Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent and Postal Clerk

Canada Post; Truro; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada Post is hiring in Truro, NS for on-call Delivery Agent and Postal Clerk positions. You may be called upon to work as a delivery agent or as a postal clerk in a temporary on-call capacity.

Duties include delivering mail, sorting items, and handling various shifts and duties. In this role you’ll start at the depot, manage deliveries, drive a Canada Post vehicle, and work outdoors or in sorting facilities.

Qualifications

• A valid Class 5 or Class G driver’s licence with a safe driving record.
• Ability to lift mail items weighing up to 22.7 kg (50 lb) and carry up to 15.9 kg (35 lb).
• Ability to work in all types of weather.
• Availability to be on-call, possibly evenings and weekends.
• Ability to read, write and speak English and/or French.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Agent: sort and prepare deliveries at the depot, load and drive a postal vehicle, deliver on foot or by vehicle.
• Return to depot to unload incoming mail for later delivery.
• Postal Clerk: sort mail in a sorting facility and work various shifts (including evenings/nights and weekends).
• Operate handling equipment, receive items, and dispatch parcels; complete reports.
• Perform other postal clerk duties as required.

Skills

Driver's licence

Customer service experience

English language proficiency

French language proficiency

Job description

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Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent and Postal Clerk

Location: Truro, NS, CA

Job Requisition Id: 204407

Business Function: Delivery Operations

Primary City: Truro

Other Location(s):

Province: Nova Scotia

Employment Type: On Call Relief

Employment Status: Temporary

Language Requirement: English Essential

Number of Vacancies 4

Salary: $25.37

Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2026/10/31

Job Description

Canada Post is an exciting place to work! And you can be part of it!

We deliver billions of items to Canadians each year – you can be a big part of making this happen.

In this role, you may be called upon to do on-call delivery agent OR on-call postal clerk work:

• On-call delivery agent (also known as a letter carrier). You’ll be the face of Canada Post in your community and make sure customers and businesses get the mail and parcels they’re waiting for.
• On-call postal clerk- you will have the opportunity to work various shifts, including days, evenings, overnights and weekends. This temporary on-call position is an excellent opportunity to learn about the business of mail operations, as well as the great jobs available at Canada Post.

Job Responsibilities

As a Delivery Agent-What will you do?

• You’ll start your day in the depot, sorting and preparing the day’s deliveries
• You’ll load and drive a Canada Post postal vehicle
• You’ll then spend most of your day outside, delivering mail and packages by foot or by vehicle to customers on your route
• You’ll return to the depot to unload the day’s incoming mail and packages for later delivery

Job Responsibilities (continued)

As a Postal Clerk-What will you do?

• You’ll work inside a sorting facility, sorting mail and packages
• Work various shifts (may include evenings/nights and weekends)
• Operation of material handling equipment
• Receiving and accepting mail items
• Sort, scan and sequence and batch mail items
• Transfers and dispatching of parcels and packets
• Perform other postal clerk duties as required
• Completes reports and documentation

Qualifications

What must you have?

• A valid Class 5 or Class G driver’s licence with a safe driving record for at least 3 years (driver's abstract required)
• The physical ability to lift mail items weighing up to 22.7 kg (50 lb) and carry items weighing up to 15.9 kg (35 lb) regularly throughout the day
• The ability to work in all types of weather
• The availability to be on-call, possibly evenings and weekends
• The ability to read, write and speak English and/or French

These help, too!

• Experience in customer service
• Experience making deliveries or working as a driver
• Experience working in a production environment is an asset

In return, we offer:

• Extensive classroom and on-the-job training about your duties and safety on the job
• Opportunities for permanent employment

Other Information

Today’s Canada Post - Canada Post is an e-commerce powerhouse, delivering billions of items every year. We help small businesses grow. We enrich lives in remote communities. We connect Canadians with each other and to the rest of the world. And we do all this by providing residential and business customers with the best possible delivery experience in the country.

We like to promote from within and can offer you a career rather than a job. While, like all of our delivery agents, you’ll start out on a temporary, on-call basis, you’ll have the opportunity to grow with us and obtain a permanent position … even try out new jobs in different areas of the company.

Canada Post’s values and behaviours

Our Values - Trust, Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country.

Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions.

We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day. Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website .

All qualified candidates will be considered however preference will be given to Indigenous People (First Nations, Metis or Inuit) or Persons with disabilities. This is a special measure employment equity initiative and candidates from this group who wish to qualify for preferential consideration must self-identify.

Accessibility

Canada Post is committed to fostering an equitable, respectful, and caring workplace where everyone is welcome and has equal opportunity, where diversity is valued and celebrated and where we work together to remove barriers and promote accessibility. If you are contacted regarding a job opportunity, please advise if you require an accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Employment Equity

Canada Post is committed to creating a safe workplace that embraces and celebrates everyone. We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Persons with disabilities, Members of visible minorities, and Women.

Disability is defined as a persistent or episodic physical, sensory, or mental health condition and/or functional limitation. Disability includes both visible and hidden conditions and/or limitations that may impact vision, hearing, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain, learning, developmental, mental/psychological, and memory.

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