{"id":253339,"date":"2022-05-23T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T08:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/octolize.com\/?p=253339&cf-nocache=1"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:52:12","slug":"free-canada-post-woocommerce-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/octolize.com\/es\/blog\/free-canada-post-woocommerce-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Canada Post WooCommerce Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Free Canada Post WooCommerce plugin is another WooCommerce solution created by Octolize. In this article, you will learn how to configure WooCommerce Canada Post shipping method with live cost calculations using the free WooCommerce plugin.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada Post Carrier<\/h2>\n

Canada Post Corporation, trading as Canada Post, is the primary postal operator in Canada. Originally known as Royal Mail Canada, rebranded to the \u201cCanada Post\u201d name in the late 1960s. Canada Post provides service to more than 16 million addresses and delivered nearly 8.4 billion items in 2016 and consolidated revenue from operations reached $7.88 billion. Canada Post delivers to a larger area than the postal service of any other nation. This is due to 25,000 letter carriers, through a 13,000 vehicle fleet, and more than 6,200 post offices across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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All this points out that if you want to ship packages from your ecommerce store in Canada, Canada Post is the obvious choice. It is the country’s largest courier company that is reputable and trusted by millions of Canadians.\u00a0 All of this means that Canada Post shipping can become a huge advantage for any store offering shipping in Canada. Of course, it has a lot of competition in the form of UPS and FedEx, but it\u2019s still a tried and reliable brand that numerous potential customers are willing to choose.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you need additional information, visit the<\/span> official Canada Post website<\/span><\/a>.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Free WooCommerce Canada Post shipping plugin<\/h2>\n

Canada Post WooCommerce is a new WooCommerce services plugin from Octolize. That WooCommerce extension allows you to display automatically calculated Canada Post shipping cost for each order. Display the available Canada Post services automatically in the cart and checkout based on the customer\u2019s shipping address and cart weight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of all, it\u2019s completely free, and you can download it now from the official WordPress repository. You can do it even faster, using the button below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This free WooCommerce Canada Post shipping plugin lets you offer a full range of shipping options. Integrating the plugin is very fast, it takes only 5 minutes, and I\u2019ll show you how to do it in the next section of this article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This plugin is based on the same foundation as the very popular and well-received <\/span>free WooCommerce UPS shipping plugin<\/span><\/a> that\u2019s have more than 9,000 active installations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\t

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How to display Live Canada Post Shipping Rates to your customers?<\/h3>\n

Let me walk you through the configuration of the plugin. After completing all the steps presented, you will be able to display Live Canada Post Shipping Rates in your WooCommerce store.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First, install and activate free Canada Post WooCommerce plugin in your store. You can reach the plugin settings by choosing the <\/span>WooCommerce \u2192 Settings \u2192 Shipping \u2192 Canada Post Live Rates<\/b> from the sidebar.<\/span>\"Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

Connect with Canada Post API<\/h3>\n

To offer your customers the available Canada Post shipping services, you need to own a Canada post account and your credentials (Username, Password and Customer Number) acquired during the registration process.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you do not have the Canada Post account yet, you can read<\/span> our guide on how to create Canada Post account \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

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Once you enter the login credentials, click on <\/span>Save changes<\/b> button. The API Connection Status should change to OK and turn green. If for some reason, the plugin is not able to establish the connection with the Canada Post API, you will see the error message coming from the API with the detailed information on the cause of the problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have successfully connected to the Canada Post API, you can proceed to the next step, which is to add and configure the Canada Post shipping method.<\/span><\/p>\n

Add the Canada Post shipping method<\/b><\/p>\n

Adding the Canada Post Live Rates shipping method uses the same mechanism as the WooCommerce default shipping methods, and the Canada Post Live Rates can be easily added the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n

To create a new Canada Post Live Rates shipping method, just go to <\/span>WooCommerce \u2192 Settings \u2192 Shipping<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click the shipping zone name you want to add the Canada Post Live Rates method within. In most cases, it will be a zone containing Canada in it. It can be a separate zone for Canada or even a bigger zone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you aim to learn more on this matter, check our <\/span>detailed guide on WooCommerce Shipping Zones \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Once you are in your Shipping Zone, click on the <\/span>Add shipping method<\/b> button. You\u2019ll find it at the bottom of the Shipping methods table:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the window that will appear, choose the <\/span>Canada Post Live Rates<\/b> from the dropdown list and confirm with <\/span>Add shipping method<\/b> button once again:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thereafter, you have your Canada Post Live Rates shipping method.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Configure the Canada Post shipping method<\/h3>\n

Now, it\u2019s time to configure the Canada Post shipping method.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can set the <\/span>Method Title<\/b> that will be displayed in the checkout page for your customers. The plugin also allows enabling the Fallback. It\u2019s basically the flat rate cost for shipping if the Canada Post API, for some reason, returns no matching rates. Another, very useful option that also allows you to increase conversions in your store is to set Free Shipping over the amount. To enable it, just tick the <\/span>Enable the free shipping over amount<\/b> checkbox and enter the free shipping threshold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the crucial shipping method settings is the option to select available Canada Post services<\/strong>. By default, all the services are available, but when you want to limit them, just check the Services checkbox<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please mind that the availability of services in the Services Table is affected by the Zone regions settings in your shipping zone, in which the Canada Post Live Rates shipping method was added. Our Canada Live Rates plugin supports both Domestic, USA and International Services. Code in the Services Table indicates the Canada Post service type:<\/span><\/p>\n