Canpar + ReturnMate
Canpar Express is the value pick among Canadian parcel carriers — a TFI-owned network favoured for cost-effective Ground service. ReturnMate connects to the CanShip Business web services for shipment creation, labels, rating, tracking, pickup scheduling, and voids on your Canpar account. Newly released in Beta.
What the Canpar connection actually does.
- Canpar Ground, Select, and USA services via CanShip
- Rating from your account's contract before the label commits
- Pickup scheduling with self-serve day and window selection
- Barcode tracking synced onto the RMA timeline
- Shipment void directly from the RMA
- Label PDFs served straight into the portal and admin
Where it earns its place.
Cost-focused Canadian returns
For non-urgent domestic returns, Canpar Ground is regularly the cheapest courier-collected option in Canada — meaningful on high return volume.
Customer-address collections
Returns book as scheduled Canpar pickups from the customer's address with the day chosen in the portal.
Second Canadian carrier for resilience
Merchants running Purolator or Canada Post as primary use Canpar as the cost benchmark and overflow network on the same ReturnMate workflow.
How Canpar gets connected.
Carrier accounts are set up by our team, not by you. We contact Canpar directly, obtain API access against your existing commercial account, and apply it — so you never have to source or handle API credentials.
- You send us three things
Your existing Canpar account number, written authority for ReturnMate to contact them on your behalf, and your account manager's name, email and phone number.
- We contact Canpar
Our support team requests API access against your account and handles the paperwork and technical back-and-forth with the carrier.
- We apply the credentials
Credentials are stored encrypted against your shop. They are never shown to you and never need to be — there is nothing for you to paste or maintain.
- We test it end to end
We generate a test label — including the dangerous goods transport document where it applies — and confirm it works before the carrier goes live for your team.
Turnaround varies by carrier, depending on how quickly they issue API access. Support confirms the expected timeline for Canpar when you start onboarding. Don't have an account with them yet? We can help you set one up.
Questions about Canpar.
What does Beta mean for Canpar?
The integration is deployed and available to connect today — shipments, labels, rating, pickups, tracking, and voids are wired end-to-end. Beta means it's newly released and still accumulating real-world merchant mileage; test on the sandbox before going live.
How does Canpar compare to Purolator?
Canpar generally wins on price for Ground-speed parcels; Purolator wins on network speed, timed services, and business density. ReturnMate supports both natively so the trade-off is per shipment.
Does Canpar support dangerous goods?
No — DG-flagged SKUs are automatically routed to a DG-capable carrier and Canpar is blocked for those shipments.
Ask about the Canpar integration.
Tell us how you ship with Canpar
Volumes, lanes, whether you already have an account — we'll come back within one business day.
Often set up together.
Purolator
Canadian courier network — E-Ship labels, quotes, tracking, pickups, and voids across Express and Ground services.
View integration →CarriersCanada Post
Canadian national post — domestic and international labels, address validation, tracked rates. REST API for Canadian merchants.
View integration →CarriersUPS
Global Ship/Rate/Track/Pickup for US, Canada, EU. OAuth2 Basic Auth REST API as a primary or backup non-AU carrier.
View integration →CarriersFedEx
Global Ship/Rate/Track/Pickup for US, Canada, EU and rest-of-world. OAuth2 REST API for non-AU merchants.
View integration →DeveloperWebhooks & REST API
External API for RMA creation + lifecycle webhooks with HMAC-SHA256 signatures. Available on Scale and Enterprise plans.
View integration →Wire your stack together.
Start free — 5 returns a month on the Free plan, no credit card required. Billed through Shopify.