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Events from the year 1851 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
Events
Full date unknown
-
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 Wilson Bengough, political cartoonist (died
1923)
- April 8 –
Frederick Peters, lawyer, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island (died
1919)
- May 22 –
Gilbert Ganong, businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of
New Brunswick (died
1917)
- July 8 –
James Dunsmuir, industrialist, politician and Premier of
British Columbia (died
1920)
- August 26 –
Herbert James Palmer, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island (died
1939)
- September 5 –
George Frederick Baird, politician and lawyer (died
1899)
- November –
Levi Addison Ault, businessman and naturalist (died
1930)
- November 28 –
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, 9th
Governor General of Canada (died
1917)
- December 10 –
James Albert Manning Aikins, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of
Manitoba (died
1929)
Deaths
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References
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