Canada Post / Borderfree is a commercial partnership between Canada Post Corporation and Borderfree Ltd. which is majority owned by Canada Post and was established in late 2002 to facilitate the growth of international e-commerce and the direct to consumer (catalog) businesses. Borderfree Ltd. was founded in 1999 as an internet services company providing low-cost and low-integration technology solutions for U.S. merchants to service Canadian on-line consumers through their U.S. websites.