Canada Post Corporation (French: Société canadienne des postes) is a Canadian postal service operated as a crown corporation. The successor to the Post Office Department of the Government of Canada, Canada Post was created on October 16, 1981 by the Canada Post Corporation Act[1] to set a new direction for the postal service, creating more reliable service and ensuring the postal service's financial security and independence.^[1] Image File history File links Canada_Post_logo. ... In Commonwealth countries a Crown corporation is a state-controlled company or enterprise (a public corporation). ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... For other uses, see Mail (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Mail (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Courier (disambiguation). ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A British pillar box The postal system is a system by which written documents typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages containing other matter, are delivered to destinations around the world. ... In Commonwealth countries a Crown corporation is a state-controlled company or enterprise (a public corporation). ... The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

About Canada Post

Canada Post trucks in Edmonton

Every business day, Canada Post provides service to 14 million addresses,^[2] delivering 40 million items.^[3] Delivery takes place via traditional "to the door" service by 15,000 letter carriers, supplemented by approximately 6,000 vehicle routes in rural and suburban areas, and truck delivery of parcels in urban areas. There are 6,800 post offices across the country, a combination of corporate offices and franchises which are operated by private retailers in conjunction with a host retail business, such as a drugstore. In terms of area serviced, Canada Post delivers to a larger area than the postal service of any other nation, including Russia (where service in Siberia is limited largely to communities along the railroad). Download high resolution version (1520x1026, 1373 KB)Promotional photograph from Canada Post. ... Download high resolution version (1520x1026, 1373 KB)Promotional photograph from Canada Post. ... For other uses, see Truck (disambiguation). ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ...

On a consolidated basis, the Corporation processed 11.6 billion pieces during year 2006. Consolidated revenue from operations reached $7.3 billion and consolidated net income totalled $119 million.^[4] To compete effectively, Canada Post operates as a group of companies called The Canada Post Group. It employs 72,000 full and part-time employees to deliver a full range of delivery, logistics and fulfillment services to customers. The Corporation holds an interest in Purolator Courier, Innovapost, Progistix-Solutions and Canada Post International Limited.^[5] Purolator Courier is a Canadian courier 97% of which is owned by Canada Post. ... Innovapost is a Canadian-based information technology (IT) and business solutions company. ...

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History

See also Postage stamps and postal history of Canada

Mail delivery first started in Canada in 1693 when the Portuguese born Pedro da Silva was paid to deliver mail between Quebec City and Montreal. Official postal services began in 1775, under the control of the British Government up to 1851. The first postage stamp (designed by Sir Sandford Fleming) went into circulation in Canada that same year. It was not until 1867 when the newly formed Dominion of Canada created the Post Office Department as a federal government department (The Act for the Regulation of the Postal Service). It took effect April 1, 1868, providing uniform postal service throughout the newly established country. The Canadian post office was designed around the British service as created by Sir Rowland Hill, who introduced the concept of charging mail by weight and not destination along with creating the concept of the postage stamp. The postal history of Canada falls into four major periods: French control (1608-1763), British control (1763-1851), provincial control (1851-1868), and the Dominion of Canada, since 1868. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Pedro da Silva (Lisbon, 1647 - Canada, 17. ... Nickname: Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put Gods gift to good use; the Don de Dieu was Champlains ship) Coordinates: , Country Province Agglomeration Quebec City Statute of the city Capitale-Nationale Administrative Region Capitale-Nationale Founded 1608 by Samuel de Champlain Constitution date 1833 Government... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - Total 365. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a prolific Canadian engineer and inventor, known for the introduction of Universal Standard Time, Canadas first postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Canada is the second largest and the northern-most country in the world, occupying most of the North American land mass. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Rowland Hill Sir Rowland Hill KCB, FRS (December 3, 1795 - August 27, 1879) was a British teacher and social reformer. ... A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ...

Canada Post started early with airmail, with the first airmail flight taking place on June 24, 1918 carrying mail from Montreal to Toronto. Regular airmail service began in 1928. Airmail imprint on an envelope (Thailand) Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ... is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Canada Post community mailboxes outside Buctouche, New Brunswick. Photographed in 2007.

