From September 30, 2024, through January 19, 2025, a Peak-Season surcharge will apply to all FedEx parcels that are oversized and require special handling.
FedEx Express Intra-Canada
FedEx Express Intra-Canada | ||
| Surcharge Type | Demand Surcharge Amount (Base Charge + Additional Demand Charge) | Applicable Services |
| Oversize | $152 per shipment | Intra-Canada Package Services |
| Additional Handling | $29.30 (Dimension) / $33 (Weight) / $27.20 (Packaging) per shipment | Intra-Canada Package Services |
FedEx Ground Intra-Canada and International | ||
| Surcharge Type | Base Surcharge | Additional Demand Surcharge |
| Oversize | $102 per package | $50 per package |
| Additional Handling | $23.30 (Dimension) / $27 (Weight) / $21.20 (Packaging) per shipment | $6 per package |
| Unauthorized Package | $1,120 per package | $450 per package |
Surcharge Descriptions:
Oversize: Packages that exceed 96" in length or 130" in length and girth. The charge is based on the package’s actual rounded weight or dim weight, whichever is greater. There is a 90-lb. minimum billable weight, except for express international shipments
Additional Handling: Packages that are:
• Not fully encased in an outer container or packaging
• Encased in an outer container or packaging not made of corrugated cardboard (including metal, wood, canvas, leather, hard plastic, soft plastic, StyrofoamTM)
• Encased in an outer container or packaging covered in shrink wrap or stretch wrap 1
• Round or cylindrical (including mailing tubes, cans, buckets, barrels, tires, drums, pails)
• Bound with metal, plastic, or cloth banding1, or having wheels (e.g., a bicycle), casters, handles, or straps, including packages where the outer surface area is loosely wrapped, or contents protrude outside the surface area
• Prone to become entangled in or cause damage to other packages or to our sortation system
Unauthorized Package:
• Any package measuring more than 108 inches (274 cm) in length.
• Any package measuring more than 165 inches (419 cm) in length and girth combined.
• Any package weighing more than 150 lbs (68 kg)
• Any package that shifts or expands during transit causing package dimensions to exceed limitations.
Unauthorized packages weighing less than 90 lbs will be billed as 90 lbs packages plus the $1,120 per package
Unauthorized packages weighing more than 90 lbs will be billed at actual weight plus the $1,120 surcharge.
The shipping charges for a Ground unauthorized package will be based on the greatest of the package’s actual rounded weight or dimensional weight, subject to a 90 lbs (41 kg) minimum billable weight.