Canada Post will cease all door-to-door delivery to 6,320 Milton addresses next summer as the mail carrier continues rolling out its community mailboxes program.

The neighbourhoods affected by the change are those with postal codes starting with L9T, including 79 businesses.

Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton said residents will receive an information package and mail-in survey in the coming days where they can state their preferences for the new delivery method.

“The more we can hear back from those going through the change the more we can put together a plan that reflects what the community’s looking for,” Hamilton said.

The changeover to community mailboxes follows on the heels of the five-point action plan announced late last year as Canada Post looks to return to financial sustainability by 2019.

Canada Post said no regular full-time or part-time employees, including 86 people currently employed in Milton, would lose their jobs as a result of the change.

“The amount of people retiring outpaces the amount that we’ll likely reduce in positions overall,” Hamilton said, noting 15,000 Canada Post employees will likely retire in the next five years.

“We need to make changes and we are going to be a leaner organization but it’s more as people retire we just won’t replace every single position.”

The mail carrier rolled out the program to 11 communities this summer, including Oakville.

In Milton there are already more than 22,700 residential addresses that are currently serviced through community mailbox delivery, representing about 70 per cent of the town.