1851 in Canada

See also: 1850 in Canada, other events of 1851, 1852 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

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.
• 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.

Births

• April 7 – John Bengough, political cartoonist
• April 8 – Frederick Peters, Premier of PEI
• May 22 – Gilbert White Ganong, businessman
• July 8 – James Dunsmuir, Premier of British Columbia
• August 26 – H. James Palmer, Premier of PEI
• November – Levi Addison Ault, businessman and naturalist
• November 25 – Francis Shepherd, surgeon
• November 28 – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Governor General
• December 10 – James Albert Manning Aikins, Manitoba politician

Deaths