1880 in Canada

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Arts
3 Births
4 Deaths

February 4 - Five members of the Donnelly family are killed near Lucan, Ontario
March 6, The Royal Academy for the Arts is founded
March 25, George Brown fatally shot by a disgruntled employee
May 4, Edward Blake becomes the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
June 24, "O Canada" first performed
October 9, The United Kingdom gives Canada control of the Arctic islands by Great Britain
Emily Stowe becomes the first woman doctor to practise medicine in Canada
Sanford Fleming becomes chancellor of Queen's University
Bell Canada founded
Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR). British-backed Canadian firm, headed by US railroad building genius (Sir William Cornelius Van Horne) gets the deal: $25 million, 25 million acres, already completed sections free, all under-construction sections finished free, 20 year monopoly as only railroad and 20 year control over rate-setting.