Deaths
- February 8 - Joseph-Bruno Guigues, first bishop of the diocese of Bytown (Ottawa) (b.1805)
- March 9 - Joseph Casavant, manufacturer of pipe organs (b.1807)
- June 18 - Edwin Atwater, businessperson and municipal politician (b.1808)
- August 3 - Charles Laberge, lawyer, journalist and politician (b.1827)
- December 17 - Hiram Blanchard, Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1820)
- December 22 - Étienne Parent, journalist (b.1802)
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