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.

Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Post office
Description: historic site in Ontario, Canada
Also known as: “York Post Office”
Address: 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1N0

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and CN Tower.

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.

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 First Toronto Post Office.

Daniel Brooke Building

Historic building

Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Daniel Brooke Building is a 19th-century Georgian building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada located on the northeast corner of Jarvis Street and King Street. Daniel Brooke Building is situated 170 metres southwest of First Toronto Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moss Park and St. Lawrence.

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.

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.

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.

First Toronto Post Office

Categories: building and historic site
Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.65198° or 43° 39′ 7″ north

Longitude

-79.37041° or 79° 22′ 14″ west

Levels

Brand

Canada Post

Open location code

87M2MJ2H+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 219170377

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=post_office

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=post_office

Wikidata ID

Q5453912

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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.

Nearby Places

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