Whois & Analysis for canadapost.ca

Canada Post Corporation, known more simply as Canada Post (or simply Postes Canada), is the crown corporation which functions as the country's primary postal operator.

Originally known as Royal Mail Canada (the operating name of the Post Office Department of the Canadian government founded in 1867), rebranding was done to the “Canada Post” name in the late 1960s, even though it had not yet been separated from the government.

On October 16, 1981, the Canada Post Corporation Act came into effect.

This abolished the Post Office Department and created the present day Crown corporation which provides postal service.

The act aimed to set a new direction for the postal service by ensuring the postal service's financial security and independence.

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting documents and other small ; or, the postcards, letters, and parcels themselves.

A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems.

Since the mid-19th century national postal systems have generally been established as government monopolies with a fee on the article prepaid.

Proof of payment is often in the form of adhesive postage stamps, but postage meters are also used for bulk mailing.

Modern private postal systems are typically distinguished from national postal agencies by the names "courier" or "delivery service".

Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo.

The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.

"Logistics", a term borrowed from the military environment, is also fashionably used in the same sense.

Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser.

Consumers find a product of interest by visiting the website of the retailer directly or by searching among alternative vendors using a shopping search engine, which displays the same product's availability and pricing at different e-retailers.

As of 2016, customers can shop online using a range of different computers and devices, including desktop computers, laptops, tablet computers and smartphones.

Package delivery or parcel delivery is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high value mail as single shipments.

The service is provided by most postal systems, express mail, private package delivery services, and less than truckload shipping carriers.