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Events from the year 1881 in Canada.

Events

• January 17 - The Interprovincial Bridge connecting Ottawa to Hull, Quebec, opens
• February 16 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated
• April 4 - The 1881 census finds Canada's population to be 4,324,810
• May 24 - The overloaded steamer Victoria' capsizes on the Thames River near London, Ontario, killing 182 people.
• Manitoba's boundaries are extended north, east and west. Ontario disputes the eastward extension.

Births

• January 2 - Frederick Varley, artist and member of the Group of Seven (d.1969)
• January 20 - Fred Dixon, politician (d.1931)
• June 17 - Tommy Burns, only Canadian born world heavyweight champion boxer (d.1955)
• September 27 - James Ralston, lawyer, soldier, politician and Minister (d.1948)
• October 23 - Al Christie, film director, producer and screenwriter (d.1951)
• November 4 - Hector Authier, politician, lawyer and news reporter/announcer (d.1971)
• November 19 - Robert James Manion, politician (d.1943)
• December 20 - Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, politician (d.1962)
• December 31 - Albert Sévigny, politician (d.1961)

Deaths