Vancouver - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
DPO similar shipping/receiving times as being in the US. Send things out with USPS pre-paid or regular postage. - Apr 2026
We use the DPO or cross the border to mail things. I have used the Canadian post before and it is fine, just slower and more expensive. - May 2017
Pouch. - Aug 2015
A consulate employee traveled to the Point Roberts, WA post office facility twice weekly to drop off and pick up. I went down once myself but also mailed things from Washington on my own at times if I was in a rush. It could be a bit slow but nothing unreasonable. - Jun 2014
Mail to Europe is very slow. - Mar 2012
US post through the consulate. - Jun 2010
The Consulate maintains a Post Office box in Pt Roberts, WA. If you don't have one, get a U.S box office in one of the border towns, where you can order stuff online without paying Canadian prices. - Oct 2008
