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December 18

I have a question about the US Post Service

Should I be worried that my Christmas mail from USA isn’t coming? I was supposed to get a envelope from someone near Boston MA and I live in British Columbia near Vancouver. It has been 2 and a half weeks since she said she shipped it by normal mail and I don't think she sent a tracking number. Is it ok that it’s taking this long? Could it be affected because of the floods in BC? I don't live around a flooded area. 2001:569:526D:3C00:CC6C:6314:3430:E15D (talk) 03:29, 18 December 2021 (UTC)2001:569:526D:3C00:CC6C:6314:3430:E15D (talk) 03:26, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Did you ask this same question a year ago? In any case, did your friend get a tracking number from the post office? If so, you could try to find out where it is on its journey. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:03, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

From what I recall, from the handful of times I sent & received mail to and from Canada, a full 3 weeks was perfectly normal, if not expected. 2600:1702:4960:1DE0:E915:C0E7:63E2:3E2C (talk) 03:12, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

As for the flooding in BC, that's in Canadian mail's domain, and I am thinking it very unlikely that localised flooding in BC would delay Canada-bound mail from Boston from getting across the border; I *think* when our two countries send mail to the utter, the postal service of the country it comes from just gets it across the border the fastest way possible, then the receiving country does the rest. 2600:1702:4960:1DE0:E915:C0E7:63E2:3E2C (talk) 03:19, 20 December 2021 (UTC)