Canadian Post Office publications, 1759-1900

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  • Circulars
  • Canada Official Postal Guides
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The database contains about 25,000 digitized pages from 3 main types of documents. Most are in English only.

Circulars (1828 to 1900)

Circulars are notices that were sent to every post office in the country. Some were for staff only, while others were public announcements to be posted. They include information such as:

• updates to regulations
• reminders of how to follow regulations
• new procedures

Canada Official Postal Guides (1863 to 1900)

These guides are yearly publications sent to every post office in the country, and include information such as:

• regulations
• postal rates
• details about local, national and foreign post
• lists of permitted and prohibited articles
• lists of post offices
• lists of postmasters

Publications (1759 to 1872)

Publications include

• gazetteers
• bills
• acts
• regulations
• royal declarations
• official instructions
• committee reports

Post Offices and Postmasters

Monthly supplements to the Canada Postal Guide

Supplements include information such as post offices that opened in that month, changes in existing post offices, and new regulations postmasters. Monthly supplements for the following years are available:

• 1913 to 1916
• 1917 to 1920
• 1921 to 1924
• 1925 to 1926
• 1929 to 1930
• 1931 to 1932