Canada Post Plans Pricing
Canada Post Developer Program registration is free. The core shipping, rating, tracking, pickup, and returns APIs are free to access; production shipments incur standard Canada Post postage charges based on service, weight, and destination. AddressComplete (address validation) is billed separately on a prepaid credit model with tiered pricing per lookup. No formal subscription tiers exist for the shipping APIs — usage is metered through actual postage billed to a Canada Post account or credit card.
Canada Post Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Canada Post on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 13 plans, covering free, paid, and enterprise tiers, with named plans including Free Developer Program, AddressComplete Entry, AddressComplete Small, AddressComplete Standard, AddressComplete Medium, and 8 more.
Tagged areas include Logistics / Shipping, Postal, and E-Commerce.
Plans
Free registration to the Canada Post Developer Program. Includes sandbox and production API keys, access to all shipping, tracking, rating, pickup, and returns web services. Production shipment costs are billed at standard Canada Post postage rates; API access itself is free.
- Sandbox environment (ct.soa-gw.canadapost.ca)
- Production environment (soa-gw.canadapost.ca)
- API keys for sandbox and production
- Rating Web Service (no charge per call)
- Contract Shipping Web Service
- Non-Contract Shipping Web Service
- Tracking Web Service
- Pickup Web Service
- Returns Web Service
- Find a Post Office API
- Deliver to Post Office API
- Service Information API
- Code samples in Java, PHP, and C#
- Developer forum access
Prepaid credit bundle for 300 Canadian address lookups via the AddressComplete API. Credits expire after 12 months or when exhausted, whichever comes first. International address lookups cost an additional 1 cent per lookup on top of the base rate.
- 300 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
- Auto top-up available
- Balance alerts at 20%, 10%, and 5% thresholds
Prepaid credit bundle for 1,000 Canadian address lookups at 10 cents each.
- 1,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
- Auto top-up available
Prepaid credit bundle for 2,500 Canadian address lookups at 9.5 cents each.
- 2,500 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 5,000 Canadian address lookups at 9 cents each.
- 5,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 10,000 Canadian address lookups at 8.5 cents each.
- 10,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 25,000 Canadian address lookups at 8 cents each.
- 25,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 50,000 Canadian address lookups at 7.5 cents each.
- 50,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 100,000 Canadian address lookups at 7 cents each.
- 100,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 200,000 Canadian address lookups at 6.5 cents each.
- 200,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 300,000 Canadian address lookups at 5.5 cents each.
- 300,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Prepaid credit bundle for 500,000 Canadian address lookups at 4 cents each.
- 500,000 Canadian address lookups
- International lookups at +1¢ each
Custom pricing for more than 500,000 Canadian address lookups per year. Contact Canada Post for negotiated rates.
- Volume over 500,000 Canadian address lookups
- Custom per-lookup rate
- International lookups at +1¢ each