2021 Holiday Shipping Deadlines for Canada

Published on September 21, 2022

Written by Wesley Maffly-Kipp

Filed under Shipping News

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Whether your customers live down the road, in another province, in the US, or overseas, there’s going to be customers that wait until the last minute to buy gifts this holiday season. Having a plan in place to cater to these customers is essential to having them go through checkout. As the shipping deadline dates approach for the following services, make sure that your checkout options are accounted for. Be aware that customers may not be as mindful to these regular parcel services as you are. Prominently displaying these cutoff dates on your website or during checkout helps avoid any potential bad reviews or returns for late parcels.

Canada Post Last Days to Ship

CANADA POST DOMESTIC SERVICES

Shipping Service	Shipping Deadline
Priority	Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Xpresspost (Local and Regional zones)	Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Xpresspost (National zones)	Monday, December 20th, 2021
Expedited Parcel (Local zone)	Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Expedited Parcel (Regional zone)	December 17th-21st, 2021
Expedited Parcel (National zone)	December 13th-20th, 2021

USA	Priority^TM Worldwide	Xpresspost^TM USA	Expedited Parcel^TM USA	Tracked Packet/Small Packet
	21-Dec	16-Dec	13-Dec	09-Dec
Popular sending destinations	Priority^TM Worldwide	Xpresspost International^TM	Tracked Packet/Small Packet
Africa	10-Dec	24-Nov	19-Nov
Asia	15-Dec	25-Nov	19-Nov
Australia	15-Dec	29-Nov	25-Nov
Central/South American and Caribbean	16-Dec	24-Nov	19-Nov
China	15-Dec	26-Nov	26-Nov
Europe	16-Dec	02-Dec	26-Nov
France	16-Dec	06-Dec	03-Dec
Germany	16-Dec	08-Dec	07-Dec
India	15-Dec	26-Nov	26-Nov
Japan	15-Dec	06-Dec	01-Dec
Middle East	10-Dec	25-Nov	19-Nov
Netherlands	16-Dec	03-Dec	02-Dec
New Zealand	15-Dec	22-Nov	19-Nov
Switzerland	16-Dec	03-Dec	30-Nov
United Kingdom	16-Dec	03-Dec	30-Nov

Purolator Last Days to Ship

PUROLATOR DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

Delivery Location	Shipping Deadline
Next Day Delivery to Canada or US	Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
Mexico, Caribbean, South and Central America, Western Europe, Australia	Monday, December 20th, 2021
East Asia [including China, Japan and Thailand]	Friday, December 17th, 2020
United States via Purolator Ground^®	Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
Eastern Europe, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East	Friday, December 13th, 2021

FedEx Last Days to Ship

FEDEX DOMESTIC SERVICES

Service	Shipping Cutoff Date
FedEx Overnight® Services	Thursday, December 23rd, 2021*
FedEx 2Day®	Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021*
FedEx Economy®	Tuesday, December 21st, 2021*
FedEx Ground®	Wednesday, December 15th, 2021

*Allow 1 additional day when shipping from western provinces to Atlantic provinces (includes Thunder Bay and surrounding areas).

FEDEX CANADA LAST DAYS TO SHIP TO US

Service	Shipping Cutoff Date
FedEx International First®	Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
FedEx International Priority®	Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
FedEx International Economy®	Tuesday, December 21nd, 2021*
FedEx International Ground®	Tuesday, December 14th, 2021

CanPar Last Days to Ship

from/to	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB/NS/PEI	NFLD
BC	23/12/21	22/12/21	22/12/21	21/12/21	20/12/21	17/12/21	16/12/21	13/12/21
AB	22/12/21	23/12/21	23/12/21	22/12/21	20/12/21	20/12/21	17/12/21	14/12/21
SK	21/12/21	22/12/21	23/12/21	22/12/21	20/12/21	20/12/21	17/12/21	14/12/21
MB	20/12/21	22/12/21	23/12/21	23/12/21	21/12/21	21/12/21	20/12/21	15/12/21
ON	20/12/21	21/12/21	21/12/21	21/12/21	23/12/21	23/12/21	22/12/21	17/12/21
QC	20/12/21	20/12/21	17/12/21	20/12/21	23/12/21	23/12/21	22/12/21	17/12/21
NB/NS/PEI	17/12/21	17/12/21	16/12/21	17/12/21	22/12/21	22/12/21	23/12/21	20/12/21
NFLD	13/12/21	13/12/21	10/12/21	13/12/21	16/12/21	16/12/21	17/12/21	22/12/21