A number of homeowners across the country have learned that community mail boxes will soon go up on the easement adjacent to their properties and some Calgary residents are not pleased about the plan.

Canada Post has been losing money over the last few years and is phasing out door-to-door mail service.

Community mail boxes will be going up in neighbourhoods across the country over the next five years and the post office and municipalities have been working to determine the best spots to put them.

On Thursday, a number of Calgary homeowners found out about the locations of some of the boxes and many are not happy with some of the proposed placements.

Don Hunter is one of those homeowners who will be getting a community box near his property and says he can't figure out how the city and Canada Post came up with this location.

Hunter doesn't like the idea that people coming to get their mail will be able to peer into his back yard at all hours of the day.

He says his dog Sunny is protective and he is worried he could face bylaw complaints if the dog barks at people who are accessing the boxes.

He says he is frustrated that the boxes are located on a busy main road with little to no parking and believes it is an accident waiting to happen.

“I’m thinking about people’s safety just getting out of their vehicles. Some people drive down this street fast, I’ve got buses, there’s kids, there’s a school zone right there, they’re walking through here like crazy, they've got their headphones on,” said Hunter. “I’ve had four mirrors snapped off vehicles here. I’ve had three vehicles hit on the corner from people doing U-turns and hit and runs, that’s going to increase immensely from people getting their mail daily.”

He says they could have easily picked a better location.

“There's two entrances into the neighbourhood, both of them are where playgrounds or parks are, they're very accessible, 30 kilometre zone, and you can get in, get your mail, go home, not make a detour to come here to double back to go up north, or to go down south. I’m right in the middle of two intersections, why not go to either or,” said Hunter.

Canada Post says it will convert one third of its customers to community mail boxes over the next five years and it has set up a complaint line for those affected.

(With files from Kevin Fleming)