AHC/WI: Dominate Canada

Have Canada be the dominate force over the US. THey don't have to be a world superpower, just able to be considered more powerful and influential than the US by 2015.
 
Three big changes:

1. Treaty of Ghent is way more generous to the British. Canada gets Northern, the Oregon territory as well as much of what is now Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

2. The British (and Canadians) intervene in favour of the CSA in the US Civil War, and the CSA retains its independence - maybe Canada picks up some parts of the west in the bargain.

3. When the UK begins to pull out of the Caribbean in the 1950's and 60's - the islands are handed over to Canada.

Now you have a Canada which blocks the US's exposure to the Pacific, keeps the CSA going and with outposts in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
 
I think you mean dominant, and it's probably ASB if we're talking about more than hockey:D.

The only way you can really do it is the super-sized New France scenario, where France sends a lot more colonists over. But that wouldn't really be a Canada as we know it.
 
PoD: Hitler develops with slightly different morals. Stalin and Hitler manage to get a long-term authoritarian alliance, and trust each other more. Germany develops different racial views (Any Non-German is equally bad, Germans are good. Russians are also good because they're allies). Germany looks west for Lebensraum, wanting to unite most of Europe under German supremacy. *Operation Sealion succeeds. The Nazis successfully conquer the British Isles and France. Japan is also an Axis ally, and a joint Japanese-Russian assault manages to take over China.

British Empire's HQ moves to Canada, French Empire's HQ moves to Brazzaville. The fear of the Nazi-Soviet alliance taking over leads their colonies to be more loyal. The Brits and French have a lot in common, and realizes the need to unite to face their common enemy. Union is also desirable for ease of governance of Africa. The young new Queen Elizabeth II coordinates their union into the new Canadian Empire. In reality this is little more than the British Empire taking over the French, who are in a dismal state. The Canadian Empire is officially bilingual, but de facto English-speaking.

A Cold War develops. The democratic alliance of the US and Canada is pitted against the authoritarian alliance of Germany, Russia, and Japan. The Canadian Empire has managed to rouse patriotism amongst all subjects, and even raise the living standard of some of them.

The Canadian Empire now covers Canada, most of Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, most of the Caribbean, much of the Middle East, and Oceania.

Is this good enough?:p
 

TFSmith121

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Hah...

Have Canada be the dominate force over the US. THey don't have to be a world superpower, just able to be considered more powerful and influential than the US by 2015.

Canada didn't exist as anything approximating a nation state until 1867. By 1870, there were all of 3.6 million "Canadians"...

The population of the US in 1870 was 38.5 million. More than 10-1...

Do the math.

I mean, as a sidelight, Iowa had almost 1.2 million people in 1870.

One-third the population of Canada.

Iowa.

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Geography isn't in favor of Canada. The United States has much more habitable land than Canada. Well, people can live in the Northwest territories, but not many want to.
 

TFSmith121

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Average depth of frozen soil in winter in the US:

Geography isn't in favor of Canada. The United States has much more habitable land than Canada. Well, people can live in the Northwest territories, but not many want to.

Average depth of frozen soil in winter in the US:

NA_permafrost_small.jpg


Notice the pattern?

Now imagine what the numbers look like NORTH of the 49th parallel...

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Average depth of frozen soil in winter in the US:

NA_permafrost_small.jpg


Notice the pattern?

Now imagine what the numbers look like NORTH of the 49th parallel...

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Exactly. Why would you want to go to Yukon when there's Atlanta and tons of other places that have much nicer climates?

Canada would have to be warmer for more people wanting to settle there and have a more sprawled population.
 

TFSmith121

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Cripes, Washington state has a better climate than

Exactly. Why would you want to go to Yukon when there's Atlanta and tons of other places that have much nicer climates? Canada would have to be warmer for more people wanting to settle there and have a more sprawled population.

Cripes, Washington state has a better climate than Ontario...

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