The first street letter boxes are introduced in Toronto. Stamps come in perforated sheets. Nine months after Confederation, the new Post Office Act comes into effect, uniting the postal systems of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. 1871 Postcards are used for the first time in Canada. The last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway marked the completion of Canada's trans-national railway.
Mail can travel by rail all across Canada.
Daily mail car sevice begins between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, spanning 5,984 kilometres. 1889 Canadian Railway Mail Clerks Federation forms - the first postal union. 1891 Letter carriers form an association that becomes the Federated Association of Letter Carriers. 1896 Post Offices in Ottawa and Montreal install electric mail-marking machines. 1898 Special delivery service for letters is introduced.