Postal Letter

How does Canada Post Xpresspost Ship? Ground or Air?

I am expecting a package from Souris, PEI to be delivered to me in Ottawa, ON. They claim 2-4 business days which is good to me. I just checked the tracking status and: 2008/10/16 17:10 CHARLOTTETOWN, PE Item arrived at postal facility 2008/10/15 19:32 MISSISSAUGA, ON An order has been electronically submitted 2008/10/15 16:37 SOURIS, PE Item accepted at the Post Office It took basically 24 hours to go 80km.. at that rate the package wont get to me for at least a week. Thats why I am wondering if it will be sent by air for the remainder of the trip or will it continue to go 80km a day by ground.

Public Comments

1. Normally, the transport is ground for drop off point to distribution centre and from distribution centre to airport logistics centre. Then it's air to the logistics centre at the delivery site, then by ground all the way to destination. While your package pace is a bit pokey (they usually get it to the plane in 24 hours), it looks like it will get to you either at the tail end of the 2-4 day window or even a bit afterwards.