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

Location	Operation Name	Box	Special Considerations
Japan	Neon	5222
UNC South Korea		5225

EUROPE

Location	Operation Name	Box	Special 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

Location	Operation Name	Box
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.