See also: 1890 in Canada, other events of 1891, 1892 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• February 21: The first Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 125.
• March 5: Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
• April 27: Frederick Peters becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Neil McLeod
• June 6: Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald dies in office
• June 16: Sir John Abbott becomes prime minister following the death of Sir John A. Macdonald
• September 29: Thomas McGreevy is expelled from the House of Commons due to corruption.
• November 7: The election of the 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly
• December 10: The Canadian Pacific Railway is extended to Edmonton
• December 21: Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Honoré Mercier
• The Legislative Council of New Brunswick is abolished
• The Canadian Rugby Football Union is renamed the Canadian Rugby Union

Births

• January 6: Tim Buck, Communist leader
• January 26: Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon
• February 27: Samuel Bronfman, businessman
• April 1: Harry Nixon, Ontario politician
• May 3: Thomas John Bentley, politician
• July 12: Adhémar Raynault, Mayor of Montreal
• August 30: Elmer Jamieson, educator
• October 30: Ada Mackenzie, golfer
• November 14: Frederick Banting, scientist
• December 25: William Ross Macdonald, politician
• December 31: Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General

Deaths

• January 4: Antoine Labelle, priest
• June 6: Sir John A. Macdonald, politician