Community Mail Boxes

 

Once mail was delivered to each and every Canadian's home. Not today. Many Canadians now must pick up their mail from a centrally located Canada Post Community Mail Box. These neighbourhood boxes are nowhere near as handy as a simple mailbox hanging beside one's front door but the service they provide is cheaper.

When the boxes first appeared, the super mail boxes were only installed in new developments. New subdivisions were denied door-to-door mail delivery but instead the mail was left in a community box some distance from the new homes. It is doubtful that Canada Post grasped the irony in calling such boxes super mail boxes.

Since the first community boxes appeared in 1985, Canada Post has been trying to phase out all door-to-door home delivery. I'm pleased to say that in my neighbourhood Canada Post has not been successful. We still have the truly super mail boxes; we have the ones located right on the wall next to each home's front door.