Toronto’s First Post Office

Toronto’s First Post Office is a museum in Old Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Toronto’s First Post Office is situated nearby to First Toronto Post Office, as well as near the historic building De La Salle Institute.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and First Toronto Post Office.

Yonge-Dundas

Photo: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yonge-Dundas is the very heart of downtown Toronto—in more ways than one. After all, the major arterials of Yonge Street and Dundas Street meet here. The resulting intersection is probably the city's busiest, at least for pedestrians.

First Toronto Post Office

Post office

Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Toronto's First Post Office is a historic post office in Toronto, Ontario. It is the oldest purpose-built post office in Canada that functioned as a department of the British Royal Mail, and the only surviving example.

CN Tower

Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0.

The CN Tower is a 553.3-metre-high communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. CN Tower is situated 1½ km southwest of Toronto’s First Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Lawrence and Moss Park.

St. Lawrence

Neighborhood

Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.

St. Lawrence is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area, a former industrial area, is bounded by Yonge, Front, and Parliament Streets, and the Canadian National railway embankment.

Moss Park

Neighborhood

Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.

Moss Park is a residential neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area known as Moss Park is typically considered to be between Jarvis Street and Parliament Street, south of Dundas Street and North of Queen Street, an area dominated by public housing projects.

Garden District

Neighborhood

Photo: Luke Hollins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Garden District is a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The name was selected by the Toronto East Downtown Residents Association in recognition of Allan Gardens, an indoor botanical garden located nearby at the intersection of Carlton and Jarvis Streets.

Toronto’s First Post Office

Type: Museum
Wheelchair access: no
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.65196° or 43° 39′ 7″ north

Longitude

-79.3704° or 79° 22′ 13″ west

Open location code

87M2MJ2H+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2283661486

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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