Events
- March 7 - Both the Université de Montréal and the University of Western Ontario are incorporated
- March 8 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville
- May 1 - In the Québec election, Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau's Conservatives win a minority
- June - The New Brunswick election
- June 25 - George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia for the second time, replacing Andrew Elliott
- July 20 - The British Columbia election
- September 17
- In the federal election, Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals
- In the Nova Scotia election, Simon Hugh Holmes's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Philip Carteret Hill's Liberals
- October 16 - John Norquay becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Robert A. Davis
- October 17 - Sir John A. Macdonald becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Alexander Mackenzie
- October 19 - Richard G. Hogan is born in Toronto.
- October 22 - Simon Holmes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Philip Hill
- December 18 - The Manitoba election
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