Purolator Courier Ltd. is a Canadian courier that is 91 % owned by Canada Post, 7 % owned by Barry Lapointe Holdings Ltd. and 2 % by Others.
The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967, it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters Purolator—the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later." In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, i...
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Purolator Courier Ltd. is a Canadian courier that is 91 % owned by Canada Post, 7 % owned by Barry Lapointe Holdings Ltd. and 2 % by Others.
The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967, it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters Purolator—the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later." In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business.
Purolator has partnered with DHL for deliveries worldwide. Recently, Purolator has dropped DHL for its United States deliveries and switched to UPS.
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter operates Boeing 727 and Convair 580 cargo aircraft for Purolator.
Since 2003, Purolator has organized a popular annual food drive in association with the Canadian Football League. Every season, fans in each city are invited to bring non-perishable food items to a selected home game, and Purolator collects...
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