Lindsay’s home mail delivery to remain for at least two more years, says insider

If you’re used to reaching out of your front door to grab your mail, that tradition will continue in Lindsay for at least two more years – despite Canada Post’s recent declaration that it will end home delivery for most places in Canada.

Kawartha Lakes Weekly was provided with a list of postal codes that will under-go changes from home delivery to community mailboxes. The list was provided by someone not authorized to speak for the Crown corporation.

“Lindsay is safe for now,” said the postal insider. Canada Post’s shift away from traditional home delivery is reshaping how mail moves across the country. What began as a slow modernization effort has accelerated into a multiyear restructuring that will see millions of households transition from door-to-door service to community mailboxes, parcel lockers, and hybrid delivery models.

Letter mail has collapsed from more than 5.5 billion pieces two decades ago to roughly two billion today, even as the country’s population continues to grow. The corporation has posted billions in cumulative losses since 2018, resulting in a national plan to reduce the most expensive form of delivery — door-to-door — and expand lower-cost alternatives.

The first phase of this transition is already underway. Roughly 136,000 addresses in 13 communities across Canada will lose home delivery beginning in late 2026, with more waves expected through the early 2030s. Each site includes parcel lockers, reflecting the reality that parcels — not letters — now drive Canada Post’s business.

Ontario has the largest number of door-to-door delivery points in the country. Rural roadside mailboxes will continue to receive home delivery for the foreseeable future.