Why does our area still have the old style mail boxes?

Community mailboxes are managed by CanadaPost, a service provided by the federal level of government. The life cycle of a community mail box is approximately 20 years. Though the new ones are aesthetically more attractive, the boxes are not replaced unless they are damaged or past the life cycle period.

The City of Markham places blue boxes at each site to hold all the junk mail and leaflets residents do not want to take home, these blue boxes are NOT for household recycling or garbage. We are frequently contacted to remove extra garbage from the sites.  Please let us know if the blue box is missing from your site and we will have it replaced.

Snow clearing and maintenance is done by Canada Post not the City.  For any information regarding mail service please contact Canada Post directly at 1-844-454-3009.