Canada Post opens its Albert Jackson Processing Centre
by CM staff
The facility can process one million packages a day at full capacity.
(CNW Group/Canada Post)
SCARBOROUGH — Canada Post officially opened the Albert Jackson Processing Centre, a parcel sorting facility built to improve service for Canadians and businesses and fuel ecommerce in Canada.
“The Albert Jackson Processing Centre is much more than a building – it is a generational investment in the future of our country,” says Doug Ettinger, President and CEO of Canada Post. “This facility will drive our network nationwide and help support the Canadian economy for decades to come. It will solidify Canada Post as our country’s ecommerce delivery leader.”
The $470-million, zero-carbon facility, located at 1395 Tapscott Road in Scarborough, can process one million packages a day at full capacity.
“More than ever, Canada needs a strong Canada Post. As Canadians increasingly rely on ecommerce, the ability to effectively deliver goods to every community will be integral to our country’s future,” says the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, and the minister responsible for Canada Post. “With the opening of the Albert Jackson Processing Centre, Canada Post will have the capacity it needs to enable future ecommerce growth and the transformation of our retail economy.”
Albert Jackson was the first Black letter carrier in Canada. He overcame significant racial barriers in the workplace, including the right to work in the position he was hired for. According to the press release, Canada Post was honoured to have several members of the Jackson family, including one who currently works for the company, attend the grand opening ceremony.
“This incredible new facility is creating jobs right here in Scarborough and celebrating and honouring the life and legacy of Toronto’s own Albert Jackson,” says the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park. “Albert Jackson’s remarkable story reminds us of the importance of creating workplaces free of systematic racism, harassment and discrimination – and that racism, and anti-Black racism, has no place in our society.”
