Postal Information
The Esquimalt MFRC accepts letters/parcels to be shipped to a deployed military member. This is a free service.
Want to send parcels overseas to "any member"? Check out the regulations.
Please note: If your partner is away on a course or imposed restriction (IR), you must mail your letters or parcels through Canada Post.
- What to do if you cannot get to the MFRC to drop off a letter/parcel
- Addresses for Operations or Overseas Postings
- Postal Information for HMC Ships on Deployment (pdf)
- Postal Information for Terra Firma Members on Deployment (pdf)
The MFRC can assist you in sending a care package or letter to a loved one who is currently deployed with:
- Operation ACCIUS, ARCHER and ARGUS (Kabul) (5058)
- Operation ATHENA (Kandahar) (5058)
- Operation ATHENA - Pacific Reconstruction Team (Kandahar) (5058)
- Camp Mirage (5113)
- Operation Bronze (Sarajevo Bosnia) (5207)
- Operation CALUMET (Egypt) (5237)
- Operation CROCODILE (Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Authorized senders only
- Operation GLADIUS (Golan Heights) (5238)
- Operation HAMLET (Haiti Port au Prince) (5250)
- Operation JADE (Middle East) (5239)
- Operation KOBOLD (Pristina, Kosovo) (5249)
- Operation PROTEUS (Israel) (5240)
- Operation SATURN and SAFARI (Sudan) (5225)
- Operation SCULPUTRE (Sierra Leone) (5201)
- Operation SNOWGOOSE - Cyprus (5051)
or at the following postings:
- CFS Alert
- CFSU (E) AFSOUTH DET Naples Italy (5045)
- CFSU (E) DAWS Hill England (5051)
- CFSU(E) DET Geilenkirchen Germany (5053)
- CFSU (E) DET Shape Belgium (5048)
- Canadian Forces Ships
If you cannot get to the MFRC to drop off a letter/parcel
If you live outside of Victoria and cannot easily get to an MFRC location to drop off a package you wish to send to your deployed loved one, please contact us for information.The following additional locations are allowing drop off of parcels and letters bound for military members.
- 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron (Kittyhawk Road, Sidney BC 250-363-6873) Open 24 Hours.
- Bay Street Armoury (715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC, 250-363-8153)
- Brigadier D.R. Sargent Armoury (709 Nanaimo Lakes Rd, Nanaimo, BC 250-755-5368) Open Wednesday evenings
- LGen EC Ashton Armoury (724 Vanalman Avenue, Victoria, BC 250-363-8324)
- Victoria Recruiting Centre (827 Fort St., Main Floor, Victoria, BC 250-363-3717) Business Hours: M, Tu, W F 8:30am - 4:30pm and Th 8:30am - 7:00pm
- We are happy to send out a message to our Family Networks to see if there is someone else in your local area who can help get your package to the MFRC for mailout.
- Mail gets picked up at the MFRC by the Fleet Mail Office Monday to Friday.
Addresses for Operations
OPS ACCIUS, ARCHER and ARGUS- Kabul, Afghanistan
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP ACCIUS, ARCHER and ARGUS
KABUL 100
PO BOX 5058 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP ATHENA - Kandahar, Afghanistan
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP ATHENA
PO BOX 5058 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP ATHENA - Kandahar, Afghanistan
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
Provincial Reconstruction Team
OP ATHENA
PO BOX 5005 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Camp Mirage:
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
CAMP MIRAGE
PO BOX 5113 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP BRONZE - Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
CANADIAN CONTINGENT SARAJEVO
PO BOX 5207 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP CALUMET - Sinai, Egypte
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
CCMFO
PO BOX 5237 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP CROCODILE - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authorized senders only. All other mail will be returned to sender.
Personal mail:
FIRST NAME/LAST NAME
PO BOX 500 (KNSHA)
STATION A
OTTAWA ON K1N 8T7
CANADA
Official Mail:
RANK NAME INITIALS OR TITLE
OP CROCODILE
CANADIAN EMBASSY KNSHA
C/O DFAIT
125 SUSSEX DRIVE
OTTAWA ON K1A 0G2
OP GLADIUS - Golan Heights
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP GLADIUS
PO BOX 5238 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP HAMLET - Port-au-Prince, Haïti
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP HAMLET
PO BOX 5250 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP JADE - Middle East
RANK INIT NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP JADE
PO BOX 5239 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP KOBOLD - Pristina, Kosovo
RANK INIT NAME
UNIT/SECTION
CANADIAN CONTINGENT PRISTINA
PO BOX 5249 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP PROTEUS - Jerusalem
RANK INIT NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP PROTEUS
PO BOX 5240 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OPS SATURN and SAFARI - Sudan
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP SATURN - SAFARI
PO BOX 5225 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP SCULPTURE - Sierra Leone
NAME RANK INIT
UNIT/SECTION
OP SCULPTURE
PO BOX 5201 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
OP SNOWGOOSE - Cyprus
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP SNOWGOOSE
PO BOX 5051 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
CFS Alert
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
CFS Alert
PO BOX 5210 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Canadian Ships
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
MESS #/SECTION
NAME OF THE SHIP
PO BOX 17000 STN FORCES
VICTORIA BC V9A 7N2
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
MESS #/SECTION
NAME OF THE SHIP
PO BOX 99000 STN FORCES
HALIFAX NS B3K 5X5
