Canada prices a little above the USA on the outbound leg and carries a customs complication the USA does not: federal and provincial sales taxes are assessed on imports, and which apply depends on the recipient's province. Parcel2Go's Canada page priced five named services on the day it was read and the cheapest was 11.75 pounds, against 11.59 pounds for the USA on the same page family that day.
The published outbound figure
11.75 pounds is the cheapest of five services on one broker's Canada page, for the parcel that page quotes by default, read on 10 September 2026. That places Canada just above the USA at 11.59 pounds and Malaysia at the same 11.75, and above Australia at 11.10. Royal Mail publishes international zones rather than a Canada page, and Parcelforce publishes a Canada directory page with service and customs guidance and no price, so this is the only published per-destination figure for the lane in this record.
Provincial taxes make the landed cost vary by address
Canada charges federal GST on imports above its threshold, and depending on the province either a provincial sales tax or a harmonised HST applies on top. The practical effect is that the same parcel costs the recipient a different amount in Ontario than in Alberta, which is unusual and catches out senders who have priced the USA and assumed similar treatment. The recipient pays, and the carrier adds a handling or brokerage fee for clearing it, which on lower value consignments is frequently the largest single line on the charge notice.
Distances inside Canada matter after arrival
Canada is geographically vast and its parcel networks price remote delivery accordingly. A shipment to Toronto or Vancouver behaves like any metropolitan delivery; one to a northern or rural address can attract a remote area surcharge and add several days. If you are quoting a service, check whether the destination postal code falls into a remote zone before committing, because that surcharge is applied after booking on some products and arrives as an adjustment rather than as part of the quoted price.
The inbound leg
No company in this record publishes a price for a parcel starting in Canada, because every one of them prices a leg starting in the UK. That quote comes from a Canadian carrier or broker in Canadian dollars. On arrival here UK import VAT is charged on the goods plus shipping with duty above the relevant threshold, paid by the UK recipient plus a handling fee. Gifts between private individuals carry a modest per-consignment allowance in each direction and above it the normal charges apply.
Questions people ask about uk to canada parcel
How much does it cost to send a parcel to Canada from the UK?
The published floor in this record is 11.75 pounds, the cheapest of five services on Parcel2Go's Canada page read on 10 September 2026, for the parcel that page quotes by default.
What taxes will my Canadian recipient pay?
Federal GST above the threshold, plus either a provincial sales tax or a harmonised HST depending on the province, and a carrier handling or brokerage fee. The landed cost therefore varies by province.
How much is shipping from Canada to the UK?
No company in this record publishes that direction. It is booked in Canada, and UK import VAT plus any duty falls on the UK recipient on arrival.
Will a rural Canadian address cost more?
Often yes. Remote area surcharges apply to many northern and rural postal codes and can be added after booking on some products, so check the destination zone first.