| Hugh Finlay, Esq., | Deputy Postmaster General | Quebec, | L. C. |
| Wm. E. Edwards, | Postmaster | Montreal, | " |
| Samuel Sills, | " | Three Rivers, | " |
| Louis Aime, | " | Berthier, | " |
| Hugh Munroe, | " | Bai edes Chaleurs, | " |
| Samuel Anderson, | " | Cornwall, | U. C. |
| John Munroe, | " | Matilda, | " |
| John Jones, | " | Augusta, | " |
| Peter Clarke, | " | Kingston, | " |
| Joseph Edwards, | " | Niagara, | " |
| George Leitch, | " | Detroit, | " |
| —— Mitchell, | " | Mickelmackinac, | " |
There were thus five post offices in Lower Canada, and seven post offices in Upper Canada.
Between Quebec and England mails were despatched once per month; between Quebec and Halifax, twice per week in summer, and once per week in winter; between Quebec and Montreal, twice per week; and between Montreal and the offices above Montreal, once per month; between Quebec and Baie des Chaleurs mails were despatched "as occasion offered."
In the year 1792, 1793, and 1794, the mail was carried once per month between Montreal and Kingston by a French Canadian named Morisette; between Kingston and York it was carried by Alex. Anderson; and between York and Niagara by a Mohawk Indian. The rate of travel was probably about 20 miles per day; the route being either by a path through the woods or along the shores of the River St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario: no regular road having been at that time in existence.
In the summer season the mail was carried between Kingston and Niagara by the Government vessels,—
| Caldwell, |
| Mohawk, |
| Oneida, and |
| Speedy. |
Between Canandaigua, in the State of New York, and Niagara, the mail was carried once per week at a cost of $200 per annum.
In the year 1796 there were precisely the same number of offices, and generally the same amount of mail accommodation, as in in 1791.
Mr. Finlay was succeeded in the year 1800 by Mr. George Heriot. In 1803 Upper Canada had 8 post offices, but the mails were not more frequent than in 1791. In 1804 there were in Lower Canada 5 post offices; in Upper Canada, 9; in Nova Scotia, 6; in Cape Breton, 1; in Prince Edward's Island, 1; in New Brunswick, 4.