CHRISTMAS PARCELS AND THE MAIL

Just about everyone sends or receives a parcel or package in the mail annually, either from a postal worker or a courier service, and it's pretty obvious that the busiest time of the year is the month or two leading up to Christmas!

Check Out These Fun And Interesting Parcel And Mail Delivery Facts

• Canada Post delivers approximately 40 million parcels per year, with 25% of those being in the months of November and December. That equates to approximately 167,000 parcels per day.


• December 14 is probably the biggest delivery date for Canada Post and they estimate they'll handle approximately 3,400 parcels per minute that day.


• As for other mail, Canada Post in Calgary will probably handle about 1 million pieces of mail per day in November and December, requiring an additional 3000 extra employees and 1000 extra vehicles. No doubt that with that much volume there will be overtime involved!


• In 2018 the U.S Postal Service delivered an estimated 850 million packages and an addition 15 billion pieces of mail between the dates of Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.


• The Postal Service in Canada and the U.S. aren't the only ones who handle deliveries and courier companies like UPS and Fed Ex each ship approximately 800 million packages during the peak delivery season in November and December.


• Interesting side note...15% of all online purchases will be returned to retailers,