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Events

May 17 - Provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established between Manitoba and British Columbia: the districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Athabaska
May 25 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Simon H. Holmes.
June 20 - Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority.
June 13 - Robert Beaven becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem.
July 31 - Joseph-Alfred Mousseau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau.
August 3 - William T. Pipes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing John Sparrow David Thompson.
October 21 - the Canadian Rugby Football Union is founded
December 30 - The Royal Society of Canada is founded
Daniel Hanington becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing James Fraser.
John Ware, a Texas cowboy, moves to Alberta. He introduces longhorn cattle into Canada and pioneers the development of rodeo.
The North West Mounted Police (which later became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) established a post in 1882 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) have since established their main training academy there, which is called "Depot", or Depot Division.