Canada was too busy colonizing the rest of Canada.
This. The US and Canada, like all Western nations of the time, had a colonial period…
With a more powerful (and more intendant) Canada, is it likely we could see Canada joining in the Scramble for Africa? Or possibly seeking out ports and protectorates in Asia? If so, what is the most likely rout for Canadian Imperialism? *POD is 1867*
Note: Canada gaining more British holdings, as in the Caribbean doesn't count in this. As Canada, the British, and the Caribbean colonies had plans for this to happen OTL anyhow.
Canada already has an enormous colony to colonize and invest in... called Western Canada.
If you want Canadian colonies you need a way earlier POD, a POD where Canada already has the West locked down and has the finances and will to expand elsewhere (neither of which she had OTL).
I should say that if she really pushed for it I don't think British Caribbean possessions are out of the question. And if the butterflies flap really hard Hawaii is... doable, but unlikely (there was a thread about this a while ago somewhere saying that the HBC was quite active in Hawaii for a time).
Well besides the fact that a Kingdom of Canada is highly unlikely (no offense)
Before WW1 and its decisive battles, there were no "Canadians". The Anglican elite and the British-descended population viewed themselves as Englishmen who happened to live in North America.
Here's an idea: after South West Africa falls to Britain, the British become wary of direct administration, and are uneasy at permitting South African administration. The League of Nations grants Britain the mandate to South West Africa, in practice staffed by Canadians.
After the Westminster Statute in 1931, Britain makes the argument the trusteeship has passed to Canada. The League of Nations, too preoccupied with other matters, doesn't object.
Post-WW2 is when things get interesting. Canada now shares a border with South Africa and professes the intention to grant SWA independence under majority rule. South African-backed agitation among white settlers and anti-Portuguese rebels using SWA as a base threaten the mandate's stability. Events on the ground are increasingly dictated in Pretoria, Lisbon, Havana, and Washington...
Before WW1 and its decisive battles, there were no "Canadians". The Anglican elite and the British-descended population viewed themselves as Englishmen who happened to live in North America.
Here's an idea: after South West Africa falls to Britain, the British become wary of direct administration, and are uneasy at permitting South African administration. The League of Nations grants Britain the mandate to South West Africa, in practice staffed by Canadians.
After the Westminster Statute in 1931, Britain makes the argument the trusteeship has passed to Canada. The League of Nations, too preoccupied with other matters, doesn't object.
Post-WW2 is when things get interesting. Canada now shares a border with South Africa and professes the intention to grant SWA independence under majority rule. South African-backed agitation among white settlers and anti-Portuguese rebels using SWA as a base threaten the mandate's stability. Events on the ground are increasingly dictated in Pretoria, Lisbon, Havana, and Washington...
On a related note, late in the game (late 1800's), Canada could be given "stewardship" of Britain's west African colonies. Sierra Leone could work particularly well as some of its earliest colonists were black Canadians from Nova Scotia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sierra_Leone#Freetown_Colony_1792-1800
Try looking a little closer to home, Greenland and Iceland are possibilities. At various points in history there have also been talk of Bermuda, Barbados, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, and the failed West Indies Federation joining Canada as either another province, a part of a existing province, or territory. Some kind of deal with England transferring those holdings to Canada oh say after WW2 in exchange for debt forgiveness would be within the realms of the possible.
1) why on Earth would Canada be interested? It's going to be a money sink for no significant benefit.
Working withing the OP's constraints, I'm guessing that the place that would at the very least be remotely possible to be a Canadian colony would be...Hawai'i.
But this would require three things to go into Canada's favour:
- Britain doesn't snap Hawai'i up (as per OP)
- US doesn't snap Hawai'i up
- Hawai'i is not transferred to Australia or New Zealand
Denmark DID ally with Napoleon early in the Napoleonic Wars. The British could seize Greenland, Iceland and the Faroes (and the Gold Coast, Nicobar Islands and Danish Virgin Islands) for just that reason, just as the British seized (and wound up keeping) Cape Colony from the Netherlands. Greenland would certainly wind up part of Canada. Iceland might be a tossup whether it becomes part of Canada or one of the British Isles. The Faroes would almost certainly get lumped in with the Shetland Islands and annexed into the UK proper.Greenland is a possibility, however there is no realistic way to gain Iceland without an Imperial War of Aggression on Canada/Britain's part; Iceland was part of Denmark for centuries and, unlike Greenland, was treated as an equal part (since it was more populous, European and Lutheran) before gaining becoming a separate Kingdom within the Danish realm in the first early years of the 20th century and eventually becoming independent.
Denmark DID ally with Napoleon early in the Napoleonic Wars. The British could seize Greenland, Iceland and the Faroes (and the Gold Coast, Nicobar Islands and Danish Virgin Islands) for just that reason, just as the British seized (and wound up keeping) Cape Colony from the Netherlands. Greenland would certainly wind up part of Canada. Iceland might be a tossup whether it becomes part of Canada or one of the British Isles. The Faroes would almost certainly get lumped in with the Shetland Islands and annexed into the UK proper.