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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

Manitoba 's boundaries are extended north, east and west. Ontario disputes the eastward extension.

Births

January 2 - Frederick Varley , artist

January 20 - Fred Dixon , Manitoba politician

June 17 - Tommy Burns , boxer

September 27 - James Ralston , Minister of National Defence

November 19 - Robert James Manion , politician

November 24 - Al Christie , film director

December 20 - Télesphore-Damien Bouchard , Quebec politician

December 31 - Albert Sévigny , politician

Deaths