Canada Post says ‘significant’ backlog will be cleared before Christmas

After a month-long strike, Canada Post is continuing to ramp up its operations and expects that most of its backlog of deliveries will be cleared before Christmas.

After a month-long strike, Canada Post is continuing to ramp up its operations and the postal service expects that most of its backlog of deliveries will be cleared before Christmas.

Canada Post workers returned to the job on Tuesday after they were ordered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to end the countrywide strike.

The Crown corporation said its network became fully operational on Wednesday afternoon.

“Canada Post has processed the parcels held in the postal system during the strike, with all these items now flowing through our network or delivered,” the national mail carrier said in an update on Friday.

“We expect a significant portion of these items to be delivered before Christmas.”

Postal workers will be making deliveries this weekend in some select cities, the company said.

It will begin accepting new international mail on Monday.

Despite the ramp-up in operations, the postal service is warning of delays that could continue into early next year, but expects to return to “full-service levels and normal delivery standards in early January.”