Events
- May 17 - Provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established between Manitoba and British Columbia: the districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Athabaska
- May 25 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Simon H. Holmes.
- June - New Brunswick election
- June 20
- Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority.
- Nova Scotia election
- June 13 - Robert Beaven becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem.
- July 20 - British Columbia election
- July 31 - Joseph-Alfred Mousseau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau.
- August 3 - William T. Pipes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing John Sparrow David Thompson.
- December 30 - The Royal Society of Canada is founded.
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