Toronto's First Post Office

Quaint little historical post office with quills and paper to try out. There is a small museum component that is interesting to read, and the staff is very helpful and knowledgeable. I wish they sold a greater variety of post cards, but their current selection does have great postcards of Toronto.

Smashing IT! Historical Toronto Site. Come and step into a history. The year is 1833, and the doors of this architecture marvel have opened its door to the public. York. Muddy York, then finally it settled on its current name Toronto in 1834. The bricks of this building stand to be witness to some of the city's most historical events. From the Family Compact lead by Jarvis, to the Rebellion of 1837 lead by Toronto's First Mayor William McKenzie King, the Fireman Riot of 1837, Circus Riot of 1855, Printers Strike of 1872, the Jubilee Riots of 1875, Uprising & Upsets, the Types Riot of 1825...this building has seen it all. Just imagine the historical figures who have walked through those doors to send a message to other prominent members of history. Just imagine who else has laid their hands on items that have been preserved inside the historical site. This is definitely a great sport for all history buffs and those who folks who really want to grasp what it felt like living in the early parts of the 1800s and the 1900s.

Toronto's First Post Office currently provides post office services. People walk through the post office area. They will enter a cute museum. The museum provides table, paper, ink, and pens to the public for free.

a super cute little museum that functions as s fully operational post office (the most charming post office in town for sure). you can learn a lot about Toronto (York) history in the context of early mail services. one of the museum rooms is restored to its original purpose - with writing desks that served customers who would pick up their letter and reply to them right away during the same visit. There are feather pens and old fashion ink provided, so you can try your penmanship skills. Many copies of early drawings of the city of York, with biographical notes of artists and people of influence of the era. Don't miss the amazing gift show with lovely stationary (and not only) items. a great place to get very unique presents or souvenirs. The museum is free and open 7 days a week (with exception of holidays).

Cool post office with exhibition regarding the postal history in Toronto. The little shops sells postcards, stickers and other stationery. You can stay there and write postcards :)

I discovered the first Toronto post office was at the heart of Toronto. The exterior itself was a beautiful architecture and well maintained. At first, it looked like a regular building, but when you go inside you submerged into the 1830's. The place was small, but the best museum to visit. You get to use featured ink pen to write your name and sand it off to dry it, as how people used to do. The staffs were very patience and nice, I got traditional seal wax on my postcards, which were unique. A must go place to explore

This small and old post office has a special service, only $5 you can use a quill and ink to write a letter then the post office lady will teach you to fold the letter in a special way and seal it with the red seal. If you have the habit to send postcard when you visit a new place, I recommend you to come to this post office and send this red seal letter.

I did a workshop with ten 7-8 year olds. We learned about the history of the post office and Toronto and wrote letters to ourselves with quills! The museum is also a working post office with a cute gift shop. The cost is very reasonable. We had a great time, thank you Rebecca!

This museum is a very quaint place which has a lot of historic information on display. This museum is free to the public. The front is still an active post office and gift shop. In the second room, you have desks where you can sit. There are quills and in wells where you can try your hand at writing. On the walls are historic information about the post office and Toronto. At the back is a map showing what Toronto looked like in the past. This was very interesting to see how much the city landscape has changed. Overall, this was a good visit.

i have passed by an seen this post office may times as an gbc student and ever really venture inside. The building itself isnt anything fancy but it is still standing from 1830's and it was deemed an hertiage sitr back in the 80's. this double as both an museum and full postal service. it has had some modern touches in sense of how mail is process now vs then but it look like building seem to be in tact. it has some interesting artifact like letters and coins from 1800 and even an ink and quill station to see if you can write but i didny try. there was one more room i wanted to expore but an tour came in so i left. another time i will fully expore this place

Hidden next to the George Brown College culinary center I passed by this building several times never realizing it represents part of Toronto's history. With the renovations underway its hard to spot it unless one specifically looks for it. Ah well never mind the old style entrance leads to a working post office where one can view the old style tools items that were used way back. There is a self guided tour as well with a nominal suggested donation. The tour is short and would last 5-10 min max. There are some good takeaways though like post cards and sealed letter. One can even write with an authentic quill if one is inclined. I don't know how to rate this place as there is little to see here unless you are really into postal history. 2.5 stars.

get rid of the voicemail and start answering the phone again during business hours. it's not too much to ask. answering the phone appears to be a rarity here now.

Super friendly service. I recently rented a post office box and the person with whom I spoke was very helpful and told me about services, to which I was entitled, that I didn't even know about. Yay! Great atmosphere. I love the smell of this old historic building.

Really love this little place, usually a visit to the post office is an experience I dread as it's usually a test of patience with unhappy surely service folks. This location however is great, they have everything, always somebody available to help and I can get done what I need to get done quickly.