Jackson, Albert Calvin National Historic Person

Toronto, Ontario
A.C.W. Jackson, the first black letter carrier in Toronto, is one of the letter carriers depicted in the photograph. (see: 5th row, 8th person from the left.) © Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / Kennedy & Bell / e010963829
Group portrait of Toronto letter carriers, 1892
© Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / Kennedy & Bell / e010963829
Albert C. Jackson postage stamp issued by Canada Post, Black History Month February 2019. © Société canadienne des postes/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada|Canada Post Corporation/Library and Archives Canada, 2019A.C.W. Jackson, the first black letter carrier in Toronto, is one of the letter carriers depicted in the photograph. (see: 5th row, 8th person from the left.) © Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / Kennedy & Bell / e010963829
Address : Toronto, Ontario

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2024-01-19
Life Date: 1857 to 1918

Other Name(s):
  • Albert Calvin Jackson  (Designation Name)
  • Albert Calvin Whitley Jackson  (Other Name)
  • Albert C. Jackson  (Other Name)
Research Report Number: 2023-01

Importance: One of the first mail carriers of African descent hired by Royal Mail Canada which today is Canada Post, representative of more than 30,000 freedom seekers who came to Canada on the Underground Railroad to establish a new life