Top courier services in Northern Ontario.

Ranked by the number of Northern Ontario employees

Company                     Contact person        # of branches in North
Address                     Year established      Branch locations
City/Postal Code            # of employees        Delivery range
Phone/Fax                   # of deliveries       Special services
Web site                    # of delivery
                            drivers

Purolator Courier Ltd.      National call centre  5--Sudbury, North Bay,
1300 Kelly Lake Rd.         1960                  Sault, Timmins, New
                                                  Liskeard
Sudbury P3E 5P4             250                   Worldwide
1-888-744-7123              132,791               Dangerous goods, heavy
www.purolator.com           90                    weights, weekend
                                                  service
UPS Canada                  Sandy Lyver           1,070 points of access
                                                  in
6285 Northam Dr. Suite 400  1975 (in Canada)      Canada
Mississauga L4V 1X5         6,500 (in Canada)     Worldwide
905-676-1708/905-676-6035   3.4 billion pkgs      Supply chain, import/
                            worldwide             export solutions, many
www.ups.com                 85,000 worldwide      more
Federal Express Canada      National call centre  4--Sudbury, Thunder
                                                  Bay,
5985 Explorer Dr.           1987 (in Canada)      North Bay, Sault
Mississauga L4W 5K6         n/p                   Worldwide
1-800-463-3339              5,000 in Canada       See Web site
www.fedex.ca                n/p
Eazy Express                Ted Brooks            4--Thunder Bay,
                                                  Timmins,
P.O. Box 1536               1978                  Sault, Kapuskasing
Sault Ste. Marie P6A 5N3    62                    Ontario
800-898-0831/705-254-2222   750,000               Provides contract
n/a                         62                    delivery service only
Phil Jutras & Son Ltd.      Denise Jutras         2--Sudbury, North Bay
2042 Kingsway               1930
Sudbury P3B 4J8             50+                   Sudbury--North Bay
705-525-5560/705-560-8175   n/p                   Same-day delivery
n/a                         40+
King Cartage Sudbury Inc.   Paul V. Lipartiti     2--North Bay, Sudbury
6807 Hwy 17 East            1993
Coniston POM 1MO            48                    Northeastern Ontario
705-525-5577/705-694-2821   115,000               Rush delivery,
                                                  flatbed,
n/a                         30                    freight, warehousing,
                                                  distribution
Dynamex                     Marlene Bertrand      1--Sudbury (drivers in
                                                  major cities)
1512 Old Falconbridge Rd.   1983
Sudbury P3A 4N8             35                    North America
705-524-0400/705-560-3542   n/p                   Same-day delivery
www.dynamex.com             32
Hawkeye Courier & Freight   n/p                   1--Thunder Bay
527 Westminster St.         1993                  Thunder Bay up to
                                                  Longlac,
Thunder Bay P7C 4M7         16                    Nakina
807-622-4499/807-622-4515   n/p                   Same-day delivery,
n/a                         12                    dangerous goods
Canpar Transport L.P.       n/p                   11--Northeastern
1290 Central Parkway W.     1975                  Ontario, northwestern
#500                                              Ontario
Mississauga L5C 4R9         1,850 Canada/U.S.     Canada and U.S.
1-800-387-9335              n/p                   None
www.canpar.com              1000 Canada/U.S.      1-Sudbury
True North Cartage          Bruce Forbeck
1264 Kingsway               1986                  Local, emergency
Sudbury P3B 2E8             10                    out-of-town delivery
705-525-0041/705-525-0241   7,000                 One-hour direct drive
n/a                         8                     delivery, emergency
                                                  delivery
KDL                         Chris Vre             1--Timmins
606 University St.          1984
Timmins P4N 5J3             7                     Matheson to Hearst
1-800-293-3957              n/p                   Dangerous goods,
n/a                         5                     same-day delivery
ICS Courier Services        n/p                   5--North Bay, Timmins,
                                                  Sault,
1243 Islington Ave.         1973                  Sudbury, Thunder Bay
Toronto M8X 1Y9             n/p                   Canada, outbound
                                                  international
888-427-8729/800-876-2291   n/p                   Business-to-business
www.ics-canada.net          n/p                   carrier, special bulk
                                                  rates
MNM Courier                 Bruce or Wendy        1--Thunder Bay
93 Pine St.                 2003
Thunder Bay P7A 5X2         6                     Thunder Bay, all of
                                                  Ontario
807-627-9487/807-344-8757   n/p                   Dedicated runs, same-
n/a                         6                     day delivery
AM-PM Delivery              Bob Reynolds          1--North Bay
P.O. Box 852                1985
North Bay P1B 8K1           4                     North Bay and area
705-494-7555/705-476-4538   n/p                   Same-day delivery,
n/a                         4                     out-of-town rush
                                                  delivery
AM Direct Inc.              Avril Lalonde         1--Thunder Bay
RR#3 Stn.F 990 Klages Rd.   2001
Thunder Bay P7C 4V2         4                     Thunder Bay
807-628-9010                200/day               Same-day in city,
n/a                         4                     letter mail,
                                                  small parcels,
                                                  contract work

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