British victory in the war of 1812

This is the only thing I can't see happening. If you try and break up Oregon/BC they might throw a fit and try to go it alone or leave Confederation. I think it would be easier to bring in two separate provinces than to forcibly break one apart, the local leadership would be extremely opposed to such a proposal IMHO. But I think if an earlier Confederation happened (and it very easily could) Canada could offer the same deal to Vancouver Island as it got from BC in OTL. Between this and the lack of Peace River Country (added to OTL Alberta) might make it slightly more "managable" from a federal standpoint. It'll still be big, and much more powerful than OTL, but still not as mighty as Quebec or Ontario.

I'm just envisioning a constitutional crisis in the 20th century as the western provinces start agitating for control of their senators and getting the same deal as BC/Oregon.

If Canada winds up with Alaska... there could THREE Pacific provinces. Imagine the regional bickering in that Canada!

I suppose that's fair. Forcibly breaking them up would most likely be unworkable, though I suppose one of the earlier salves to that particular wound is that even with more immigration TTL Ontario and Quebec (and possibly Michigan) would be more populous that these Pacific provinces for a long time.

Some kind of "super British Columbia" would certainly be a sight to behold!

As for a Canadian Alaska...holy crap this alt Canada would be on the way to becoming the largest country in the world!!:eek::D
 
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