Canada Post Strike: What It Means For Your Business
Update: Starting October 11 at 6 AM local time, Canada Post employees will move from a nation-wide strike action to rotating strikes.
On September 25, 2025, the government announced major reforms to Canada Post, acknowledging the corporation’s financial crisis and need for transformation. In response to the government announcement, CUPW, the union representing Canda Post workers, announced an immediate national strike, which has become a rotating strike.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is urging Ottawa to step in immediately to end the ongoing strike actions and push forward with the announced reforms. SMEs broadly support reforms at Canada Post. Read more in CFIB’s latest report.
Many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) depend on the postal system to ship goods, send marketing materials to consumers, send invoices, and receive payments from suppliers and customers. Canada Post services must be reliable and predictable once again.
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.
Impacted by the Canada Post strike?
Let us know so we can continue to put pressure on government and better advocate for you!
CFIB encourages business owners impacted by the strike to send a message to their Member of Parliament (MP). Download CFIB’s customizable template letter and tell your MP how you feel! Find your MP’s address at https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/search.
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
In response to the government announcement, CUPW, the union representing Canda Post workers, announced an immediate national strike. CFIB is urging the federal government to immediately end the Canada Post strike.
CFIB's advocacy efforts
We’re actively working to put the pressure on Canada Post and government to share small business views with all levels of government through:
- Collecting data on small business concern surrounding Canada Post Service, Disruptions and Reform
- Published CFIB report: The Future of Canada Post
- CFIB statements:
- Nearly nine in 10 small businesses want major reforms to Canada Post
- Canada Post risks losing nearly two-thirds of small business customers if the strike continues
- CFIB statement on Canada Post strike
- CFIB statement on Canada Post reforms
- CFIB Statement on the Pause in Strike Action at Canada Post
- CFIB urges parties to avoid another unnecessary Canada Post strike
- Social Media: see CFIB’s most recent X post on the issue
For more information, check out these resources:
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