1887 in Canada

Events from the year 1887 in Canada.

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January 25 - Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon becomes premier of Quebec, replacing John Jones Ross.
January 27 - Honoré Mercier becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon.
February 22 - Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority.
March 3 - The United States imposes the Fisheries Retaliation Act putting limits on Canadian fishermen and traders
March 28 - William Smithe, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office.
April 1 - Alexander Davie becomes premier of British Columbia.
April 23 - McMaster University founded
May 3 - 148 coal miners are killed in a mine explosion near Nanaimo, British Columbia
June 7 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
December 3 - Saturday Night founded
December 26 - David H. Harrison becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Norquay.
The first premiers' conference is held at Quebec City, Quebec

January 21 - Georges Vézina, ice hockey player (d.1926)
February 20 - Vincent Massey, lawyer, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (d.1967)
February 25 - Andrew McNaughton, army officer, politician and diplomat (d.1966)
April 13 - Gordon S. Fahrni, medical doctor (d.1995)
May 21 - James Gladstone, first Status Indian to be appointed to the Canadian Senate (d.1971)

July 4 - Tom Longboat, long-distance runner (d.1949)
July 5 - Joseph Charles-Émile Trudeau, entrepreneur and father of Pierre Trudeau, who would later become Prime Minister of Canada (d.1935)
September 17 - Georges Poulin, hockey player (d. 1971)
October 8 - Huntley Gordon, actor (d.1956)
October 14 - Frances Loring, sculptor (d.1968)
December 20 - Walter Russell Shaw, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1981)

February 25 - Augustin-Magloire Blanchet, missionary (b.1797)
March 28 - William Smithe, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (b.1842)
May 4 - William Murdoch, poet (b.1823)
May 8 - Sir William Young, Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1799)
June 25 - Matthew Crooks Cameron, lawyer, judge and politician (b.1822)
August 18 - John Palliser, explorer and geographer (b.1817)
October 11 - Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (b.1829)
October 12 - William Annand, 2nd Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1808)