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NEWS & NOTES
from the desk of John Hamilton

June 3, 2009 - Canadian Data work changes for July 20th

June 3, 2009 TOP

Canadian Data work changes for July 20th

Good afternoon,

Attached you will find a letter from Canada Post relating to the changes expected for July 20th.

If Frontier is not providing the Canadian Data work on your behalf, the service bureau should insure they are up to date on the Canada Post changes. The Canada Post approved software provider should be giving the software vendor information on these changes and upgrading the system to accommodate.

We will require bar coded tags for all mailings and we will require the mailing plans to be e-mailed to:

We have a direct email address of mailingplans@frontdist.net for you to email the mailing plan. When doing this please also copy our jobs co-ordinator at jobscoordinator@frontdist.com. We would appreciate if we could start doing this earlier than the mandatory date so we can make sure everything is working correctly before hand.

As per Canada Post if the mailing is inducted without the required Mailing Plan file uploaded to EST will be subject to a surcharge of $0.05 per piece on the entire mailing upon induction at the RVUs.

We still have an issue with Canada Post relating to shortages in production. We have expressed our concern on the unrealistic expectation to re-run the data plan after the mailing has been produced if short by more than 200 pieces. We will keep you advised.

Please get this information to your software presort provider if Frontier does not provide this service for you.

If you have any questions, you can contact Dina McKendrick at: jobscoordinator@frontdist.com

Thank you

John Hamilton

2010 DELIVERY MODE DATA SCHEDULE Each month Canada Post updates the Letter Carrier route files. Mailing Innovations sends these updates to you approximately three weeks ahead of time. The following schedule outlines the Valid Dates for 2010.
Data Posted to FTP Site	Data Sent to Customers	Restructure Implementation	Tape Valid For
Sep 11, 2009	Sep 14, 2009	Oct 19, 2009	Oct 16 to Nov 12, 2009
Oct 09, 2009	Oct 13, 2009	Nov 16, 2009	Nov 13 to Dec 17, 2009
Nov 13, 2009	Nov 16, 2009	Dec 21, 2009	Dec 18, 2009 to Jan 07, 2010
Dec 11, 2009	Dec 14, 2009	Jan 11, 2010	Jan 08 to Feb 11, 2010
Jan 8, 2010	Jan 11, 2010	Feb 15, 2010	Feb 12 to Mar 11, 2010
Feb 05, 2010	Feb 08, 2010	Mar 15, 2010	Mar 12 to Apr 15, 2010
Mar 05, 2010	Mar 08, 2010	Apr 19, 2010	Apr 16 to May 13, 2010
Apr 09, 2010	Apr 12, 2010	May 17, 2010	May 14 to Jun 17, 2010
May 07, 2010	May 10, 2010	Jun 21, 2010	Jun 18 to Jul 15, 2010
Jun 11, 2010	Jun 14, 2010	Jul 19, 2010	Jul 16 to Aug 12, 2010
Jul 09, 2010	Jul 12, 2010	Aug 16, 2010	Aug 13 to Sep 16, 2010
Aug 06, 2010	Aug 09, 2010	Sep 20, 2010	Sep 17 to Oct 14, 2010
Sep 10, 2010	Sep 13, 2010	Oct 18, 2010	Oct 15 to Nov 11, 2010
Oct 08, 2010	Oct 12, 2010	Nov 15, 2010	Nov 12 to Dec 16, 2010
Nov 05, 2010	Nov 08, 2010	Dec 20, 2010	Dec 17, 2010 to Jan 13, 2011
Dec 10, 2010	Dec 13, 2010	Jan 17, 2011	Jan 14, 2011 to Feb 17, 2011

POSTAL CODES BY PROVINCE Postal code - first character, abbreviation for the province, and province name:

A	NL	Newfoundland/Labrador (as of Nov. 01/02)
B	NS	Nova Scotia
C	PE	Prince Edward Island
E	NB	New Brunswick
G	QC	Quebec
H	QC	Quebec, Metro Montreal
J	QC	Quebec West
K	ON	Ontario East
L	ON	Ontario Central
M	ON	Ontario Metro Toronto
N	ON	Ontario South/West
P	ON	Ontario North
R	MB	Manitoba
S	SK	Saskatchewan
T	AB	Alberta
V	BC	British Columbia
X	NT	North West Territories
Y	YT	Yukon
If you would like to see any specific information, please advise, we would be happy to do the research for you.

Permits:

Minimum Indecia size:

19 mm x 36 mm (3/4" x 1 7/16")

They must contain permit characters between 2 mm
and 5 mm in height and should be in black or red .

CANADIAN & US HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR 2010
DATE	HOLIDAY	NOTE
Friday January 1, 2010	New Years Day	Canada & US
Monday January 18, 2010	Martin Luther King	US
Monday February 15, 2010	Presidents Day	US
Monday February 15, 2010	Family Day	Canada(Ontario only)
Friday April 2, 2010	Good Friday	Canada & US
Monday April 5, 2010	Easter Monday	Canada Post mail delivery only
Monday May 24, 2010	Victoria Day	Canada
Monday May 31, 2010	Memorial Day	US
Thursday July 1, 2010	Canada Day	Canada
Monday July 5, 2010	Independence Day observed	US
Monday August 2, 2010	Civic Holiday	Canada
Monday September 6, 2010	Labour Day	Canada & US
Monday October 11, 2010	Columbus Day	US
Monday October 11, 2010	Canadian Thanksgiving	Canada
Thursday November 11, 2010	Veteran's Day	US
Thursday November 11, 2010	Remembrance Day	Canada Post mail delivery only
Thursday November 25, 2010	Thanksgiving Day	US
Monday December 27, 2010	Christmas Day observed	Canada & US
Tuesday December 28, 2010	Boxing Day observed	Canada
Monday January 3, 2011	New Year's Day observed	Canada & US