Shipping index / Vancouver → Calgary

Shipping from Vancouver to Calgary: who’s cheapest?

Every day we price five everyday goods from Vancouver (V6B 1A1) to Calgary (T2P 1J9) through every source we can reach. The winner is the cheapest all-in option; everyone else is shown as a percentage more. The prices themselves? The platforms’ terms forbid publishing them.

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Envelope of documents

0.3 kg · 32×24×3 cm

Carrier · service	Transit	Fuel vs base	More than the winner
Canada Post · Regular Parcel (Carbon Neutral) Cheapestvia ShipStation API	4d	40%	—
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel (Carbon Neutral) via ShipStation API	2d	40%	+0%
Canada Post · Regular Parcel via Shippo	4d	0%	+5%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel via Shippo	2d	0%	+5%
Purolator · Purolator Ground via ShipStation API	4d	42%	+13%
Canada Post · Xpresspost via ShipStation API	2d	40%	+25%
Canada Post · Xpresspost via Shippo	2d	0%	+31%
Purolator · Purolator Express via ShipStation API	3d	38%	+52%
Canada Post · Priority via ShipStation API	1d	40%	+106%
Canada Post · Priority via Shippo	1d	0%	+116%
Purolator · Purolator Ground 10:30AM via ShipStation API	4d	38%	+121%
Purolator · Purolator Express 10:30 AM via ShipStation API	3d	43%	+131%
UPS · Standard® via Shippo	2d	0%	+158%
UPS · Expedited® via Shippo	2d	0%	+161%
UPS · Express Saver® via Shippo	1d	0%	+182%
Purolator · Purolator Ground 9AM via ShipStation API	4d	38%	+183%
Purolator · Purolator Express 9 AM via ShipStation API	3d	42%	+198%
UPS · Express® via Shippo	1d	0%	+225%
UPS · Express® Early via Shippo	1d	0%	+493%

Pair of shoes

1.5 kg · 34×22×13 cm

Carrier · service	Transit	Fuel vs base	More than the winner
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel (Carbon Neutral) Cheapestvia ShipStation API	2d	40%	—
Canada Post · Regular Parcel (Carbon Neutral) via ShipStation API	4d	40%	+0%
Canada Post · Regular Parcel via Shippo	4d	0%	+5%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel via Shippo	2d	0%	+5%
Purolator · Purolator Ground via ShipStation API	4d	42%	+21%
Canada Post · Xpresspost via ShipStation API	2d	40%	+67%
Canada Post · Xpresspost

Laptop, boxed

3.5 kg · 50×38×12 cm

Carrier · service	Transit	Fuel vs base	More than the winner
Canada Post · Regular Parcel (Carbon Neutral) Cheapestvia ShipStation API	4d	40%	—
Canada Post · Regular Parcel via Shippo	4d	0%	+5%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel (Carbon Neutral) via ShipStation API	2d	40%	+11%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel via Shippo	2d	0%	+16%
Purolator · Purolator Ground via ShipStation API	4d	42%	+17%
Canada Post · Xpresspost via ShipStation API	2d	40%	+102%
Purolator · Purolator Ground 10:30AM

Small appliance

7 kg · 45×35×35 cm

Carrier · service	Transit	Fuel vs base	More than the winner
Canada Post · Regular Parcel (Carbon Neutral) Cheapestvia ShipStation API	4d	40%	—
Canada Post · Regular Parcel via Shippo	4d	0%	+5%
Purolator · Purolator Ground via ShipStation API	4d	42%	+10%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel (Carbon Neutral) via ShipStation API	2d	40%	+21%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel via Shippo	2d	0%	+27%
Purolator · Purolator Ground 10:30AM via ShipStation API	4d	38%	+70%
· Purolator Ground 9AM

Case of wine

16 kg · 34×26×32 cm

Carrier · service	Transit	Fuel vs base	More than the winner
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel (Carbon Neutral) Cheapestvia ShipStation API	2d	40%	—
Canada Post · Regular Parcel (Carbon Neutral) via ShipStation API	4d	40%	+0%
Canada Post · Expedited Parcel via Shippo	2d	0%	+5%
Canada Post · Regular Parcel via Shippo	4d	0%	+5%
Purolator · Purolator Ground via ShipStation API	4d	42%	+5%
Purolator · Purolator Ground 10:30AM via ShipStation API	4d	38%	+48%
Purolator · Purolator Ground 9AM

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