The 1970s was a tough decade for Canada Post, with major strikes combined with annual deficits that had hit $600 million by 1981. This state of affairs made politicians want to rethink their strategy for the federal department. It resulted in two years of public debate and input into the future of mail delivery in Canada. The government sought to give the post office more autonomy, in order to make it more commercially viable and to compete against the new threat of private courier services. On October 16, 1981, the Federal Parliament passed the "Canada Post Corporation Act"[2], which transformed Canada Post into a Crown corporation to create the Canada Post Corporation (CPC). The legislation also includes a measure that legally guarantees basic postal service to all Canadians. It stipulates that all Canadians have the right to expect mail delivery, regardless of where they live. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 569 pixelsFull resolution (1004 × 714 pixel, file size: 806 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-made photo. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 569 pixelsFull resolution (1004 × 714 pixel, file size: 806 KB, MIME type: image/png) Self-made photo. ... Bouctouche is a town located in eastern New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 40 kilometres north of Moncton, and where the Bouctouche River empties into Northumberland Strait. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... In Commonwealth countries a Crown corporation is a state-controlled company or enterprise (a public corporation). ...

Several historical sites related to the history of Canada Post can be visited today. In Ontario, the first Toronto Post Office is still in operation. The site of the Air Canada Centre was once the Canada Post Delivery Building. Also notable are the Vancouver Main Post Office and the Dawson, Yukon, Post Office, a National Historic Site of Canada. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Torontos first Post Office Torontos first Post Office or York Post Office was built between 1833 to 1835 and served as a post office until 1837. ... North Entrance Atrium. ... Stone cairns marked NHSs in the early- to mid-20th century. ...

Timeline

Stamp issued by Canada Post to commemorate:"Pedro da Silva dit le Portugais, 1705, First Courier in New France"

• 1693 - First paid mail delivery within Canada
• 1775 - British Government begins offering mail service in Canada
• 1851 - Canadian Government takes control of mail delivery
• 1867 - Canada Post is created as a federal department
• 1878 - Canada Post joins Universal Postal Union
• 1957 - Dr. Maurice Levy invents the automatical postal sorter, which could handle 200,000 letters per hour.
• 1971 - Initial implementation of the postal code
• 1981 - Canada Post Corporation Act is passed by Parliament
• 1981 - Canada Post is turned into a Crown Corporation
• 1993 - Canada Post purchases a majority stake in Purolator Courier
• 2006 - Introduction of the Permanent Stamp, a stamp that is always worth the basic domestic mailing rate.

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Mail format

PO Box, Edmonton

Any letter sent within Canada has the destination address on the centre of its envelope, with a stamp, postal indicia, meter label, or frank mark on the top-right corner of the envelope to acknowledge payment of postage. A return address, although it is not required, can be put on the top-left corner of the envelope in smaller type than the destination address. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 3814 KB) Photo By Myke Waddy, Stn Main, edmonton. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 3814 KB) Photo By Myke Waddy, Stn Main, edmonton. ... Look up address in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ... Preprinted marking on each piece of a bulk mailing which shows that postage has been paid by the sender. ... Franking is also the passing of franking credits to shareholders in countries that have dividend imputation to reduce or eliminate double taxation of company profits. ... In both conventional and electronic messaging, a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message. ...

Official addressing protocol is for the address to be in block letters, using a fixed-pitch typeface (such as Courier). The first line(s) of the address contains the personal name and internal address of the recipient. The second-to-last line is the post office box, general delivery indicator, or street address, using the shortened name of the street type and no punctuation. The last line consists of the legal place name, a single space, the two-letter province abbreviation, two full spaces, and then the postal code. If mailed within Canada, the country is not necessarily indicated at the bottom. Block letters may mean any of the following : Block letters can be used to write to disguise ones handwriting. ... A Canadian postal code is a string of six characters that forms part of a postal address in Canada. ...

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Major products and services

The Corporation has a directory of all its products and services called the Postal Guide and has divided its range of services into three main categories: Transction Mail, Parcels and Direct Marketing.

Transaction mail

The lettermail service allows the transmission of virtually any paper document. The basic rate is currently set at 52 cents for one standard letter (30g or less) and is regulated by a price-cap formula, linked to the inflation rate.^[6] The Corporation has recently introduced a “permanent” stamp that retains its value forever, eliminating the need to buy 1 cent stamps after a rate increase.The rates for lettermail are based or weight and size and determine whether the article falls into the aforementioned standard format, or in the oversize one.

