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Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by grecy on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @01:30PM (#6889514)
I live in Whitehorse, Yukon, and every house within city limits gets door-to-door delivery now, including packages.

Those outside town have the shared boxes you describe.

Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by eigenvector on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @01:34PM (#6889544)
Well then I have just exhibited the typical Toronto tendency to assume the rest of Canada is like here. :)
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by theorique on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @01:38PM (#6889581)
This "rest of Canada" that you refer to, what is that? Isn't Toronto basically Canada? ;)
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by grecy on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @02:07PM (#6889817)
Commonly called 'Onterrible' around here by the hordes that left.
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by pyre on Thursday December 12, 2013 @10:55AM (#6895066)
I live in Toronto, get door-to-door delivery, and am most definitely not in an affluent area, so I wouldn't even say that you assumptions hold true to Toronto.
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by timdiggerm on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @02:38PM (#6890062)
Except for Quebec, right?
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by diab0lic on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @08:58PM (#6892388)
Thats interesting, I'm from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and I think everyone is on these superboxes and have been for a very long time. I didn't even realize delivery to the house was a thing until I moved south.
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by toomuchtodo on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @08:36PM (#6892277)
Sir or madam, I'm impressed. I came upon reading about Whitehorse a few days ago when I contemplated a drive to Alaska from Illinois. Whitehorse is definitely off the beaten path
Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by grecy on Thursday December 12, 2013 @12:28PM (#6895658)
..Thanks, I guess :)

I actually drove up to Alaska as a tourist too and stumbled upon Whitehorse. I liked it so much I decided to come back and live here.

Unfortunately, it's very much not off the beaten path, it's quite literally on the Alaska Highway, and thus gets an enormous amount of through traffic in the summer.