Post Office Department (Canada)

Canada Post Corporation

Type	Crown corporation
Industry	Postal Service, Courier
Founded	July 1, 1867
Headquarters	2701 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0B1
Key people	Deepak Chopra, (president & CEO since February 1, 2011) Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Siân Matthews, Chairperson of the Board
Products	Courier express services Freight forwarding services Logistics services
Number of employees	64,000
Website	www.canadapost.ca

Canada Post Corporation, known more simply as Canada Post (French: Société canadienne des postes, or simply Postes Canada), is the crown corporation which functions as the country's primary postal operator. Originally known as Royal Mail Canada (the operating name of the Post Office Department of the Canadian government founded in 1867), rebranding was done to the “Canada Post” name in the late 1960s, even though it had not yet been separated from the government. On October 16, 1981, the Canada Post Corporation Act came into effect. This abolished the Post Office Department and created the present day Crown corporation which provides postal service. The act aimed to set a new direction for the postal service by ensuring the postal service's financial security and independence.

Canada Post provided service to more than 15.8 million addresses and delivered almost 9 billion items in 2015 and consolidated revenue from operations reached $8 billion. Delivery takes place via traditional "to the door" service by 25,000 letter carriers, through a 13,000 vehicle fleet. There are more than 6,200 post offices across the country, a combination of corporate offices and private franchises that are operated by retailers, such as drugstores. 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 railway). As of 2004, nearly 843,000 rural Canadian customers received residential mail delivery services.

Canada Post operates as a group of companies called The Canada Post Group. It employs approximately 64,000 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. In 2000, Canada Post created a company called Epost, allowed customers to receive their bill online for free (in 2007, Epost was absorbed into Canada Post).