First Toronto Post Office
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.
- Post office
- …was formerly known as “York Post Office”
- …operates under the Canada Post brand
- …has 4 floors
- Description: historic site in Ontario, Canada
- Address: 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1N0
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First Toronto Post Office
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Latitude
43.65198° or 43° 39′ 7″ north
Longitude
-79.37041° or 79° 22′ 14″ west
Open location code
87M2MJ2H+QR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_office
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=post_office
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“First Toronto Post Office” goes by many names.
- French: “Quatrième bureau de poste de York”
- German: “Erstes Postamt Torontos”
- German: “Toronto’s First Post Office”
- German: “Viertes Postamt”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Toronto’s First Post Office and De La Salle Institute.
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