P.O. Box?

What do you mean my mail doesn't come to my house? It has the address on it, where will it go? I've had 4 different people today tell me about the mail system here in Ucluelet, and they all told me slightly different things. Evidently we use post office boxes. But I might not be able to get one, there might be a waiting list. Aren't they just boxes? Can't you just build more to match the growing population?

And don't ask me whether the box is attached to the person of the residence, I'm still not sure. I am expecting mail, but where it exactly it will end up, I also have no idea.