- 1885 in Canada
"See also:"
1884 in Canada ,
other events of 1885,1886 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
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March 26 -Louis Riel and the Métis battle theNorth-West Mounted Police at Duck Lake
*April 24 -North-West Rebellion :Battle of Fish Creek fought between Canadian forces and the Métis
*May 2 -North-West Rebellion :Battle of Cut Knife
*May 9 -May 12 -North-West Rebellion :Battle of Batoche the Métis are defeated in battle
*May 28 -North-West Rebellion :Battle of Frenchman's Butte
*June 3 -North-West Rebellion :Battle of Loon Lake . The last Cree resistance is shattered.
*July 2 -Big Bear captured.
*November 7 - The transcontinental railway is completed
*November 16 - Riel is executed inRegina, Saskatchewan
*Banff National Park , the first national park in Canada is established
* A head tax on Chinese immigrants is imposed by the federal government
* Canada outlaws thepotlatch ceremony among Northwest Coast tribes. The law, often ignored, is repealed in 1951.Births
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January 11 -Gordon Daniel Conant , Premier of Ontario
*February 4 -Cairine Wilson , Senator
*April 3 -Allan Dwan , filmmaker
*June 27 -Arthur Lismer , artist
*July 23 -Izaak Walton Killam , financier
*July 31 -Charles A. Dunning , Premier of Saskatchewan
*August 3 -Charles Hibbert Tupper , politician
*October 23 -Lawren Harris , artist
*November 5 -Edgar Sydney Little ,Senator
*December 5 -Ernest Cormier , architect
*December 24 -Abraham Albert Heaps , labor leader
*Thomas B. Costain , historical novelistDeaths
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July 17 -Jean-Charles Chapais , politician.
*November 16 -Louis Riel , Métis leader
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