The cost to mail letters and parcels in Canada is rising 25 percent today as the Crown corporation looks to offset the costs of its struggling nationwide delivery service.
“Today’s rate change represents a one-time increase of roughly 25 percent, which is required to better align stamp prices with the rising cost of providing letter mail service to all Canadians,” the agency said in the release. “Every year, there are fewer letters to deliver to more addresses, which adds significant cost pressures to the Corporation on top of continued inflationary pressures.”
The cost of mailing U.S., international, and registered items will increase by approximately 25 percent, an adjustment that will also affect commercial letter mail rates.
The last price increase was in May 2024, when stamps in booklets rose seven cents, to 99 cents.
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