29 Facts About Canada Post

Canada Post Corporation, trading as Canada Post, is a Crown corporation that functions as the primary postal operator in Canada.

Canada Post provided service to more than 16 million addresses and delivered nearly 8.

In terms of area serviced, Canada Post delivers to a larger area than the postal service of any other nation, including Russia.

Canada Post operates as a group of companies called The Canada Post Group.

In 2000, Canada Post created a company called Epost, allowed customers to receive their bills from participating merchants and institutions online for free.

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In early 2022, Canada Post announced that the Epost service would be discontinued at the end of the year.

Mail delivery within Canada Post first started in 1693 when the Portuguese-born Pedro da Silva was paid to deliver between Quebec City and Montreal.

Canada Post Office Department was an early pioneer of airmail delivery, with the first airmail flight taking place on June 24,1918, carrying mail from Montreal to Toronto.

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.

On September 22,2014, Canada Post unveiled Snap Admail™, an all-in-one online tool that is aimed to support small businesses in the creation and execution of direct-marketing campaigns.

Canada Post operates a store front that sells a variety of stamps, and postal supplies to the public.

On October 26,2010, Canada Post launched a comparison shopping service for Canadians.

In 1981, Canada Post became a Crown Corporation with a CEO and President:.

Plan proved controversial, and the CUPW criticized the move, which was expected to result in the loss of at least 8,000 jobs, by arguing that Canada Post should have attempted to expand its services to include new offerings, such as postal banking, rather than cutting jobs and reducing services.

On October 26,2015, following Trudeau's victory in the election, Canada Post announced that it would place the discontinuation of door-to-door delivery "on hold in an orderly fashion" and that it would collaborate with the government on evaluating the future of the mail system in Canada.

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, culminating in periodic strike action that has halted mail service in Canada on different occasions.

In 2007, Canada Post was able to sign a 4-year agreement with CUPW without any labour disruptions.

The Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association covers 12,000 rural workers, the Association of Postal Officials of Canada has 3,400 supervisors and the Union of Postal Communications Employees represents 2,600 technical workers.

On June 14,2011, Canada Post management locked out CUPW members, marking the 20th work stoppage in the 46-year relationship between CUPW and Canada Post.

Moya Greene, former Canada Post CEO, was quoted as saying that years of under-investment to improve the company had hurt its efficiency and its financial performance.

In 2011, Canada Post posted a pretax loss of $253 million, due in part to a 25-day employee lockout, and a $150 million pay equity class action lawsuit.

In 2012, Canada Post rebounded to post a profit of $98 million before tax.

In 2016, Canada Post recorded its 3rd consecutive profitable year, making $114 million before tax.

Canada Post launched the Rural Mail Safety Review as rural and suburban mail carriers across the country, supported by their union, raised complaints about workplace safety.

In some cases, the union staged protests in delivering mail, even after Canada Post tests showed there was no undue traffic safety risk at a particular mail box.

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Canada Post receives millions of letters addressed to Santa Claus each year, with a special dedicated postal code, H0H 0H0.

In 1974, three Canada Post employees started to respond to mail addressed to Santa in Montreal, Quebec.

In 1982, Canada Post rolled out the initiative across Canada and pledged that every letter sent in would receive a reply.

Canada Post receives letters to God and, on occasion, the Easter Bunny.