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Current Address List

Navy

The RCN assigns its ships to a “home port” to either the Atlantic Fleet in Halifax or the Pacific Fleet in Victoria. Mail for these ships are addressed as follows:

Rank and Name
HMCS (Name of Ship)
Fleet Mail Office Halifax
PO Box 99000 Stn Forces
Halifax NS B3K 5X5

Rank and Name
HMCS (Name of Ship)
Fleet Mail Office Esquimalt
PO Box 17000 Stn Forces
Victoria BC V9A 7N2

When the ship sails on training exercises, maritime patrols and/or operational deployments, the postal clerks assigned to the applicable Fleet Mail Office ensures that any mail is forwarded on to the ship, regardless of where the ship is sailing. The mail is picked up during regular port visits or on occasion, even directly flown out to the ship.

Land

Each Operation is assigned a specific PO Box Number, which is combined with the Belleville, ON K8N 5W6 portion to form the last two lines of the address. Simply take the name of the operation and the assigned box number to enter into the address format from below. Don’t forget to write Stn Forces after the box number.

Rank / Name / Initial
Operation Name (####)
PO Box (####), Stn Forces
Belleville, ONT
K8N5W6

AFRICA

Location

Operation Name

Box

Special Considerations

Sinai, Egypt

Calumet

5237

 

Congo

Crocodile

5311

Authorized Users only.  All other mail returned to sender.

Knsha, Congo

Crocodile

Nil

Mail addressed to:

P.O. Box 500 (Knsha) Station A

Ottawa, ON K1N 8T7

No rank used. Authorized users only. All other mail returned to sender.

Bamako, Mali

Task Force Mali

5164

Don’t use the words “Operation” or “Task Force Mali” in the address.

Dakar, Senegal

Support Hub

5299

 

Sudan

Saturn or Soprano

5225

 


ASIA

LocationOperation NameBoxSpecial Considerations
JapanNeon5222
UNC South Korea
5225


EUROPE

Location

Operation Name

BoxSpecial Considerations

Latvia

Reassurance

5004

 

Cyprus

Snowgoose

5051

 

Warsaw, Poland

Unifier

5106

 

Warsaw, Poland

Union

5106

 

Scotland

Reassurance

5107

ATF Prestwick

Pristina, Kosovo

Kobold

5249

 


MIDDLE EAST

LocationOperation Name

Box

Special Considerations

Qatar

Foundation

5301

 

Qatar

Impact

5301

 

Amman, Jordan

Impact

5242

 

Bahrain

Foundation

5302

 

Baghdad, Iraq

Impact

5304

 

Beirut, Lebanon

Impact

5241

 

Erbil, Iraq

Impact

5113

 

Kuwait

Impact

5006

 

Jerusalem

Jade

5239

 

Jerusalem

Proteus

5240

 


NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

Location

Operation Name

Box

Special Considerations

AFB Shaw (South Carolina)

Foundation

5303

Parcel and letter mail allowed. Restricted to members on the deployed Operation only.

Permanent Locations

Each location is assigned a specific PO Box Number, which is combined with the Belleville, ON K8N 5W6 portion to form the last two lines of the address. Simply find the location and take the name of the location and the assigned box number to enter into the address format from below. Don’t forget to write Stn Forces after the box number.

Rank / Name / Initial
Operation Name (####)
PO Box (####), Stn Forces
Belleville, ONT
K8N5W6

Location
Location Name
BoxSpecial Considerations

Alert, Nunavut

CFS Alert

5210

 

Belgium

CFSU Det Casteau

5048

 

Great Britain

CFSU Det UK

5051

 

Naples, Italy

CFSU Det Naples

5045

 

Poland

Reassurance

5219

 

Geilenkirchen, Germany

Canadian Forces Support Unit (Europe) - CFSU (E)

5053

Serves many other CAF members in Europe

Ramstein, Germany

 

5238

 

Stavanger, Norway

 

5266

 

Turkey

 

5244

 

Riga, Latvia

CFSU Det Riga

5004