A Canada Post mailbox is pictured from Sept. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns.
Yellow service alert

Canada Post downgrades service alert for Chilliwack, as mail delivery is no longer suspended

Aug 5, 2026 | 10:53 AM

CHILLIWACK – Canada Post says it has downgraded yesterday’s red service alert that was previously issued for Chilliwack.

In an updated statement Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), Canada Post now says a yellow service alert pertains to Chilliwack, meaning mail delivery is no longer suspended, but delays could occur.

“Wildfires and poor air quality are affecting mail and parcel delivery in parts of British Columbia. Canada Post is putting emergency measures in place to best serve residents of these communities and keep them connected,” Canada Post wrote in a statement sent to Fraser Valley Today.

Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission and Hope all have yellow service alerts in place.

“A yellow service alert means we are going to do our best to deliver, but there may be delays. Delivery will resume once conditions improve and it’s safe to do so,” Canada Post said.

Fraser Valley Today reached out to a postal carrier in the greater Chilliwack area and learned that mail delivery had occurred yesterday, despite Canada Post’s claim Tuesday morning that it had suspended mail delivery due to poor air quality stemming from regional wildfires. Canada Post sent a media advisory at 11:32 a.m. Tuesday morning about the red service alert.

A Canada Post mail carrier vehicle was also seen driving in the vicinity of Keith Wilson Road and Unsworth Road Wednesday morning.

Air quality remains a factor in Chilliwack and the surrounding communities. As of 4:48 p.m. Tuesday, the Fraser Valley Regional District says an orange Air Quality Warning (very high health risk) has been issued for the Eastern Fraser Valley (Agassiz, Chilliwack, Hope).