# Canada Post

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/canada-post/  
**Website:** https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

Canada Post is the primary postal operator in Canada, offering a developer platform with REST and SOAP web services for e-commerce merchants and solution providers. APIs cover shipping label generation, rate calculation, parcel tracking, address validation (AddressComplete), parcel pickup scheduling, returns management, post office location lookup, and service information.

## Kin Score — 26.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 26.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 46.1 |
| Access Clarity | 46.1 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (10)

- **Canada Post Rating Web Service** — Returns available shipping services and their rates for a given origin postal code, destination, parcel weight, and dimensions. Supports domestic, US, and international destinat...
- **Canada Post Contract Shipping Web Service** — Enables commercial customers with a Canada Post parcel agreement to create domestic and international shipments, generate shipping labels (PDF or ZPL), retrieve shipment pricing...
- **Canada Post Non-Contract Shipping Web Service** — Allows general businesses and VentureOne card holders to create domestic and international shipments and generate labels without a formal Canada Post parcel agreement. Charges a...
- **Canada Post Tracking Web Service** — Provides parcel tracking capabilities using a PIN (Parcel Identification Number), DNC (Delivery Notice Card), or customer reference number. Returns tracking summary (most recent...
- **Canada Post AddressComplete API** — Address validation and auto-complete web service backed by Canada Post's authoritative Canadian address database. Implements a two-step Find/Retrieve flow — Find returns up to 8...
- **Canada Post Pickup Web Service** — Enables e-commerce platforms to schedule, modify, retrieve, and cancel on-demand parcel pickups. Supports checking pickup availability and cut-off times by postal code. Pickups ...
- **Canada Post Returns Web Service** — Generates return shipping labels for authorized returns (pre-approved by merchant) and open returns (customer-initiated). Supports both REST and SOAP protocols. Return labels ar...
- **Canada Post Find a Post Office API** — Returns a list of Canada Post retail post office locations near a given postal code or address, including hours of operation and available services. Useful for presenting drop-o...
- **Canada Post Deliver to Post Office API** — Allows customers to select a post office as the delivery destination instead of a residential or commercial address at checkout. Integrates with the Find a Post Office service t...
- **Canada Post Service Information API** — Provides information about scheduled outages and service disruptions to Canada Post web services, enabling applications to surface maintenance windows to developers and end users.

## Security (1)

- **Canada Post Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Canada Post Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Address Validation, E-Commerce, Labels, Logistics, Pickup, Postal, Rating, Returns, Shipping, Tracking

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/canada-post/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.