Canada as a republic or more French - or both

yofie

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If Canada had become a republic sometime in the 20th century (despite strong objections by traditionalists) or had a larger francophone population spread out over a larger area than OTL (say, 40%), what difference would that have made in terms of the Quebec sovereignty issue (e.g. referendums), French-language politics, and related issues? Would one of the two above factors (being a republic or having more French) have made more of the difference? What if both of these factors had been in play?
 
Republicanism has always been very much a fringe element in Canadian politics, so you'd need a pretty big POD for that to happen. A larger Francophone population of the size you want definitely requires a pre-1900 POD- to be more exact, an 18th century one.
 

yofie

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Another way of asking the original question: Would the history of Quebec sovereignty/language crises have been more different if the French population were a bit more spread out than just in Quebec while Canada is still a constitutional monarchy as per OTL at the same time, as opposed to if the French were still mostly concentrated as per OTL in Quebec but Canada was a republic?
 
Another way of asking the original question: Would the history of Quebec sovereignty/language crises have been more different if the French population were a bit more spread out than just in Quebec while Canada is still a constitutional monarchy as per OTL at the same time, as opposed to if the French were still mostly concentrated as per OTL in Quebec but Canada was a republic?

Honestly, it's hard to know, but in the latter instance, I suspect not because a Canadian republic likely has a political culture rather like that which exists in our timeline. A Canadian republic would likely be built on the Westminster model despite having a head of state that is in some way elected, for example.
 
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