1887 in Canada

Events from the year 1887 in Canada.

Incumbents

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
June 20 – Golden Jubilee of Victoria's accession as Queen
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
February 20 – Vincent Massey, lawyer, diplomat and Governor General of Canada
February 25 – Andrew McNaughton, army officer, politician and diplomat
April 13 – Gordon S. Fahrni, medical doctor
May 21 – James Gladstone, first Status Indian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada

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