Quick answer
Choose your departure province or territory in the first column, then find the destination region. The cell shows the planning window for Standard or Ground service. Then use the carrier calculator for the exact postal codes.
Do not promise a date from the table alone
These tables are for planning. Cut-off time, carrier handoff date, postal codes, service, remote-area rules, weather, holidays, and peak periods can change the result.
How to use this guide
Find the row for your departure province or territory.
Find the region containing the destination.
Read the planning window in the matching cell.
Review the note below the table for faster services.
Verify the exact postal codes in the official calculator before communicating a date.
Destination regions
West & Prairies: BC, AB, SK, MB
Central: ON, QC
Atlantic: NB, NS, PE, NL
North: YT, NT, NU
Important: regions keep the tables readable. Final verification must always use the postal codes.
What the numbers mean
1–7 days: carrier-published or carrier-generalized planning window for the service shown.
Verify postal code: the carrier does not publish a precise enough province-wide range.
Usually: observed median or a range from a named published source, where stated.
Plan for: observed 90th percentile; 9 out of 10 shipments arrived within this time or faster.
Planning windows by carrier
Canada Post
Regular Parcel planning windows for major urban routes. The same province can include both local and regional lanes.
Standard or Ground service
Within the same southern region: 3–6 business days; 1–3 days locally.
Between southern regions: 4–10 business days.
To or from the North: 7–14 business days; verify both postal codes.
Faster options: Xpresspost is generally next day to 2 business days and Priority is generally next business day between major urban centres. Remote routes can take longer.
Purolator
Purolator Ground is published as 1 or more business days. The exact commitment depends on both postal codes.
Standard or Ground service
Purolator Ground: 1 or more business days across Canada.
Northern and remote routes: verify both postal codes for the exact commitment.
Verify: Purolator intra-Canada services.
Faster options: Purolator Express is generally next business day where available.
UPS
UPS Standard is published as 1–7 business days across the 10 provinces. Use the postal-code calculator for northern destinations.
Standard or Ground service
UPS Standard across the 10 provinces: 1–7 business days.
North: verify both postal codes and service availability.
Verify: UPS domestic shipping services.
Faster options: UPS Expedited is usually 2 business days and UPS Express is generally next business day.
FedEx
FedEx Ground is published as 1–7 business days. Rural and remote postal codes can have different commitments.
Standard or Ground service
FedEx Ground: 1–7 business days.
Northern, rural, and remote routes: verify both postal codes.
Verify: FedEx intra-Canada services.
Faster options: FedEx Economy is generally 1–3 days, FedEx 2Day is 1–2 days, and Standard Overnight is generally next business day.
Canpar Express
Canpar Ground is published as 1–4 business days based on major city centres.
Standard or Ground service
Canpar Ground between major centres: 1–4 business days.
Northern and remote routes: verify both postal codes and restrictions.
Verify: Canpar service guide.
Faster options: Canpar Select is published as 1–3 days and Express as 1–2 days. Restrictions apply.
GLS Canada
GLS does not publish one province-wide Ground range. Use its calculator for every origin-destination postal-code pair.
Standard or Ground service
GLS Ground: no single province-wide range is published.
Every route: use the calculator with both postal codes.
Verify: GLS Canada transit time calculator.
Faster options: GLS Express is advertised as next-day air service across Canada from Ontario and Quebec.
Intelcom / Dragonfly
Intelcom uses the Dragonfly name outside Quebec. Its public service table lists next-day regional delivery and 1–7-day national delivery.
Standard or Ground service
Eligible regional route: next-day delivery.
National route: 1–7 business days.
North: verify coverage before selecting this service.
Verify: Dragonfly shipping services.
Faster options: “Next day” applies only to eligible regional lanes. Verify coverage before promising a date.
UniUni
UniUni offers Standard and Next Day service levels. The 1–3-day planning window comes from a published Canadian domestic delivery case study, not a universal guarantee.
Standard or Ground service
Covered Canadian routes: usually 1–3 business days based on a published case study.
Every route: verify coverage and the current date for both postal codes.
Verify: UniUni Canada service levels.
Faster options: Verify service availability and the current delivery date for both postal codes.
Obibox
Obibox currently publishes coverage in Ontario and Quebec. Other origins and destinations are marked unavailable.
Standard or Ground service
Ontario and Quebec: Standard delivery in 1–3 business days.
Other provinces and territories: no current public coverage confirmed.
Faster options: Obibox publishes same-day, next-day, and 1–3-day Standard delivery in its coverage area.
Observed Logentic delivery times
These aggregate results use only lanes with at least 30 delivered shipments. No addresses, tracking numbers, recipients, or customer names are included.
Observed history by lane
Intelcom / Dragonfly — Standard — QC → QC
Usually: 2 business days
Plan for: 4 business days
818 shipmentsPurolator — Ground — QC → QC
Usually: 3 business days
Plan for: 5 business days
58 shipmentsCanada Post — Standard parcel — QC → QC
Usually: 3 business days
Plan for: 10 business days
50 shipmentsIntelcom / Dragonfly — Standard — QC → ON
Usually: 2 business days
Plan for: 3 business days
50 shipmentsUPS — Standard — QC → ON
Usually: 1 business days
Plan for: 1 business days
42 shipments
Observed-data method
Business days from the recorded shipment date to delivery date, excluding weekends. Statutory holidays are not removed. Lanes with fewer than 30 shipments are excluded. These results describe observed history and do not replace the carrier’s current commitment.
Before you promise a delivery date
Add warehouse handling time before carrier handoff.
Use the exact origin and destination postal codes.
Confirm the service selected on the label, not only the carrier.
Check the cut-off time and pickup date.
Review service alerts, weather, holidays, and peak-period notices.
Use the date shown during rate shopping or label creation as the current lane-specific estimate.
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Carrier-source and observed-data review date: July 10, 2026.