Canada
Post (French: Postes Canada) is a
Canadian postal service operated as
an independent 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
to set a new direction for the postal
service, creating more reliable service
and ensuring the postal services financial
security and independence. In 2004
Canada Post handled 10.9 billion mail
items. It employed 70,000 people in
its traditional mail operations and
an additional 12,500 at the 94% owned
Purolator Courier parcel delivery
subsidiary.
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