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PHILATELY

• Did you know that more people collect stamps than any other object?
  
  
• Did you know that 1898 was the first year a Canadian postage stamp was issued for Christmas?
  
  
• Did you know that Canada issued its first stamp, the Three-Pence Beaver, in 1851?
  
  
• Did you know that Canada Post issues some fifty new stamps every year that recognize Canadian heritage, history and accomplishments?

OPERATIONS

• Did you know that, each working day, an average of 37 million pieces of mail are processed through 22 major plants and many other facilities and delivered to over 14 million addresses in Canada.

RETAIL

• Did you know that Canada Post has the largest retail network in Canada with more than 7,000 postal outlets in communities across the country?
  
  
• Did you know that there are more than 900,000 places you can mail a letter in Canada?

GENERAL

• Did you know that inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin was named Deputy Postmaster General in 1753, with responsibilities for mail administration in all of North America, including what is now Canada?
  
  
• Did you know that the Canadian postal administration ceased to be subsidized by Canadian taxpayers in 1989?
  
  
• Did you know that Canada's first government post office opened in Halifax in 1755?
  
  
• Did you know that the Post Office, as a department of the federal government, was created on December 21, 1867. During its first year of service, the Post Office handled nearly 22 million letters, 19 million newspapers and 39,000 parcels?
  
  
• Did you know that on June 24, 1918, the first official Canadian airmail flight took place when letters were flown from Montreal to Toronto in just over six hours?
  
  
• Did you know that the national postal code use was introduced in 1971 after a one-year trial?
  
  

HUMAN RESOURCES

• Did you know that there are more than 60,000 people who work for the Canadian postal service?

PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS

• Did you know that, each year, Canada Post rewards, through its Literacy Awards, the contribution of Canadians, organizations, educators and businesses from across Canada to the cause of literacy in Canada.
  
  
• Did you know that, every year, more than 15,000 volunteer Canada Post employees and retirees across Canada reply to more than one million letters written to Santa in over 26 languages.