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The Toronto Street Post Office, also known as Toronto's Seventh Post Office, is a heritage building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] It was completed in 1853 and is located at 10 Toronto Street in downtown Toronto. The building was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout in the Greek Revival style. [1]
The building c. 1839. The building opened in 1833, before York became the City of Toronto.Therefore, the post office is known both as the "Fourth York Post Office" (as there had been three prior post offices in the settlement) and "Toronto's First Post Office" (as it was the first post office to serve the newly incorporated city). [1]
Mail to a Toronto address in zone 5 would be addressed in this format: [6] 37 Bloor Street West Toronto 5, Ontario As of 1943, Toronto was divided into 14 zones, numbered from 1 to 15, except that 7 and 11 were unused, and there was a 2B zone. [7] Postal zones were implemented in Montreal in 1944. [8]
Pages in category "Post office buildings in Canada" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Toronto Street Post Office; U.
In 1937, the Post Office provided Trans-Canada Airlines with airmail contract. Daily airmail service between Vancouver and Montreal began in 1939. [16] The Post Office Savings Bank system, an agency created by the April 1868 Post Office Act, was phased out in 1968–69. [17]
It was completed under the Government of Ontario's Toronto Accommodation Plan, a ten-year plan to reduce the carbon footprint of most Ontario government office buildings in Toronto. [2] A new two-storey glass atrium extends from the main-floor lobby and part of the second floor east toward Jarvis Street to bring in more natural light.
Scarborough Village is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the larger namesake Scarborough district. It was one of the earliest settlements in the former township of Scarborough with the distinction of being the site of the township's first post office.
Retail Post Outlet or RPO is a term used by Canada Post to designate a facility in a retail business, such as a grocery store or pharmacy, "for the purpose of providing postal retail sales and services and, in some cases, limited delivery services to the general public".