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 St meet here, and the resulting intersection may be the city's busiest.
CN Tower
Photo: Larry Koester, CC BY 2.0.
The CN Tower is a 553.3 m-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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.65198° or 43° 39′ 7″ northLongitude
-79.37041° or 79° 22′ 14″ westLevels
4Brand
Canada PostOpen location code
87M2MJ2H+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 219170377OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_officeOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=post_officeWikidata ID
Q5453912
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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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