Canada Post Corporation, known more simply as Canada Post , is the Canadian

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 crown corporation

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 which functions as the country's primary postal operator. The Post Office Department of the Government of Canada

Government of Canada

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 was founded in 1867 and was rebranded Canada Post in the late 1960s though it officially remained the Post Office Department until October 16, 1981, when the Canada Post Corporation Act came into force.