1851 in Canada
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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