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The ParcelsApp.com website can be used to track packages from China. http://parcelsapp.com/
The ParcelsApp.com website can be used to track packages from China. http://parcelsapp.com/


=== Some Observations ===
===Some Observations===
It takes about 5-6 days to ship from Vancouver to Calgary (via Edmonton).
It takes about 5-6 days to ship from Vancouver to Calgary (via Edmonton).


=== Log ===
===Log===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Date
!Ship Date
!Origin
!Origin
!Shipping Method
!Shipping Method
!Arrival
!Arrival
!Days in Flight
!Days in Transit
!Notes
!Notes
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|April 13, 2020
|May 15, 2020
|Shanghai
|Shenzhen
|Yanwen, via ePacket (China Post)
|AliExpress, via UBI Smart Parcel
|June 3, 2020
|June 8, 2020
|51 days
|23 days
|Ordered from Ebay.
|4PX delivered to UBI Smart Parcel the next business day. UBI notified Canada Post of the package, cleared customs and given to an airline in one day.  
The original Yanwen tracking number was replaced with a ePacket tracking number after departing from Yanwen's facility.
Item sat for two days until it was flown to Vancouver. It sat for another 3 days at YVR airport before being collected. Customs released it after another 7 days. Canada Post took 4 days to send it to Edmonton and another day to arrive in the mailbox.
 
It left China between April 14-19 and arrived in Canada on May 22. It apparently went by air.
 
Customs took 1 day, Canada Post took another 7 days to deliver it to Calgary, and another 3 days to deliver it to the mailbox.
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|April 21, 2020
|April 21, 2020
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Customs took 1 day. Canada Post took 3 days to deliver to the mailbox.
Customs took 1 day. Canada Post took 3 days to deliver to the mailbox.
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|-
|March 18, 2020
|April 13, 2020
|Shenzhen
|Shanghai
|Yanwen, via ePacket
|Yanwen, via ePacket (China Post)
|April 20, 2020
|June 3, 2020
|33 days
|51 days
|On the day it was shipped, a Canada Post tracking number was assigned by Yanwen.  
|Ordered from Ebay.
Package left China on March 22. Arrived in Mississauga on March 23? Customs took it on March 31 and released it the same day. Canada Post took 18 days to deliver it to Calgary and 1 day to deliver it to the mailbox.
The original Yanwen tracking number was replaced with a ePacket tracking number after departing from Yanwen's facility.
 
It left China between April 14-19 and arrived in Canada on May 22. It apparently went by air.
 
Customs took 1 day, Canada Post took another 7 days to deliver it to Calgary, and another 3 days to deliver it to the mailbox.
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|March 21, 2020
|March 21, 2020
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|4PX Express delivered it to UBI Smart Parcel the next business day. UBI delivered it to an airport the next day. It took 3 days by air to arrive at Vancouver. It sat for 2 days. Customs took it for 1 day. Canada Post took 6 days to deliver it from Vancouver via Edmonton to the mailbox.
|4PX Express delivered it to UBI Smart Parcel the next business day. UBI delivered it to an airport the next day. It took 3 days by air to arrive at Vancouver. It sat for 2 days. Customs took it for 1 day. Canada Post took 6 days to deliver it from Vancouver via Edmonton to the mailbox.
|-
|-
|May 15, 2020
|March 18, 2020
|Dongguan
|Shenzhen
|AliExpress, via UBI Smart Parcel
|Yanwen, via ePacket
|June 8, 2020
|April 20, 2020
|23 days
|33 days
|4PX delivered to UBI Smart Parcel the next business day. UBI notified Canada Post of the package, cleared customs and given to an airline in one day.  
|On the day it was shipped, a Canada Post tracking number was assigned by Yanwen.  
Item sat for two days until it was flown to Vancouver. It sat for another 3 days at YVR airport before being collected. Customs released it after another 7 days. Canada Post took 4 days to send it to Edmonton and another day to arrive in the mailbox.
Package left China on March 22. Arrived in Mississauga on March 23? Customs took it on March 31 and released it the same day. Canada Post took 18 days to deliver it to Calgary and 1 day to deliver it to the mailbox.
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Revision as of 23:26, 8 June 2020

I am going to start tracking packages from China to Canada here.

The ParcelsApp.com website can be used to track packages from China. http://parcelsapp.com/

Some Observations

It takes about 5-6 days to ship from Vancouver to Calgary (via Edmonton).

Log

Ship Date Origin Shipping Method Arrival Days in Transit Notes
May 15, 2020 Shenzhen AliExpress, via UBI Smart Parcel June 8, 2020 23 days 4PX delivered to UBI Smart Parcel the next business day. UBI notified Canada Post of the package, cleared customs and given to an airline in one day.

Item sat for two days until it was flown to Vancouver. It sat for another 3 days at YVR airport before being collected. Customs released it after another 7 days. Canada Post took 4 days to send it to Edmonton and another day to arrive in the mailbox.

April 21, 2020 Shenzhen SpeedPAK, OrangeConnex May 11, 2020 14 days Ordered from Ebay. Shipped free with Economy SpeedPAK from China/Hong Kong/Taiwan

Package left Shenzhen for Dongguan. It left China on April 25 and arrived in Canada on May 30.

Customs took 2 days. Canada Post took another 3 days to deliver to the mailbox.

March 14, 2020 Suzhou SpeedPAK, OrangeConnex March 23, 2020 9 days Ordered from Ebay. Shipped free with Economy SpeedPAK from China/Hong Kong/Taiwan

Package left Suzhou for Hangzhou. It left China by air on March 17. It arrived in Canada on March 18.

Customs took 1 day. Canada Post took 3 days to deliver to the mailbox.

April 13, 2020 Shanghai Yanwen, via ePacket (China Post) June 3, 2020 51 days Ordered from Ebay.

The original Yanwen tracking number was replaced with a ePacket tracking number after departing from Yanwen's facility.

It left China between April 14-19 and arrived in Canada on May 22. It apparently went by air.

Customs took 1 day, Canada Post took another 7 days to deliver it to Calgary, and another 3 days to deliver it to the mailbox.

March 21, 2020 Shenzhen AliExpress, via UBI Smart Parcel April 7, 2020 16 days 4PX Express delivered it to UBI Smart Parcel the next business day. UBI delivered it to an airport the next day. It took 3 days by air to arrive at Vancouver. It sat for 2 days. Customs took it for 1 day. Canada Post took 6 days to deliver it from Vancouver via Edmonton to the mailbox.
March 18, 2020 Shenzhen Yanwen, via ePacket April 20, 2020 33 days On the day it was shipped, a Canada Post tracking number was assigned by Yanwen.

Package left China on March 22. Arrived in Mississauga on March 23? Customs took it on March 31 and released it the same day. Canada Post took 18 days to deliver it to Calgary and 1 day to deliver it to the mailbox.