Canada Post maintains that Canada has one of the lowest basic letter rates in the world^[3] because government regulation caps increases for this at below inflation. All other rates are not capped and have generally been increasing above the rate of inflation.

Mail sent internationally is known as letterpost. It can only contain paper documents (See Light Packet and Small Packet below). The rate for a standard letter is of 93 cents if sent to the United States, and $1.55 if sent to any other destination.

Parcels

Domestic

Canada Post offers four domestic parcel services. The rates are based on distance, weight and size. The maximum acceptable weight is 30 kg.

A Canada Post delivery truck in Montreal.

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• Delivery time ranges from 2 to 9 days depending on the destination.

Expedited Parcel

• Available only to commercial customers.
• Delivery time ranges from 1 to 7 days depending on the destiantion.

Xpresspost

• Is a service for parcels and documents.
• Delivery time ranges from 1 to 2 days between major centres.

Priority Courier

• Is a service for parcels and documents.
• Provides next day service between major centres.

International

Light Packet

• Compensates for the fact that goods are prohibited in the letterpost(regular mail) service.
• Maximum weight is 500g .Maximum dimensions are 380 mm x 270 mm x 20 mm.
• Rates based on weight and destination (USA or international).

Small Packet

• Air and surface services are available.
• Maximum weight is 1 kg (USA) and 2 kg (International).

Expedited Parcel USA

• Available for items sent to American addresses only.
• Despite its name, does not provide any service guarantee.
• The maximum acceptable weight is 30 kg.

Xpresspost-USA and International

• Provides speedy and guaranteed delivery to addresses in the United States.
• Provides accelerated delivery to certain countries.
• Maximum weight is 30 kg (USA) and 20 to 30 kg (depending on the international destination).

International Parcel

• Air and surface service available.
• Provides delivery to countries to which Xpresspost is not available.

Direct marketing

Addressed Admail

• Promotional mailings targeted to specific residents.
• Minimum quantity of 1,000 articles.

Unaddressed Admail

• Consists of printed matter and product samples that are not addressed to specific delivery addresses in Canada, but to specific neighbourhoods or cities.

Barcodes

• Canada Post uses a 13 character barcode for their pre-printed labels. Bar codes consist of two letters, followed by eight sequence digits, and a ninth digit which is the check digit. The last two characters are the letters CA. The check digit seems to ignore the letters and only concern itself with the first 8 numeric digits. The scheme is to multiply each of those 8 digits by a different weighting factor, (8 6 4 2 3 5 9 7). Add up the total of all of these multiplications and divide by 11. The remainder after dividing by 11 gives a number from 0 to 10. Subtracting this from 11 gives a number from 1 to 11. That result is the check digit, except in the two cases where it is 10 or 11. If 10 it is then changed to a 0, and if 11 then it is changed to a 5. The check digit may be used to verify if a barcode scan is correct, or if a manual entry of the barcode is correct.

Digital postage meter

Effective June 30, 2007, Canada Post requires^[7] that all postage meters be digital, with a Postage Security Device. The Digital Postage Meter prints a 2D barcode in the meter impression, strengthening security. is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... A postage meter is a electro-mechanical device for producing evidence of postage (see mail). ... Wikipedia encoded in Code 128 Wikipedia encoded in Code 93 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia encoded in the DataMatrix 2D barcode For the taxonomic method, see DNA barcoding. ...

Choosing Canada’s stamps

Although Canada Post is responsible for stamp design and production, the corporation does not actually choose the subjects or the final designs that appear on stamps.^[8]That task falls under the jurisdiction of the Stamp Advisory Committee. Their objective is to recommend a stamp program that will have broad-based appeal, regionally and culturally, reflecting Canadian history, heritage, and tradition.^[8]

Before Canada Post calls a meeting of the committee, it also welcomes suggestions for stamp subjects from Canadian citizens. Ideas for subjects that have recently appeared on a stamp are declined. The committee works two years in advance and can approve approximately 20 subjects for each year.^[8]

Once a stamp subject is selected, Canada Post’s Stamp Products group conducts research. Designs are commissioned from two firms, both chosen for their expertise. The designs are presented anonymously to the committee.^[8]The committee’s process and selection policy have changed little in the thirty years since it was introduced.

