The 1867 Canadian Greeting Card company was established in Toronto in 1986 by Caley Taylor who also lives in Toronto and is not ashamed to admit it. 1867.  A really important Canadian date.  But a quiet date because Canada is a quiet country.  

It’s the date the British North American act was passed to create the “Dominion of Canada” 🇨🇦.  The men around the long table wearing top hats, thought about calling it the “Kingdom of Canada”, but I guess a kingdom is expensive and complicated with the rising cost of building a castle, the need for a royal family, and all the problems & scandals thoroughly documented by the media. (Ugh, don’t want that!!)  Plus, a dominion is more similar to domination vs a kingdom has the obligation to rule and protect with all those financial obligations of doing such things. 

So in 1867, Canada became a country quietly, without all those dramatic wars, or revolutions where heads are lopped off, or when red-faced angry men have outbursts and throw chairs.  When Canada is angry, it’s more like a little toddler tantrum and less like our southern neighbours who angrily throw tea in the harbour. 

Why the history lesson?   Naturally because I sell greeting cards.  And following Confederation in 1867, the Post Office Department was created and officially called it The Royal Mail ~ Canada.  And our greeting cards are 100% Canadian-made by Canadian photographers Judy Harrison Cochand, David R. Beatty, Jennifer Echols and Caley Taylor.

Click the greeting card links below to begin browsing. Please email Caley if you have any questions.

The Canadian Confederation Act of 1867 wasn’t signed in 1867 (what???), but on Canadian soil in 1864. In 1867, Queen Victoria finally got around to reading it and realized there would be massive costs associated with defending Britain’s North America (ie: Canada) from the increasingly aggressive United States of America, so she signed the British North American Act which came into effect on July 1, 1867 (🇨🇦Canada Day🇨🇦).  Basically the Brits wanted to cut financial obligations with Canada but still wanted to dominate us.