Updated: 10/10/12
Canada Post suggests that you mail greetings and gifts by the following dates to ensure that air mail letters, cards and small parcels, and surface mail parcels from Canada arrive at their international destinations in time for the 2012 holidays.
| To | Air Mail | Surface Mail |
| (letters and holiday cards) | (parcels) | |
| Africa | November 23 | October 5 |
| Asia | December 3 | October 18 |
| Australia | December 3 | October 1 |
| Caribbean | December 3 | October 25 |
| Central America | December 3 | October 18 |
| Europe | December 3 | October 25 |
| Middle East | December 3 | October 12 |
| South America | December 3 | October 18 |
| United States | December 14 | December 10 |
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