real bargaining and has repeatedly relied on government intervention” over two years of labour strife.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu’s office did not immediately respond when asked for comment.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 25, 2025.

— With files from Alessia Passafiume

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press

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