Overview
- Canada Post is the primary postal operator in Canada, offering a broad network for domestic deliveries across the country. Starshipit's integration with Canada Post supports domestic shipments within Canada for commercial customers who have a valid parcel agreement.
- Starshipit's integration with Canada Post allows you to use all of Starshipit's features including generation of packing slips and shipping labels, auto-correction of addresses, branded tracking, and notifications and many more.
- This article outlines how to set up and use Canada Post as a courier service in Starshipit.
Before you begin
To set up Canada Post you need your:
- Canada Post Account Number
- Contract ID
- API Username
- API Password
- Shipping Point ID
You can look up your Shipping Point ID using Canada Post’s Find a Deposit Location tool.
If you are missing any of these credentials, please contact your Canada Post account manager or visit Canada Post.
Note: You must be a Canada Post commercial customer with a parcel agreement. If you are a commercial customer but do not yet have a parcel agreement, please contact your Canada Post sales representative or call Canada Post at 1-866-757-5480
Setting up your Canada Post account in Starshipit
1. Enter your Canada Post credentials in Starshipit
- Go to Settings > Couriers > Add Courier > Canada Post.
- Check the Enable Canada Post checkbox.
- Enter your Account Number and Contract ID.
- Click Save.
2. Configure dispatch method
You can define how your shipments are dispatched using one of the two methods supported by Canada Post:
- Requested Shipping Point: Uses a Canadian postcode as the dispatch point.
- Shipping Point ID: Uses a Canada Post office location ID for drop-off.
Both methods are equivalent in the Canada Post system and can be selected based on your fulfilment process.
Available services and features
- Supported add ons
Only Signature Required is currently supported.
- Rate calculation
Starshipit retrieves rates for valid Canadian address pairs using your Canada Post credentials.
- Manifesting
Starshipit currently assigns each shipment to it's own manifest. If you have more than 30 orders to manifest, you will need to generate multiple manifests manually. Charges are applied by Canada Post at the time of manifest creation.
