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Toronto’s First Post Office
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Toronto’s First Post Office

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  • This working post office and museum opened in 1833 and is the only surviving example of a British-era post office in Canada. Here, you can write a letter with a quill pen and have it stamped with a distinctive cancellation mark: “York-Toronto 1833.” There is also a topographic model of 1830s Toronto, period furniture, and 19th-century reproduction ink wells and sealing wax. The library, housing an extensive archival collection of postal-related materials, is open by appointment only, but admission to the museum is free for self-guided tours.

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260 Adelaide St E Open 9am–4pm Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm Sat–Sun
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