1851 in Canada

Decades:	1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s;
See also:	History of Canada; Timeline of Canadian history; List of years in Canada;

Events from the year 1851 in Canada.

Incumbents

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.

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.

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)

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^ Churcher website, Colin. "Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History". Archived from the original on 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-02.