Holiday mail could be delayed amid record shipping numbers

Canada Post admits it might be taking longer to get your mail during the busy holiday season.

The mail service had already been working around the clock to meet already-increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few weeks, even more mail has been flying with holiday shopping and Christmas cards going out.

That means a record 1.1 million parcels were shipped across Canada last weekend, with another 2.3 million on Monday. Those numbers are up from 950,000 the weekend before and 2.25 million on Dec. 7.

A spokesperson insists Canada Post doesn’t release numbers on a local level, but holiday parcels started shipping earlier than ever this year, on Nov. 22. Postal officials expect to continue seeing “peak levels” right up until Christmas.

That means that all forms of mail could see delays as a result.