Events
- March 26 - Louis Riel and the Métis battle the North-West Mounted Police at Duck Lake
- April 24 - North-West Rebellion: Battle of Fish Creek fought between Canadian forces and the Métis
- May 2 - North-West Rebellion: Battle of Cut Knife
- May 9-May 12 - North-West Rebellion: Battle of Batoche the Métis are defeated in battle
- May 28 - North-West Rebellion: Battle of Frenchman's Butte
- June 3 - North-West Rebellion: Battle of Loon Lake. The last Cree resistance is shattered.
- July 2 - Big Bear captured.
- September 15 - Northwest Territories election
- October 31 - Newfoundland election: Robert Thorburn's Reforms win a majority
- November 7 - The transcontinental railway is completed. John A. Macdonald receives a telegram announcing that the first train from Montreal in Quebec is approaching the Pacific.
- November 16 - Riel is executed in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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