Chatham qualifies on a measured drive, not on a reputation. Toronto Pearson is 273 km from the centre, 3 hours 31 minutes by road, and it reaches 198 airports nonstop. Those are the two numbers that put the city on the list, and they are the numbers an offer is decided on.
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On Board Courier, Chatham
The Chatham courier list. 3 hours 31 minutes to YYZ, 198 airports it reaches without a change, and a written fee for every assignment before you accept it.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inChatham, Ontario
Nearest gateYYZ · Toronto
Drive to the aircraft273 km · 3 hours 31 minutes
Nonstop from YYZ198 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
Nothing about a trip out of YYZ is improvised. The routing, the consignee, the customs position and the return are settled before the desk calls Chatham. The Gulf sector out of YYZ is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. What is left to you is the drive, the flight and the handover.
Getting to the aircraft from Chatham
One measurement decides what Chatham can be offered: 273 km of road to YYZ, 3 hours 31 minutes at an ordinary speed. Every airport within reach of Chatham was measured the same way, so the lines below can be read against each other.
A 273 km drive means offers arrive with more notice. The desk cannot ring Chatham an hour before check in and expect it to work, and it does not try. One board, 198 nonstop destinations, 3 hours 31 minutes of road, and no alternative. That is the complete geography of a courier assignment out of Chatham.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYZ | Toronto Pearson | 273 km | 3 hours 31 minutes | 198 |
Chatham is a city of 44,000 people in Ontario, and the clock there runs 8 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 9 in winter. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Chatham may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What YYZ reaches without a change
The board a courier in Chatham works from carries 198 nonstop destinations and 61 operating carriers. Frequencies below are average daily flights out of YYZ, taken from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYC | Calgary | Calgary | about 37 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet |
| YVR | Vancouver | Vancouver | about 37 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet |
| YUL | Montreal | Montreal Trudeau | about 26 departures a day | 6 operators: Air Canada, WestJet, Royal Jordanian |
| ORD | Chicago | Chicago O'Hare | about 22 departures a day | 6 operators: Air Canada, American Airlines, United Airlines |
| YHZ | Halifax | Halifax Stanfield | about 22 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet |
| YWG | Winnipeg | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson | about 20 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet |
| YEG | Edmonton | Edmonton | about 19 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet |
| LGA | New York | New York La Guardia | about 18 departures a day | 3 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, American Airlines |
| YOW | Ottawa | Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier | about 17 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet |
| EWR | Newark | Newark Liberty | about 12 departures a day | 4 operators: Air Canada, United Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Chatham can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 198 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Chatham
Nothing about the industry near YYZ is published here, so nothing is asserted. A working city of 44,000 people produces urgent consignments regardless, and those are the ones the desk moves.
Why a courier in Chatham is useful to the desk
The commercial case for a name in Chatham is subtraction. Without one, an urgent consignment out of Ontario needs a positioning flight or a truck to a hub. With one it needs 3 hours 31 minutes of driving to YYZ and a boarding pass.
The link that makes Chatham useful to a Dubai desk is a scheduled one. From Chatham the Gulf is a single sector: YYZ and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 13h 40m in the air over 11,100 km, and it means a consignment can leave Chatham in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Canada list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Chatham
Sarnia65 km away, YYZ in 3 hours 20 minutesLondon100 km away, YYZ in 2 hours 16 minutesWoodstock142 km away, YYZ in 1 hour 37 minutesStratford146 km away, YYZ in 1 hour 46 minutesBrantford176 km away, YYZ in 1 hour 22 minutesKitchener177 km away, YYZ in 1 hour 13 minutesHamilton212 km away, YYZ in 58 minutesCaledon240 km away, YYZ in 46 minutesMississauga243 km away, YYZ in 20 minutesSt. Catharines254 km away, YYZ in 1 hour 22 minutesNewmarket286 km away, YYZ in 1 hourMarkham287 km away, YYZ in 47 minutes
All 54 Canada cities are listed on the Canada courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of YYZ, between Canada and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 3 hours 31 minutes drive to YYZ. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach YYZ, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Chatham list
01How far is Chatham from YYZ?
From Chatham the terminal at YYZ is 273 km away, about 3 hours 31 minutes. The offer names the hour you should leave Chatham, not only the hour the aircraft goes.
02What can I reach from Chatham without a change of aircraft?
YYZ serves 198 airports nonstop across 64 countries with 61 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Chatham can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 198 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Chatham to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Chatham the Gulf is a single sector: YYZ and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 13h 40m in the air over 11,100 km, and it means a consignment can leave Chatham in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. An Emirates address is not asked for and would not help a courier in Chatham. Being reachable and 3 hours 31 minutes from YYZ is the whole qualification.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Nothing is charged to apply, to be screened or to be listed for YYZ. The AED 199 Academy is the one payment a courier in Chatham makes, and it is returned on top of your first assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk does not renegotiate a Chatham assignment after the fact. The fee for a trip out of YYZ is fixed in the offer, and the offer is the thing you accept or decline.
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