Canada is the destination where the cheapest published option is not really a parcel service at all. Parcel2Go's own Canada page prices five services and the cheapest is £11.75 on Royal Mail International Large Letter Tracked, read on 10 September 2026: a letter product with a tight dimension limit and a generous enough tracking record to be worth using. If what you are sending is flat and light it is a genuine bargain, and if it is not, that figure is not yours.
Read the product, not just the price
A Large Letter Tracked service is defined by thickness and footprint rather than by weight, which is why it can undercut parcel products on a long route. The practical test is whether your item will go through the size gauge, and the honest answer for most things people post to Canada, clothing, books in quantity, anything boxed, is that it will not. The services priced above £11.75 on the same page are the parcel products, and they are the realistic comparison for a box.
Where Canada sits against its neighbour
The USA is £11.59 on the same broker's own pages and Canada £11.75, so the two are within pence of each other on carriage despite very different customs regimes. That similarity is a good reminder that the carriage price is rarely what decides a North American shipment: the paperwork and the duty treatment are, and they are not the same across the border.
Duty, GST and provincial taxes
Canada charges duty and federal GST on imported goods, with provincial taxes on top in some provinces, and the carrier collects them with a handling fee. That combination makes a low-value parcel to Canada one of the more expensive small imports anywhere, relative to the goods. Choosing delivered duty paid is the way a sender avoids a recipient being surprised, and for a shop it is a pricing decision rather than a shipping one.
The reverse direction
Parcel2Go prices Canada to the UK on the same page family. Goods arriving here meet UK duty and import VAT on value plus shipping, again with a carrier handling fee. Personal effects returning with someone who is moving are the common special case and they are not automatically relieved: the relief depends on the circumstances of the move rather than on the goods being your own.
Questions people ask about parcel to canada from uk
How much is a parcel to Canada from the UK?
Parcel2Go publishes £11.75 on its own Canada page, the cheapest of five services it prices there, on a tracked international Large Letter product, read on 10 September 2026.
What is the cheapest way to send a parcel to Canada?
On published prices, the tracked Large Letter product at £11.75, but only if the item fits its size gauge. For a box, the parcel products priced above it on the same page are the real comparison.
Is Canada more expensive than the USA?
Barely, on carriage: £11.75 against £11.59 from the same broker's own pages on the same day. The customs treatment differs far more than the price does.
Who pays Canadian duty and GST?
The recipient, unless the sender chooses delivered duty paid. The carrier's handling fee comes on top and is often the largest part on a low-value parcel.