Canada Post: quick facts to know
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While legislation officially created Canada’s uniform postal system back in 1868, the service made its debut much earlier than that. The first Canadian post office opened in 1753 in Halifax, linking the Atlantic colonies with Britain. (CBC)
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Canada Post serves 15.1 million addresses, but only one-third of Canadians (about five million homes) get their mail delivered to their door. Everyone else picks it up from community, apartment or rural-lot-line mailboxes. (CBC)
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It costs Canada Post an average of about $168 per address annually to operate the mail system. (CBC)
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Door to door (one-third of Canadians) mail costs Canada Post $283 per address. (CBC)
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Centralized point, such as an apartment lobby lock box (one quarter of Canadians) costs Canada Post $127 per address. (CBC)
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Group/community mailbox/kiosk (one quarter) costs Canada Post $108 per address. (CBC)
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Delivery facility such as a postal box (12 per cent of Canadian) costs Canada Post $59 per address. (CBC)
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Rural mailbox (five per cent of Canadians) costs Canada Post $179 per address. (CBC)
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An April report by the Conference Board of Canada said almost half of all Canadian households send no more than two pieces of mail each month. (CBC)
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In 2006, Canada Post delivered about five billion pieces of domestic letter mail. But by 2012, that volume had dropped to around four billion, with 30 per cent of that decline occurring in 2012 alone. (CBC)
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Canada Post plans to phase out door-to-door mail delivery in urban areas, a massive shift for the struggling Crown corporation that will fundamentally change the reason for its existence. The new delivery strategy is part of a five-point plan announced on Dec. 11. Take a look at these Canada Post quick facts for a better picture of its operations. (Files from CBC)