Canada Post workers in Ontario have, quite ironically, decided to take a day off due to a stint of characteristically Canadian weather.
Following the snowstorm that pelted much of the province from Wednesday afternoon through to Thursday morning, the Crown corporation enacted a red delivery service alert for the entire province on Thursday morning, meaning it will be “suspending delivery for the day and not sending our delivery agents out or recalling them.”
“There will also be no regular collection during red alerts. Delivery and mail collection will resume once conditions improve and it’s safe to do so,” continued an 11:30 a.m. statement that blamed “inclement weather and snow” for the stay — something Canadians all over the country face each and every winter, and are more than familiar with.
Canada Post has issued today a red delivery service alert for the province of Ontario due to inclement weather and snow. A red service alert means that we are suspending delivery for the day and not sending our delivery agents out or recalling them.
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— Canada Post Helps (@canadaposthelps) February 13, 2025
People in the cottage country locales of Midland and Orillia have already been left waiting for letters and packages this week, as Canada Post issued red alerts for these specific areas on Monday, too.
As of 2 p.m. Thursday, the Outaouais region of Quebec is the only other place where Canada Post deliveries have been halted, while the rest of the French-speaking province — along with New Brunswick, P.E.I., Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia — are under less-severe yellow alerts, with personnel “doing their best to deliver.”
The mail carrier has asked that residents ensure their front walkways, driveways and stairs are cleared of snow and ice for when deliveries continue, which will hopefully be Friday, though there is more blizzard-like weather in the cards for this weekend.
This all comes less than three months after tens of thousands of employees of the organization walked off the job for an entire month, a now-infamous move that paused millions of holiday deliveries nationwide, including passports.
As of early February, the delays are still being felt due to how enormous the backlog became by the time the federal government ordered the strikers back to work. Meanwhile, Ottawa has agreed to offer Canada Post a staggering $1 billion in extra funding due to the service’s “significant financial challenges.”
