Editing Letter box (section)

===Canada===
[[File:Canadian rural mailboxes.jpg|thumb|Rural Community Mail Box (CMB) Station in Canada]]

In Canada, community mailboxes (or ''Supermailboxes'') appeared in the late 1980s in newer suburban areas. Newer developments usually are temporarily supplied with green rural community mail boxes and replaced later with permanent supermailboxes.

Since 2004, many rural Canadian residents have been required to use community mail stations (known as a '''Community Mail Box''', or '''CMB''') instead of individual curbside mailboxes in an attempt to reduce health and safety complaints by [[Canada Post]] rural mail carriers.<ref name="DEN"/><ref name="CANPOST">''[http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/corporate/rural/faqs.jsf#22 Canada Post and Rural Canada: Stronger Together (FAQ)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206133937/http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/corporate/rural/faqs.jsf |date=2012-02-06 }}'', retrieved 26 January 2011</ref> This change has been extended to some suburban areas of the country as well.<ref name="RUC"/><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Nations Building News]] |title=Cluster Boxes Replacing Door-to-Door Delivery |url=http://www.nbnnews.com/NBN/issues/2006-06-19/Regulation/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010170313/http://www.nbnnews.com/NBN/issues/2006-06-19/Regulation/index.html |archive-date=2008-10-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[CBC News]] |title=Rural Community Mailboxes Unsafe, Say Residents |date=December 7, 2007 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/rural-mailboxes-unsafe-say-residents-1.634787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227172711/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2007/12/07/mailboxesdangerous.html |archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2014, in an effort to cut costs, Canada Post announced its intent to phase out door-to-door delivery and adopt community mailboxes in 32% of urban centres. The plan faced criticism, especially due to accessibility concerns. The program was suspended immediately after the election of [[Justin Trudeau]]'s [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] government in [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015]]—which had promised to cease further cutbacks to Canada Post.<ref name="ctv-doortodoor">{{cite web |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/critics-blast-canada-post-s-plan-to-phase-out-door-to-door-delivery-1.1584625 |title=Critics blast Canada Post's plan to phase out door-to-door delivery |last=Commisso |first=Christina |date=December 11, 2013 |work=CTVNews.ca |publisher=Bell Media |access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref><ref name=cbc-commmailsuspended>{{cite news|title=Canada Post halts controversial community mailbox program|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada-post-community-mailbox-1.3289647|access-date=27 October 2015|work=CBC News}}</ref>