NOC 74101: Letter carriers

Letter carriers sort and deliver mail, record delivery of registered mail and collect money for cash-on-delivery parcels. They are employed by Canada Post Corporation.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 74101 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 74101

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Organize mail by address and load into mailbag
• Deliver letters, small parcels and other printed matter along established routes
• Deliver telegrams, special delivery and express mail
• Collect payment for cash-on-delivery service
• Record delivery of registered mail
• Leave notices indicating that items could not be delivered and the location where they can be picked up
• Return undeliverable mail to postal station.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• letter carrier
• postal carrier
• rural mail carrier

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is required.
• Two weeks to one month of training is provided by Canada Post Corporation.
• Physical fitness is required for some occupations in this unit group.

Similar jobs with a different code

• 74102Couriers and messengers
• 72025Letter carriers supervisor
• 74100Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations
• 64401Postal services representatives