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Canada Post FAQ's
 1. What is the definition of Address Admail?
Address Admail is promotional in nature and includes items that:
- Promote the sale or use
of products or services
- Report on financial
performance, primarily for promotional purposes
- Solicit donations or
contributions
- Deliver a uniform
message
- Have acceptable return
addresses
- Are a minimum of 1,000
pieces
Examples:
- Financial performance
reports
- Catalogues
- Soliciting donations or
contributions
- Newsletters
2. What are the qualifications
for Publication Mail?
Publication Mail includes newspapers and periodicals produced
specifically to disseminate any or more of the following to the public:
- News
- Articles commenting on or providing an
analysis of the news
- Articles currently of interest to the general
public, primarily devoted to one or more of the following:
articleson agriculture, fishery, forestry, religion, science, public
health, social or literary criticism; reviews of literature or the
arts; or academic or scholarly writings
- Articles currently of interest to a
membership, special interest group or association
Publication Mail must also be:
- Prepared for mailing according to the
requirements set out in the Canada Postal Guide
- Produced at least twice a year
- Mailed in Canada
for delivery within Canada
- Addressed to a subscriber, non-subscriber or
news dealer in Canada
- Produced with less than 70 percent space
devoted to advertising in more than 50 percent of the issues in any
12-month period (advertising and editorial content must be
distinguishable from one another)
- Under a valid agreement number and if
applicable, a registration number
3. What are the Physical
Criteria for Publication Mail?
Maximum Sizes:
- Roll Form – length + 2 x diameter:
1040 mm / greatest dimension: 900 mm
- Per folded newspaper – 362 mm x 279 mm
x 162 mm
Minimum Sizes:
Maximum Weight:
4. How do you apply
for Publication Mail?
You can apply for Publication Mail by:
- Contacting your local Canada Post
representative or your Publication Mail coordinator
- Completing the agreement
activation form – Publication Mail and a credit application
form (if necessary)
- Submitting the form(s)
to your local Canada
Post representative or Publication Mail coordinator. Include a copy
of a current issue of your publication prepared as if it were ready
to be mailed. If your publication is produced in a language other
than English or French, include a translation of the masthead of at
least two main articles.
Upon receiving a completed agreement activation form, a sample
copy of your publication and approval of your credit application (if
applicable), Canada Post will determine if you can mail the publication
using Publication Mail.
Upon approval from Canada Post, you will receive an agreement
number that must be printed on one of the first five or last five pages
of your publication (whether in the masthead or not) and on all
Publication Mail statements of mailing.
If you are eligible for a subsidy through the Publications
Assistance Program, you will receive a registration number from the
Department of Canadian Heritage, which must also be printed on one of the
first five or last five pages of your publication (whether in the
masthead or not) and on all Publication Mail statements of mailing.
Canada Post will then
return a signed copy of the agreement activation form to you.
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United
States Postal Service
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United States Postal Service
FAQ's
1. What are the
requirements for US mailing sorting?
If your mail meets the United States
Postal Service physical criteria and consists of a minimum of 200 pieces,
your mail will be pre-sorted according to US post regulation so you
receive the least expensive rate.
2. What are the Physical
Criteria for US Mail?
Regular Size:
- Minimum – (H) 3 ½" x (H) 5" x (T) 0.007"
- Maximum – (H) 6 1/8" x (H) 11 ½" x (T)
1/4"
Oversize:
- Minimum – (H) 6 1/8" x (H) 11 ½" x (T)
1/4"
- Maximum
– (H) 11 3/4" x (H) 14" x (T) 3/4"
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