1880 in Canada

See also: 1879 in Canada, other events of 1880, 1881 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• February 4 – Five members of the Donnelly family are killed near Lucan, Ontario
• March 6, The Royal Academy for the Arts is founded
• March 25, George Brown fatally shot by a disgruntled employee
• May 4, Edward Blake becomes the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
• June 24, "O Canada" first performed
• October 9, The United Kingdom gives Canada control of the Arctic islands.
• Emily Stowe becomes the first woman doctor to practise medicine in Canada
• Sanford Fleming becomes chancellor of Queen's University
• Bell Canada founded
• 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

Newspapers

• The Varsity (newspaper), created.

Births

• January 17 – Mack Sennett, comedian
• January 18 – Richard Squires, Prime Minister of Newfoundland
• March 22 – Allison A. Dysart, Premier of New Brunswick
• August 12 – Jacob Penner, politician
• August 29 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, briefly world longest-lived person
• October 12 – Healey Willan, organist
• October 27 – 9th Earl of Bessborough, Governor General

Deaths

• May 9, George Brown, Father of Confederation