best POD for a Canada wank?

The battle of Saratoga.
That would nullify Canada as we know it.

I think...1786ish. Shay's rebellion gets out of control, the US constitution is never ratified, and the US becomes chaotic and poorly run, leading to Canada being a more stable and prosperous emigration destination in comparison. They can take most of the West Coast later.
 
what would be the best POD for a Canada wank? I would rather see one post Confederation, but pre is fine too.

1760s. :D

Seriously though, this question has been asked and pondered by a few of our Canadian posters (Boom22 is one that I recall) and the general wisdom is that the latest realistic POD date for a Canada wank is 1812.
 
Perhaps don't give the US the Northwest Territory after the Revolution, and then flood the area with Loyalists?

It's not quite that simple. There were a finite number of loyalists and more land in royalist hands does not equal more loyalists fleeing rebel colonies.
 
1. France gets somehow persuaded to retain its North American territories around the whole 1763 thing or earlier. Canada would be more or less retained, but it would be heavily Francophone.

2. Have Andrew Jackson die (which, considering the man's life, is actually ridiculously easy), thereby butterflying the victory at the Battle of New Orleans and thus have the War of 1812 be a major disaster for the US.
 
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