Purolator Inc.
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Purolator Inc. is a Canadian courier majority owned by Canada Post. It was founded as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd and acquired in 1967 by Purolator, a US manufacturer of oil and air filters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.
History
Purolator began in the 1960s, initially called Trans 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").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By 1970, it operated 84 vehicles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The courier company was later renamed Purolator. In 1987, it was sold by Purolator Filters to Canadian owners but retained the Purolator name.
In 1987 Purolator partnered with DHL'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.<ref name="factpage" /> Purolator opened its first fully automated sortation hub in Ontario in 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Operations
Purolator delivered over 25 million packages in 2018<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and in 2019 operated 170 terminals in Canada and an additional 30 in the US.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Purolator partners with UPS for deliveries outside Canada.
Cargojet operates Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 aircraft for Purolator.
As of October 19, 2025, Purolator had over 6,000 reviews at Trusted Reviews with an average review of 1.1 out of five.<ref>Trusted Reviews Purolator, Retrieved October 19, 2025.</ref>
Unicell Quicksider
On September 24, 2007, Purolator Inc. introduced the Unicell Quicksider, a prototype full-electric, lightweight urban delivery vehicle, developed by a consortium led by Toronto-based Unicell Limited with ArvinMeritor, Electrovaya, the Transportation Development Centre of Transport Canada, and others.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>