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| 1869–72 |
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| Formation of early Canadian department stores—T. Eaton Company (1869) and Simpson's Ltd. (1872). | 1 |
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| 1873 |
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| The North-West Mounted Police was formed. | 2 |
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| 1874 |
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| Introduction of ballot voting; elections were held on a single day. | 3 |
| First Canadian branch of the Women Christian Temperance Union was formed at Picton, Ontario, by a public schoolteacher, Letitia Youmans (1827–96). | 4 |
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| 1875 |
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| The British Crown disfranchised the Chinese. | 5 |
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| 1876 |
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| Opening of the Intercolonial Railway, connecting Ontario with the Maritime Provinces; it was owned and operated by the government. | 6 |
| Toronto Women's Literary Club formed the first women's suffrage organization in Canada. (See Canada, 1878–1914) | 7 |
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