NOC 74101: Letter carriers
What letter carriers do
Letter carriers sort and deliver mail, record delivery of registered mail and collect money for cash-on-delivery parcels. They are employed by Canada Post Corporation.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Organize mail by address and load into mailbag
- Deliver letters, small parcels and other printed matter along established routes
- Deliver telegrams, special delivery and express mail
- Collect payment for cash-on-delivery service
- Record delivery of registered mail
- Leave notices indicating that items could not be delivered and the location where they can be picked up
- Return undeliverable mail to postal station.
Job titles under NOC 74101
10 job titles are classified here, including letter carrier, postal carrier, rural mail carrier.
- letter carrier
- mail carrier
- mail collector
- mail deliverer
- postal carrier
- postal service deliverer
- postal worker
- priority post carrier
- rural mail carrier
- special delivery mail carrier
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is required.
- Two weeks to one month of training is provided by Canada Post Corporation.
- Physical fitness is required for some occupations in this unit group.
Letter carriers wages in Canada
Low, median and high hourly wages from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data. Annual figures assume full-time work (1,950 hours a year).
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $23.00/hr | $28.85/hr | $33.65/hr |
Toronto ON | $23.00/hr | $28.00/hr | $32.00/hr |
Montréal QC | $23.41/hr | $30.06/hr | $31.78/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $24.00/hr | $29.54/hr | $32.00/hr |
Calgary AB | $22.00/hr | $29.81/hr | $33.65/hr |
Edmonton AB | $25.00/hr | $31.00/hr | $33.91/hr |
Ottawa ON | $22.24/hr | $29.00/hr | $39.00/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $23.50/hr | $30.36/hr | $36.06/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $23.08/hr | $28.07/hr | $31.00/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $22.60/hr | $28.77/hr | $30.77/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $24.04/hr | $27.47/hr | $36.66/hr |
London ON | $23.29/hr | $29.00/hr | $33.65/hr |
Halifax NS | $16.50/hr | $26.00/hr | $39.60/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $21.63/hr | $28.50/hr | $40.00/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $27.00/hr | $27.75/hr | $31.00/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $21.50/hr | $29.00/hr | $30.66/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $21.20/hr | $26.00/hr | $35.00/hr |
Nova Scotia | $16.50/hr | $26.00/hr | $39.60/hr |
New Brunswick | $23.56/hr | $28.75/hr | $35.90/hr |
Quebec | $23.08/hr | $28.07/hr | $31.00/hr |
Ontario | $23.00/hr | $28.77/hr | $33.65/hr |
Manitoba | $23.50/hr | $30.00/hr | $36.06/hr |
Saskatchewan | $22.00/hr | $28.85/hr | $31.00/hr |
Alberta | $24.73/hr | $30.00/hr | $33.65/hr |
British Columbia | $23.00/hr | $29.54/hr | $33.85/hr |
Using NOC 74101 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 10 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Couriers and messengers (NOC 74102)
- Letter carriers supervisor (NOC 72025)
- Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations (NOC 74100)
- Postal services representatives (NOC 64401)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for letter carriers?
Letter carriers are NOC 2021 unit group 74101. Example job titles in this group include letter carrier, postal carrier, rural mail carrier.
What TEER is NOC 74101?
NOC 74101 is TEER 4 (High school and on-the-job training). Usually requires completion of secondary school, or several weeks of on-the-job training. TEER 4 and 5 work does not count as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker or Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do letter carriers earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $28.85/hr, about $56,000 a year full-time, with a range of $23.00/hr to $33.65/hr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.