See also: 1879 in Canada, other events of 1880, 1881 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
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February 4 - Five members of the Donnelly family are killed near Lucan, Ontario
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March 6, The Royal Academy for the Arts is founded
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March 25, George Brown fatally shot by a disgruntled employee
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May 4, Edward Blake becomes the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
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June 24, "O Canada" first performed
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October 9, The United Kingdom gives Canada control of the Arctic islands by Great Britain
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Emily Stowe becomes the first woman doctor to practise medicine in Canada
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Sanford Fleming becomes chancellor of Queen's University
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Bell Canada founded
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Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR). British-backed Canadian firm, headed by US railroad building genius (Sir William Cornelius Van Horne) gets the deal: $25 million, 25 million acres (100,000 km²), already completed sections free, all under-construction sections finished free, 20 year monopoly as only railroad and 20 year control over rate-setting.
Arts
- New Books
- Charles G.D. Roberts , Orion and Other Poems
Births
Deaths
