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Events from the year 1851 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier
 - Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier
 
 - Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke
 - Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl
 
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.
 - July 31 – Broad Provincial railway gauge is legislated in the Province of Canada,[2] creating a break-of-gauge with American railways.
 - 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
 
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
References
- ↑ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
 - ↑ Churcher website, Colin. "Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History". Archived from the original on 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
 
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