The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887. The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.

National results

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
			Before	After	Change	#	%	Change
Conservative	John A. Macdonald	172	94	87	-7.4%	291,138	40.15%	+12.32 %
Liberal-Conservative	John A. Macdonald	31	42	24	-42.9%	52,667	7.26%	-5.30%
Liberal	Edward Blake	184	72	79	-9.7%	312,736	43.13%	+12.03%
Independent Liberal		9	2	5	+150%	15,695	2.16%	+1.05%
Independent Conservative		8	1	3	+200%	11,345	1.56%	+1.39%
Independent		10	1	3	+200%	8,984	1.24%	-0.35%
Nationalist Conservative		2	1	2	+100%	3,522	0.49%	+0.28%
Unknown		18	-	1		24,172	3.33%	-22.08%
Nationalist		6	-	1		4,784	0.66%	+0.66%
Total		440	213	205	-3.8%	725,043	100.0%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Note:

"Before" refers to the standings in the House of Commons at the last election, and not to the standings at dissolution.

Acclamations:

The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;

• British Columbia: 1 Conservative
• Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
• Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals

Results by province

Party Name		BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
Conservative	Seats:	4	1	2	45	23	3	9		87
	Popular Vote (%):	62.3	65.5	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2
Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	2		1	9	8		4		24
	Vote (%):	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3
Liberal	Seats:		1	2	37	24	3	7	5	79
	Vote (%):	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1
Independent Liberal	Seats:				1	3	-		1	5
	Vote (%):			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2
Independent Conservative	Seats:	-	-		-	3		-		3
	Vote (%):	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6
Independent	Seats:				-	1	2	-		3
	Vote (%):				xx	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2
Nationalist Conservative	Seats:					2				2
	Vote (%):					2.4				0.5
Unknown	Seats:				-	-	1			1
	Vote (%):				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3
Nationalist	Seats:					1				1
	Vote (%):					3.3				0.7
Total Seats		6	2	5	92	65	9	20	6	205

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote