December 13 will be busiest day of the year
OTTAWA, Nov. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - With expected volumes of one billion
pieces of mail to be delivered to homes across the country between now
and the end of the year, Canada Post is ready with extra staff and
vehicles.
"Throughout the year, Canadians rely on us to deliver important
documents and items and the holiday season is no different," says
Jacques Côté, Group President, Physical Delivery Network at Canada
Post. "As Canada's home delivery company, we travel 1.5 million
kilometres to deliver mail and parcels to 15 million addresses across
the country every business day. During the holidays, we will add to our
resources to continue meeting our customers' expectations."
During the holiday period:
- Canada Post expects to deliver up to one billion cards, letters and
parcels in Canada.
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An additional 75,000 kilograms of mail will be flown daily; 10 tractor
loads of mail will be moved daily by train; and the number of trucks
carrying mail will grow to 1,330;
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Close to 1,000 seasonal workers will join the 69,000 people already
employed at Canada Post this season;
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25% of the year's retail transactions will occur during the holiday
season.
Each year Canada Post delivers some 45 million kilograms of mail sent to
Canada from countries around the world and nearly 20 per cent of that
comes into Canada during the holiday period. The top five countries in
terms of international volumes coming into Canada during the holidays
are the United States, Great Britain, China, Hong Kong and South Korea.
This year, the busiest day for processing letters and parcels is
projected to be December 13, and the heaviest day for delivery will be
December 21.
The holiday season doesn't stop on December 25 at Canada Post. Again
this year Canada Post will be the biggest supporter of Boxing Day
shoppers and those Canadians who shop online adding extra logistics on
December 26, 27 and 28 to deliver online purchases.
SOURCE: Canada Post