Canada Post Strike: What It Means For Your Business

Update: Canada Post is back to normal operations. A tentative agreement has been reached, but the union still needs to vote on it.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) continues to push for meaningful reforms at Canada Post to ensure reliable, predictable service for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Over the past two years, Canada Post has gone on strike twice – November 2024 and September 2025 – disrupting holiday shipments, invoices, and payments for thousands of small businesses. With the broad support of SMEs, Ottawa needs to do what it can to avoid future work stoppages and to move forward with reforms at Canada Post.
Read more in CFIB’s latest report.

What small business told CFIB about the 2024 Canada Post strike:

Over 75% of small firms reported they were negatively affected, particularly with challenges to cash flow due to delayed invoices and cheques and higher cost delivery alternatives.
13% of small businesses have stopped using Canada Post since the last strike. Nearly two-thirds stated they would do the same if there was another strike.

What the September 25 Canada Post Reform Announcement Means

The federal government has officially instructed Canada Post to begin a sweeping transformation in response to its mounting losses and declining volumes. The plan includes:

Adjusting service delivery standards for non-urgent mail to allow it to move by ground rather than air,
Hiring part-time employees for weekend deliveries,
Lifting the moratorium on community mailbox conversions (shifting more homes away from door-to-door service),
Modernizing rural post offices in suburban and urban areas, and
Shortening and simplifying the process for stamp rate increases, which could lead to higher postage costs

Canada Post Strike: What It Means For Your Business

Impacted by the Canada Post strike?

What the September 25 Canada Post Reform Announcement Means

CFIB's advocacy efforts

For more information, check out these resources:

Canada Post Service, Disruptions and Reform

Nearly nine in 10 small businesses want reforms to Canada Post

Canada Post risks losing nearly two-thirds of small business customers if the strike continues

Nearly two in three small businesses may permanently drop Canada Post if strike resumes following vote

CFIB urges parties to avoid another unnecessary Canada Post strike

Three-quarters of small businesses to use Canada Post less in future as the strike impact grows to $1.6 billion

Canada Post strike costs Canadian small businesses $76 million per day

Canada Post workers have been striking for a week: Time for government to intervene

CFIB Statement on Canada Post Disruption to Small Business Ahead of Holiday Season

More incentives for unions to go on strikes with Bill C-58

Ban on replacement workers in federally regulated workplaces during a strike or a lockout

Ban on replacement workers is a threat to small businesses and the economy

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