Carrier Cut Off Dates
2025 - 2026
Plan your shipments around carrier cut-offs and keep every order on track.
Prices are in CAD unless otherwise stated
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Within Canada | ||
| Last day to ship | FedEx First Overnight | December 23 |
| FedEx Priority Overnight | December 23 | |
| FedEx Standard Overnight | December 23 | |
| FedEx 2Day | December 19 | |
| FedEx Economy | December 18 | |
| FedEx Ground | December 16 | |
| Canada to US | ||
| Last day to ship | FedEx International First | December 22 |
| FedEx International Priority | December 22 | |
| FedEx International Economy | December 19 | |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Standard delivery to US and Extended areas | December 16 |
| Standard delivery across Canada (domestic) | December 16 | |
| Air/Express Shipments across Canada and to the US | December 22 | |
| International Air Shipments | December 19 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Local | Priority | December 23 |
| Xpresspost | December 23 | |
| Expedited | December 22 | |
| Regular Parcel | December 19 | |
| Regional | Priority | December 23 |
| Xpresspost | December 23 | |
| Expedited | December 18 | |
| Regular Parcel | December 16 | |
| National | Priority | December 23 |
| Xpresspost | December 22 | |
| Expedited | December 12 | |
| Regular Parcel | December 10 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship to | British Columbia | December 17 |
| Alberta | Saskatchewan | Manitoba | December 18 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | December 13 | |
| Ontario | Quebec | December 20 | |
| New Brunswick | Nova Scotia | Prince Edward Island | December 19 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship to | Yukon | Newfoundland and Labrador | British Columbia | December 15 |
| Prince Edward Island | Saskatchewan | December 16 | |
| Alberta | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Manitoba | December 17 | |
| Quebec | Ontario | December 19 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Asia | December 11 |
| United States via Purolator Ground | December 15 | |
| East Asia (including China, Japan and Thailand) | December 17 | |
| Australia, Caribbean, Mexico, South and Central America, Western Europe (including the United Kingdom, France and Germany) | December 18 | |
| Canada next-day delivery** (where available) United States next-day delivery** (where available) | December 23 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | DHL Express Worldwide | December 16 |
| DHL ESI | December 12 | |
| DHL Express 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm | December 19 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to drop off | Local and Air Shipments | December 19 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to drop off | Priority Mail and Ground Advantage | December 12 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to drop off | Drop off before 11:00 am, SameDay Service | December 23 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Depending on destination city/provinve | December 16 |
| Type | Description | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Depending on destination city/provinve | December 16 |
| Type | Service Level | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to drop off | Drop off before 11:00 am, Same Day Service | December 23 |
| Drop off after 11:00 am, Next Day Service | December 22 |
| Type | Service Level | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Expedited Max | December 15 |
| Expedited | December 15 | |
| Ground | December 12 |
| Type | Service Level | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Within ON | December 19 |
| To QC | December 18 |
| Type | Service Level | Cut-Off Date |
|---|---|---|
| Last day to ship | Within ON | December 22 |
| Within BC | December 22 |