Canada Post Tracking Service Virtual Sandbox

SOAP-based tracking service for Canada Post shipment status and delivery verification.

The TrackingService provides programmatic access to Canada Post shipment tracking data. Developers can retrieve tracking summaries, detailed event histories, signature images for delivered items, and delivery confirmation certificates using standard SOAP XML requests.

Use this hosted sandbox to simulate Canada Post Tracking Service APIs without authentication, API keys, or extra dependencies. Point your code or SDK to the Beeceptor base URL, preferably through an environment variable or feature flag, and switch back to the production API when ready. This keeps your integration code consistent across local development, QA, demos, and production.

Use cases:

Use this service to validate shipment tracking workflows, including parsing tracking detail XML responses, handling signature image binary data, verifying delivery confirmation certificate generation, and testing error handling for invalid tracking numbers.

Canada Post Tracking Service virtual sandbox is up and running!

Use this sandbox URL as the API base in your code to simulate Canada Post Tracking Service responses instantly.

`https://canada-trackingservice.mock.beeceptor.com`

Operations:(4)

GetDeliveryConfirmationCertificate

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-delivery-confirmation-certificate-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><locale>{{oneOf 'EN' 'FR'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":8}'}}</platform-id><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin></get-delivery-confirmation-certificate-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-delivery-confirmation-certificate-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><delivery-confirmation-certificate><filename>{{faker 'system.fileName'}}</filename><image>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":100}'}}</image><mime-type>{{system.mimeType}}</mime-type></delivery-confirmation-certificate></get-delivery-confirmation-certificate-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

GetSignatureImage

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-signature-image-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><locale>{{oneOf 'EN' 'FR'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":2}'}}</platform-id><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin></get-signature-image-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-signature-image-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><signature-image><filename>{{faker 'system.fileName'}}</filename><image>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":128}'}}</image><mime-type>{{oneOf 'image/jpeg' 'image/png' 'image/tiff'}}</mime-type></signature-image></get-signature-image-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

GetTrackingDetail

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-tracking-detail-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><locale>{{oneOf 'EN' 'FR'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":6}'}}</platform-id><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin></get-tracking-detail-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-tracking-detail-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><tracking-detail><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin><active-exists>{{oneOf 'true' 'false'}}</active-exists><archive-exists>{{oneOf 'true' 'false'}}</archive-exists><changed-expected-date>{{now 'iso'}}</changed-expected-date><destination-postal-id>{{faker 'location.zipCode'}}</destination-postal-id><expected-delivery-date/><changed-expected-delivery-reason>{{oneOf 'WEATHER_DELAY' 'CUSTOMS_HOLD' 'INCORRECT_ADDRESS' 'NONE'}}</changed-expected-delivery-reason><mailed-by-customer-number>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":8}'}}</mailed-by-customer-number><mailed-on-behalf-of-customer-number>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":8}'}}</mailed-on-behalf-of-customer-number><original-pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</original-pin><service-name>{{oneOf 'Expedited Parcel' 'Priority' 'Xpresspost'}}</service-name><service-name-2>{{oneOf 'Standard' 'Next Day' 'Regional'}}</service-name-2><customer-ref-1>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":10}'}}</customer-ref-1><customer-ref-2>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":10}'}}</customer-ref-2><return-pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</return-pin><signature-image-exists>{{oneOf 'true' 'false'}}</signature-image-exists><suppress-signature>{{oneOf 'true' 'false'}}</suppress-signature><delivery-options/><cod-remit-info><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin><type>{{oneOf 'CASH' 'CHECK' 'CREDIT'}}</type></cod-remit-info><significant-events/></tracking-detail></get-tracking-detail-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

GetTrackingSummary

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-tracking-summary-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><locale>{{oneOf 'EN' 'FR'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":6}'}}</platform-id><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin></get-tracking-summary-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-tracking-summary-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/track"><tracking-summary><pin-summary><pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</pin><origin-postal-id>{{faker 'location.zipCode'}}</origin-postal-id><destination-postal-id>{{faker 'location.zipCode'}}</destination-postal-id><destination-province>{{faker 'location.state'}}</destination-province><service-name>{{oneOf 'Priority' 'Xpresspost' 'Regular Parcel'}}</service-name><mailed-on-date>{{now "{days:-3}" "iso"}}</mailed-on-date><expected-delivery-date>{{now "{days:2}" "iso"}}</expected-delivery-date><actual-delivery-date/><delivery-option-completed-ind>{{oneOf 'true' 'false'}}</delivery-option-completed-ind><event-date-time>{{now "iso"}}</event-date-time><event-description>{{oneOf 'Item in transit' 'Out for delivery' 'Delivered' 'Item processed'}}</event-description><attempted-date/><customer-ref-1>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":8}'}}</customer-ref-1><customer-ref-2>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":8}'}}</customer-ref-2><return-pin>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":16}'}}</return-pin><event-type>{{oneOf 'IT' 'OFD' 'DEL' 'PRC'}}</event-type><event-location>{{faker 'location.city'}}</event-location><signatory-name>{{faker 'person.fullName'}}</signatory-name></pin-summary></tracking-summary></get-tracking-summary-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

canada-postshippingtrackingsoapwsdl