post office box [ PO box,PO BOX,P.O. box,POB | postal box | post-office box | lock box ]

post office box | P.O. Box | postal box

boxholder mail [ box mail ]

post office box | private box | P.O.B. [Abbr.] | POB [Abbr.]

withdrawal from a post office box | withdrawal from a private box

lock box [ lock-box | lockbox ]

postal code | postcode | post code | ZIP code | zip code

uncheck a check box | uncheck a box

If conditions do not allow for re-positioning a rural mailbox for continued delivery, Canada Post offers a number of options for local mail delivery. These include Community Mailbox service or a free lockbox service at a local post office.

In doing so, those people who live on rural routes or who only have access to postal boxes—whose address might be “post office box 36” or “post office box 267” and the name of the municipality—which is not a residential address under the requirements of Bill C-31, that is to say, including a street number and street name and the rest, may in future present to Elections Canada workers two pieces of identification that prove their address is the same as the address that appears on the list of electors. That will finally correct the situation of those 1,012,989 electors and it will conform to the new Bill C-31.

It is a problem that occurs most often in rural areas, where people often only have a post office box number, a rural route number associated with a post office or simply a general delivery address at a specific post office.

It's a problem that arises most often in rural areas across the country. It's most often in these areas that individuals may only have a postal address, such as a post office box, a rural route number attached to a post office, or simply a mailing address that provides for general delivery to a particular post office.