Join us on December 8th for a festive evening as we learn about the Christmas traditions of days gone by! Many of us who celebrate Christmas have traditions that we feel are steeped and time honoured. But most of them aren't as old as we might think. Hardly any of the Christmas traditions that we...
Many people who reside in Toronto share the common experience of growing up in other parts of Canada before they moved to the big city. On the evening of February 2nd, join author Ruth Cameron-Howard in a virtual presentation of her book, "By the Light of the Coal Oil Lamp" as she recounts her experiences...
March 6, 2023 is Toronto's 189th Birthday! Celebrate in the heart of Old Town Toronto, where the city was born. Toronto's First Post Office and the Town of York Historical Society invites you to take part in our annual commemoration of the day Toronto became a city: March 6, 1834. After two-years of meeting virtually,...
Join special guest speaker, Frank Nicholson, on Thursday April 13 at Toronto's First Post Office, as he unfolds the history of Toronto through the careers of some of the sixty-five chief magistrates the city has had since being incorporated in 1834; a timely subject given Toronto's upcoming mayoral election! Key figures will include our first...
Partake in a traditional Mother's Day celebration by writing a letter of appreciation to your Mom or Mother-Figure! Join Toronto's First Post Office for one of two writing sessions on May 11th to learn the history behind Mother's Day, and of course, write your letter to Mom as they would have in the 1830s, complete...
