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Canada Post or Canada Post Corporation (CPC) is Canada's government-controlled mail service. The successor to the Post Office Department of the Government of Canada, this Crown corporation was created on October 16, 1981 by the Canada Post Corporation Act to set a new direction for the postal service, creating more reliable service and ensuring the postal services financial security and independence.
Canada Post Place in Ottawa In 2003 Canada Post handled 10.3 billion mail items. It employed over 60,000 people in its traditional mail operations and an additional 12,500 at the 94% owned Purolator Courier parcel delivery subsidiary.
Canada Post delivers to 13 million addresses daily, Monday to Friday, using a combination of traditional "to the door" door delivery, 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. A more recent electronic delivery method for routine bills and statements was introduced in 1999, named e-Post.
There are 280,000 retail points of deposit for mail, a combination of CPC staffed locations and franchises which are operated by a private retailer in conjunction with a host retail business.
A Canada Post delivery truck Overall revenues for CPC in 2003 were CAD 6.34 billion (USD 5.07B), of which the traditional mail business made up 81%, Purolator 17% and electronic and consulting activities generated 2%. Income before taxes was CAD 154 million (USD 123 million).
Canada Post Systems Management Limited, CPSML, was founded by the CPC in 1990 to market the company's systems and technology in the global marketplace. As of the end of 2000, there were 80 successful projects in 38 countries.
Canada Post (French: Postes Canada) is the Federal Identity Program name. The legal name is Canada Post Corporation in English and Société canadienne des Postes in French.
Addressing envelopes
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 put 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. The price of postage for a standard-size letter, as of January 17, 2005 is 50¢, which, according to Canada Post, is among the lowest basic postage rates in the developed world.
Services offered by Canada Post
Lettermail
Incentive Lettermail
Addressed Admail
Unaddressed Admail
Catalogue Mail
Publications Mail
Business Reply Mail
Regular Parcel
XpressPost
Priority Courier
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