Postal Information
The Esquimalt MFRC accepts letters/parcels to be shipped to a deployed military member. This is a free service.
Please note: If your military member is away on a course or imposed restriction (IR), you must mail your letters or parcels through Canada Post.
- Addresses for Operations or Overseas Postings
- If you cannot get to the MFRC to drop off a letter/parcel
- Postal Information for HMC Ships on Deployment (pdf)
- Postal Information for Terra Firma Members on Deployment (pdf)
- Regulations (pdf)
Addresses for Operations or Overseas Postings
The MFRC can assist you in sending a care package or letter to a loved one who is currently deployed with:- Operation ATTENTION and ARCHER (Kabul) (5140)
- Operation ATHENA (Kandahar) (5058)
- Operation ATHENA - Pacific Reconstruction Team (Kandahar) (5058)
- 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 MOBILE
- Operation PROTEUS (Israel) (5240)
- Operation SATURN and SAFARI (Sudan) (5225)
- Operation SCULPTURE (Sierra Leone) (5201)
- Operation SNOWGOOSE - Cyprus (5051)
- Operation REGULUS - New Zealand
or at the following postings:
- CFS Alert
- Camp Mike Spann (5140)
- Camp Mirage
- Canadian Forces Ships
- Strategic Line of Communication (SLOC) Detachment - Kuwait
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-7pm
- 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 ATTENTION and ARCHER - Kabul, Afghanistan
RANK NAME INT
SECTION/UNIT
CAMP …...(name of camp)
KABUL
PO BOX 5140 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
Mission terminating. Mail must arrive at Belleville, Ontario by 31 October 2011. Mail received after this date will be returned to sender. There may be an additional charge on mail that is returned to sender.
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, Egypt
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 JAGUAR - Jamaica
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
OP JAGUAR
PO BOX 5222 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 MOBILE - TASK FORCE LIBECCIO - Trapani, Italy
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
TF LIBECCIO
OP MOBILE
PO BOX 5047 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Mail for personnel on OP MOBILE will no longer be sent. Mail on hand will be returned to sender. There may be an additional charge on mail that is returned to sender.
OP MOBILE - TASK FORCE LIBECCIO - Sigonella, Italy
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
NAS SIGONELLA
OP MOBILE
PO BOX 5114 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Mail for personnel on OP MOBILE will no longer be sent. Mail on hand will be returned to sender. There may be an additional charge on mail that is returned to sender.
OP MOBILE - TASK FORCE NAPLES - Naples, Italy
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
TF NAPLES
OP MOBILE
PO BOX 5045 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Mail for personnel on OP MOBILE will no longer be sent. Mail on hand will be returned to sender. There may be an additional charge on mail that is returned to sender.
OP MOBILE - TASK FORCE LIBECCIO - Poggio Renatico, Italy
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
POGGIO RENATICO
OP MOBILE
PO BOX 5045 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Mail for personnel on OP MOBILE will no longer be sent. Mail on hand will be returned to sender. There may be an additional charge on mail that is returned to sender.
OP PROTEUS - Jerusalem
RANK INITIALS 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
OP REGULUS - New Zealand
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
OP REGULUS
P.O. Box 32901
Devonport, Auckland 0744
New Zealand
CFS Alert
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
UNIT/SECTION
CFS Alert
PO BOX 5210 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Camp Mike Spann
RANK / NAME / INITIAL
UNIT / SECTION
Camp Mike Spann
KABUL
PO BOX 5140 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
Strategic Line of Communication (SLOC) Detachment - Kuwait
RANK/INITIALS/NAME
SLOC Det Kuwait
PO BOX 5006 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