Noted stamps

• Definitives: Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp (Canada)
• 2005: Acadian Deportation, Polio Vaccination
• 2000: Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer

49 cent Canadian stamp featuring Her Majesty the Queen 50 cent Canadian stamp featuring Her Majesty the Queen At Rideau Hall, on December 19, 2003, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, along with Canada Post President and CEO André Ouellet and Canadian pop music artist Bryan Adams, unveiled a 49 cent domestic... The Canadian postage stamp of Acadian Deportation 1755-2005, issued August 15, 2005, was a domestic 50 cent stamp marking the 250th anniversary of the Expulsion of the Acadians. ... Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat polio. ... Canada Post stamp commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Ritual. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1911x1024, 614 KB) Taken at the Canadian Postal Museum in Ottawa, the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer stamp commemorates the 75th anniversary of this time honoured tradition. ...

Organizational issues

Labour troubles

Canada Post has a history of troubled labour relations with its trade unions, particularly the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada (which merged with CUPW in 1989) culminating in periodic strike action which has brought mail service in Canada to a halt. There have been at least 19 strikes, lockouts and walkouts between 1965 and 2005 including several wildcat strikes. A number of these strikes have seen the corporation employ strikebreakers and most, since the 1970s, have resulted in back-to-work legislation being passed by the Canadian parliament. The field of labor relations looks at the relationship between management and groups of workers represented by a labor union. ... A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers. ... The Canadian Union of Postal Workers or CUPW (pronounced Cup W) is a public sector trade union representing postal workers employed at Canada Post. ... Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by employees to perform work. ... Strike action (or simply strike) describes collective action undertaken by groups of workers in the form of a refusal to perform work. ... For the short story by Isaac Asimov, see Strikebreaker (short story). ... The Parliament of Canada (in French: le Parlement du Canada) is Canadas legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. ...

Canada Post was also the setting for one of the most controversial labour rulings of recent years. After several prosecutions for theft at Mississauga's Gateway Postal Plant, the union won a ruling from a labour board that the workers involved could not be dismissed as the length of the investigation exceeded the ten-day limit in the collective agreement under which any allegation of misconduct had to be brought to the attention of the worker. Although the ruling was reversed on appeal, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that although the decision may have been incorrect, it was not so totally without merit that the labour board's decision should be overturned ^{[clarify][citation needed]}. The court noted the language was in the collective agreement to keep supervisors from holding infractions over the head of a worker indefinitely. For the First Nation, see Mississaugas. ... The Ontario Court of Appeal is headquartered in downtown Toronto, in historic Osgoode Hall. ...

Recently, however, Canada Post has begun to emerge from its labour troubles. In 2007, the corporation was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine.^[9] Canadas Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes the best places in Canada to work. ... A cover of the Canadian magazine Macleans. ...

Rural Mail

Concerns over safety of rural mobile delivery personnel on busy roads has been an ongoing concern. To protect employees, the corporation has had mail moved to relocated mail box or centralized to community mail boxes. Relocating the mail delivery generated complaints to federally elected officials. In December 2006, the Conservative minority government ordered that Canada Post maintain rural delivery wherever possible.

Modernization

Moya Greene, the CEO of Canada Post, has been quoted as saying that years of under-investment to improve the company has hurt its efficiency and its financial performance. In September 2007, she estimated that modernizing the corporation would cost $2.7-billion over five to seven years for new buildings, equipment, technology and training.^[10]

See also

• List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador for early community postal information, including dates, locations and names.
• Canada Post Tags and Labels on Commons

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Footnotes

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Canada Post

• Canada Post Website
• Canada Post Website (French)
• Canadian Postal Archives - History site run by the Government of Canada
• Library and Archives Canada - Various links to history of Canada Post websites (Run by the Government of Canada)
• Universal Postal Union homepage
• site outlining one merchant's problems with Canada Post
• Photo Gallery of Canada Post Trucks

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Personnel representation

• Association of Postal Officials of Canada
• Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association
• Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Public Service Alliance of Canada