Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent and Postal Clerk

Job Overview

Canada Post delivers billions of items each year. This temporary on‑call position may involve work as a delivery agent (letter carrier) or as a postal clerk.

• On‑call delivery agent – you’ll be the face of Canada Post in your community and ensure customers and businesses receive their mail and parcels.
• On‑call postal clerk – you’ll work various shifts, including days, evenings, overnights and weekends, gaining experience in mail operations.

• Start the day in the depot by sorting and preparing deliveries.
• Load and drive a Canada Post postal vehicle.
• Deliver mail and packages by foot or vehicle to customers on your route.
• Return to the depot to unload incoming mail and packages for later delivery.

• Work inside a sorting facility, sorting mail and packages.
• Operate material handling equipment.
• Receive, accept, sort, scan, sequence and batch mail items.
• Transfer and dispatch parcels and packets.
• Perform other postal clerk duties as required.
• Complete reports and documentation.

• A valid Class 5 or Class G driver’s licence with a safe driving record for at least 3 years (driver’s abstract required).
• The physical ability to lift mail items up to 22.7 kg (50 lb) and carry items up to 15.9 kg (35 lb) regularly throughout the day.
• The ability to work in all types of weather.
• The availability to be on‑call, possibly evenings and weekends.
• Ability to read, write and speak English and/or French.

• Experience in customer service.
• Experience making deliveries or working as a driver.
• Experience working in a production environment is an asset.

• Competitive pay.
• Extensive classroom and on‑the‑job training about your duties and safety.
• Opportunities for permanent employment.