The Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery is now officially available to Prime members in Canada who have a compatible myQ Smart Garage. With the service, delivery persons will leave packages securely inside the garage, keeping them safe from porch pirates until you get home.
Along with preventing porch pirates, this delivery method also protects items from inclement weather as well as missed deliveries. It also helps keep fragile orders safe from damage. This is especially so if a package will be sitting all day until you get home from work, or even for several days while you’re away on a business trip or vacation.
“Busy people who live in Canada in a single-family home cannot always be home to wait for a package delivery,” says Kiel Fitzgerald, Senior Director and General Managger of myQ Residential Partnerships. “Having the option to choose Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery, particularly for high-priced items, offers customers who are away from home during package deliveries peace of mind that their purchases have been delivered and are secure.”
Amazon Key works by granting delivery drivers a temporary, one-time access code to the member’s garage so they can securely place a package inside. To start using Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery, check your garage door opener to see if it has myQ technology. If you spot the myQ logo along with a Wi-Fi logo or “powered by myQ,” it will work. Once you have verified your garage door opener includes the technology, or you install a new one, download the myQ app and follow the steps to connect the garage door opener to it. This will include linking your myQ account to Amazon Key in the Amazon app, then turning the feature on.
For Amazon Prime members who don’t have a smart garage, you can also use the myQ Smart Garage Control, for sale on Amazon.ca, which you can install on an existing garage door. Once installed, you can then follow the steps above and use the new service. This device also allows you to control your garage door from virtually anywhere, right from your phone.
Once you are all set up, make sure to select In-Garage Delivery at checkout. The service costs $1.99 per order unless you choose Key Delivery – Pick Your Day, but it’s on promotion now for free through March 31, 2025.
Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery is now available in over 1,700 cities, towns and neighbourhoods in Canada, including Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC; Montreal, QC; Calgary, AB; Winnipeg, MB; Halifax, NS; and Ottawa, ON.