1851 in Canada
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See also: 1850 in Canada, other events of 1851, 1852 in Canada.
Events from the year 1851 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- April 7 - The first Canadian postage stamps are printed
- April 25 - Prince Edward Island wins responsible government
- June - Harbor Commissioners deepen Lake St. Peter.
- July - The bloomer costume appears in Montreal.
- August 30 - The Vancouver Island legislature meets for the first time
- October 11 - The St. L. & A. Railway is opened to Richmond.
- William Kennedy was commander of the second sponsored expedition to find Sir John Franklin
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- Gabriel Franchere's Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America published in Montreal.
- The United Kingdom transfers control of the colonial postal system to Canada.
[edit] Births
- April 7 - John Wilson Bengough, political cartoonist (d.1923)
- April 8 - Frederick Peters, lawyer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1919)
- May 22 - Gilbert Ganong, businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (d.1917)
- July 8 - James Dunsmuir, industrialist, politician and Premier of British Columbia (d.1920)
- August 26 - Herbert James Palmer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1939)
- September 5 - George Frederick Baird, politician and lawyer (d.1899)
- November - Levi Addison Ault, businessman and naturalist (d.1930)
- November 25 - Francis Shepherd, surgeon
- November 28 - Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, 9th Governor General of Canada (d.1917)
- December 10 - James Albert Manning Aikins, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d.1929)
[edit] Deaths
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