- The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location, Construction and Completion of the Line of Railway Uniting the Inland and Atlantic Provinces of the Dominion
- Parliamentary vs. Party Government: An Address Delivered at the Opening of Queen's University, October 16th, 1891; A Political Problem: A Paper
- The Pacific Cable: Letter from Mr. Sandford Fleming to the Minister of Trade and Commerce, Ex-President of the Colonial Conference, 1884
- Terrestrial time: a memoir
- Memorandum on the Movement for Reckoning Time on a Scientific Basis, by Which the Greatest Possible Degree of Simplicity, Accuracy, and Uniformity Will Be Obtainable in All Countries Throughout the Wo