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===City postal zones=== Numbered postal zones were first used in [[Toronto]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite news|title=Numbers Designate New Postal Zones|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=23 July 1925|page=3}}</ref> Mail to a Toronto address in zone 5 would be addressed in this format:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtY9AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Toronto+5,+Ontario%22 |title=New Dimensions in Curriculum Development: Proceedings |date=1966 |publisher=Ontario Curriculum Institute |pages=110 |language=en}}</ref> 37 Bloor Street West Toronto 5, Ontario As of 1943, Toronto was divided into 14 zones, numbered from 1 to 15, except that 7 and 11 were unused, and there was a 2B zone.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqoLAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Toronto+2B,+Ontario%22 |title=McGraw-Hill Directory and Almanac of Canada |date=1968 |publisher=Corpus Publishers Services Limited |volume=4 |pages=325 |language=en}}</ref> Postal zones were implemented in [[Montreal]] in 1944.<ref>{{cite news | title=Montréal est divisé en 30 zones postales | newspaper=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] | date=14 August 1944 | page=10 | url=https://diffusion.banq.qc.ca/pdfjs-1.6.210-dist_banq/web/pdf.php/WqStq5isACXpHfXaHtG2XQ.pdf#page=12}}</ref> By the early 1960s, other cities in Canada had been divided into postal zones, including [[Quebec City|Quebec]], [[Ottawa]], [[Winnipeg]], and [[Vancouver]] as well as Toronto and Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qUIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4430%2C5788916 |title=Postal Zone Numbers Speed Big City Mail |work= [[Ottawa Citizen]]|date=25 February 1963}}</ref> For example, an address in Vancouver would be addressed as: 804 Robson Street Vancouver 1, B.C. In the late 1960s, however, the Post Office began implementing a three-digit zone number scheme in major cities to replace existing one- and two-digit zone numbers, starting in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.<ref>{{Cite web |title=House of Commons Debates, 28th Parliament, 1st ... - Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources |url=https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2801_10/448?r=0&s=1 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=parl.canadiana.ca}}</ref> For example, an address in Metropolitan Toronto would be addressed as:<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mfhAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Toronto+185,+Ontario%22 |title=Revue Canadienne Des Langues Vivantes |date=1972 |publisher=Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association |language=en}}</ref> 1253 Bay Street Toronto 185, Ontario Toronto's renumbering took effect 1 May 1969, accompanied by an advertising campaign under the slogan "Your number is up".<ref>[http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2801_10/710?r=0&s=1 ''House of Commons Debates''], 8 July 1969, Official Report, Volume 10, E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1969, page 11004</ref> However, with impending plans for a national postal code system, then‍–‍Postmaster General [[Eric Kierans]] announced that the Post Office would begin cancelling the new three-digit city zone system. Companies had changed their mail addressing at their own expense, only to find that the new zoning would prove to be short-lived.<ref>{{cite news | title=Costs of postal zone changes hit some companies second time | date=4 June 1969 | first=Terrence | last=Belford | page=B4 | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] }}</ref> <!-- TO DO: determine earliest use of postal zones (1925?); also determine if zones were used in 1961 in five cities: [[Montreal]], Toronto, Ottawa, [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], and [[Vancouver]], and later [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]]. -->
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