Deputy Postmaster General : correspondence addressed to the Post Office Inspectors, 1851-1902

Available reels: 143

Document Record

Creator
Canada. Post Office Dept.
Title
Deputy Postmaster General : correspondence addressed to the Post Office Inspectors, 1851-1902
Sous-ministre des Postes : Correspondance adressée aux inspecteurs des postes, 1851-1902
Identifier
MIKAN: 133408
Reels/Bobines: C-7234 to C-7238, C-7244 to C-7250, C-7256 to C-7266, T-1521 to T-1592, T-1696 to T-1740, T-2228 to T-2231
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: RG 3 B 4, R169-55-7-E, R169-55-7-F
oocihm.lac_mikan_133408
lac_mikan_133408
Subject
Government
Gouvernement
Document source
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Notes
1851/1902
Language
English
Description
Mail delivery within Canada first started in 1693 when the Portuguese born Pedro da Silva was paid to deliver mail between Quebec City and Montreal. Official postal services began in 1775 and was under the control of the British Government up to 1851. It was not until 1867 when the newly formed Dominion of Canada created the Post Office Department as a federal government department headed by a Cabinet minister, the Postmaster General of Canada. The Act took effect in April 1868, providing uniform postal service throughout the new country. In October 1908, the first free rural mail delivery service was instituted in Canada. The Post Office Department was also an early pioneer of airmail delivery with the first airmail flight taking place in June 1918, carrying mail from Montreal to Toronto. The Post Office Department was rebranded as “Canada Post"in the late 1960s, even though it had not yet been separated from the government. In October 1981, the Canada Post Corporation Act came into force, abolishing the Post Office Department and creating the present day Crown corporation which provides post service, the Canada Post Corporation.
This collection consists of letterbooks containing copies of correspondence from the Deputy Postmaster General to Post Office Inspectors. The correspondence contains instructions to the Post Office Inspectors in the regions on such matters as Post Office printing and advertising, tenders, the establishment or the cessation of service, appointments, resignations and removal of personnel, requests for investigations and reports and explanations or amplification of procedures. Included is a volume of confidential and quasi-personal correspondence from the Secretary to various Post Office Inspectors, which is less formal and sometimes most direct in requesting information or in directing the recipient.
Le service postal au Canada a débuté en 1693 lorsque Pedro da Silva, un natif du Portugal, fut rémunéré pour livrer le courrier entre Québec et Montréal. Le service postal officiel commença en 1775 et fut placé sous le contrôle du gouvernement britannique jusqu’en 1851. Ce n’est qu’en 1867 que le nouveau Dominion du Canada a créé le ministère des Postes, un ministère du gouvernement fédéral relevant d’un ministre du Cabinet, le ministre des Postes du Canada. L’Acte, qui entra en vigueur en avril 1868, garantissait des services postaux uniformes à travers la nouvelle nation. En octobre 1908, le premier service de livraison de courrier gratuit en milieu rural fut instauré au Canada. Le ministère des Postes fit aussi œuvre de pionnier dans le domaine du service postal par avion lorsqu’en juin 1918, on assista à la première livraison aérienne de courrier de Montréal vers Toronto. À la fin des années 1960, le ministère des Postes a été rebaptisé « Postes Canada » même si le Ministère relevait toujours du gouvernement. En octobre 1981, la Loi sur la Société canadienne des postes entra en vigueur, entraînant l’abolition du ministère des Postes et la création de la Société canadienne des postes, la société d’État actuelle chargée d’assurer le service postal.
Volumes: 138 to 343
URL
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_133408