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See also: 1851 in Canada, other events of 1853, 1853 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• January 15 - Trinity College opens
• July 8 - Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal.
• October - The Bank of Montreal issues notes like the Bank of England's; denomination water-marked.
• October 25 - The Toronto Stock Exchange opens
• December 8 - Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.

Births

• January 1 - Alexander Bethune, Mayor of Vancouver
• March 22 - Theodore Davie, Premier of British Columbia
• April 5 - Alexander B. Warburton, Premier of PEI
• August 19 - John Andrew Davidson, Manitoba politician
• September 9 - Fletcher Bath Wade, politician
• September 24 - Joseph Martin, Premier of British Columbia

Deaths