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| Formerly | Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. |
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| Company type | Joint Venture |
| Industry | Courier |
| Founded | 5 December 1960; 64 years ago (1960-12-05) inEastern Canada |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations |
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Key people | John Ferguson (President andCEO) |
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| Revenue | CA$2.2 billion (2020) |
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Number of employees | 13,000+ (2020) |
| Subsidiaries | Purolator International |
| Website | purolator |
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Purolator Inc. is a Canadiancourier majority owned byCanada Post. It was founded as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd and acquired in 1967 byPurolator, a US manufacturer ofoil andair filters.[3] In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has had no connection with the oil filter business since that time.
Purolator began in the 1960s, initially calledTrans Canada Couriers, Ltd. with two employees as a subsidiary of American Courier Corporation. In 1967, ACC was bought out by Purolator Filters, who made automotive oil filtration systems (hence the name "Pure-oil-later" = "Pur-o-lator").[4] By 1970, it operated 84 vehicles.[5] The courier company was later renamedPurolator. In 1987, it was sold by Purolator Filters to Canadian owners but retained the Purolator name.
In 1987 Purolator partnered withDHL's predecessor (Airborne Express) to better serve the American market which continued until 2008. In 1993, Canada Post became the majority shareholder and now owns 91% of the business with 7% owned by Rainmaker Investments Ltd. and 2% by others.[1] Purolator opened its first fully automated sortation hub in Ontario in 2022.[6]
Purolator delivered over 25 million packages in 2018[7] and in 2019 operated 170 terminals in Canada and an additional 30 in the US.[8]
Purolator partners withUPS for deliveries outside Canada.
Cargojet operatesBoeing 757 andBoeing 767 aircraft for Purolator.
As of April 29, 2024 had over 5,000 reviews at Trusted Reviews with an average review of 1.1 out of five.[9]
On September 24, 2007, Purolator Inc. introduced the Unicell Quicksider, a prototypefull-electric, lightweight urban delivery vehicle, developed by a consortium led by Toronto-based Unicell Limited withArvinMeritor,Electrovaya, the Transportation Development Centre ofTransport Canada, and others.[10][11]
On season 19, episode 3 of the animatedsitcomFamily Guy, Peter Griffin reveals he worked for Purolator Courier before they went bankrupt.[citation needed]
