3PL and fulfilment companies in Canada: warehouses, minimums and what is published

Our pick, per order volume

Two must-haves for every volume: a warehouse in Canada, and a minimum your volume meets.

No provider that ships orders from any sales channel publishes a full regular-season fulfilment price in Canada that we can total, so there is no pick on price yet. Ask the providers below that meet both must-haves for a quote.

Just starting: what your first year costs

A new store needs more than a low per-order fee: a minimum it can meet, a setup fee it can see before signing, a per-order fee it doesn’t have to request, and no long contract while sales are still uncertain. The totals here would cover the first year: 12 months plus the setup fee.

Do you need a 3PL yet?

No 3PL serving Canada publishes a full fulfilment price in Canadian dollars that we can total, so there is no published price to set against packing orders yourself. Every number here would come from a quote.

Who takes a store doing about 30 orders a month

From published minimums only: ShipMonk (Ontario, Canada FC) is the only provider whose own pages show it takes that volume. Shipfusion (2,000+), Ecom Logistics (1,000+), GoBolt (3,000+) and AMZ Prep (Canada) (300+) state a higher order floor. The other 7 don't state a minimum either way, so ask.

ShipMonk (Ontario, Canada FC) publishes no per-order fee, so the next step is a quote: ask for the per-order fee at 30 orders, any onboarding fee, and the notice to leave, then put it in the quote calculator. Until a quote beats your own packing and label cost, shipping orders yourself is the cheaper known option.

3PLs by Canadian city

Shipping from a warehouse near your customers cuts delivery time and cost. Each list below shows the providers whose own pages name a site in that area, in their words. Full warehouse lists are in the table above.

Toronto and the GTA

Most providers cluster here. Note that eShipper lists only a Brampton office address, not its warehouse cities.

The full Toronto list, with each provider’s stated minimum, what it publishes and a filter by your monthly orders: 3PLs in Toronto.

Vancouver and the Lower Mainland

Montreal

Montreal searches are often in French, and few providers name a site there. Ask any Montreal quote about French-language packing slips and support.

Calgary

Shipping to US customers from a Canadian 3PL

Some Canadian 3PLs still sell cross-border fulfilment on Section 321, the old US duty-free route for parcels worth up to US$800. GoBolt describes US orders moving into its US sort facilities under Section 321. ShipTop’s cross-border page is titled “Cross Border Fulfillment Section 321”, and its Section 321 guide still says goods valued at $800 or less enter duty and tax-free. That route is gone:

A Canadian warehouse can still serve US customers. Each parcel just pays whatever US duty its goods owe; a CUSMA claim removes some of those duties, not all. Before you sign, ask the 3PL who files the US entry and what duty and brokerage your products will pay, then check the numbers in our US duty calculator.

How to compare the quotes you get

Because every Canadian 3PL quotes, the work is making quotes comparable. Ask each one for:

1. The per-order fee at your monthly volume, and how many items it includes.
2. The fee for each extra item in an order. Here is what each provider publishes for pick and pack, so you know which numbers to ask for.
3. Storage, and what it’s billed by: bin, shelf, pallet or cubic foot.
4. Receiving: per hour, per carton, per pallet or per delivery.
5. The monthly minimum or any fixed monthly fee.
6. Postage: included, or passed through at their carrier rates, and which carriers (Canada Post, Purolator, UPS, FedEx).
7. The currency. AMZ Prep doesn’t say which currency its prices are in, and LVK states its monthly tech fee without naming one.
8. Notice to leave, and what it costs to move your stock out.
9. Any setup or onboarding fee, as an amount. ShipBob, ShipMonk, LVK and ShipTop say on their own pages that one exists or may apply, without the amount.

Then put the numbers side by side in the fulfilment quote calculator. New to 3PLs? Here is what a 3PL is and every fee it can bill.

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