Deaths
- January 17 - Big Bear, Cree leader (b. c1825)
- February 4 - Sévère Rivard, lawyer, politician and 17th Mayor of Montreal (b.1834)
- March 2 - William Elliott, farmer, merchant and politician (b.1834)
- April 21 - Thomas White, journalist and politician (b.1830)
- May 3 - William Alexander Henry, politician (b.1816)
- May 12 - Élie Saint-Hilaire, educator, farmer and politician (b.1839)
- May 30 - James Ferrier, merchant, politician and 4th Mayor of Montreal (b.1800)
- August 4 - Charles-Joseph Coursol, lawyer, politician and 13th Mayor of Montreal (b.1819)
- August 24 - John Rose, politician (b.1820)
- October 1 - James Gibb Ross, merchant and politician (b.1819)
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