DBWI: Was the rise of Canada Inevitable?

With much of recent World History Dominated by the British Empire and later on Canada, I have been wondering if the rise of Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries was inevitable? After the British's devastating victory in the War of 1812, and the later Canadian victory in the Canadian-Mexician War, was the rise of the self styled "Canadian Empire" inevitable? What about Canada's later successes and assistance its allies and war efforts? How could the relation between Canada and the US be different with out the juggernaut dominating North America and the Pacific?

OOC: Since Canada got the name because "Canada" was the largest of the colonies involved in Confederation, by size and population. Assume that the "new" colonies under British control joined with smaller populations, or, simply later on after Confederation like much of OTL Canada.
 
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Ooc: check out my tl

Ic: the war of 1812 was a near run thing. If the US had managed to get control of the Great Lakes, the British effort to the West would have failed miserably for lack of supplies, and the US might actually have kept the 'Louisiana Purchase', despite its fraudulent nature*. It's probable Tecumseh's Protectorate would be much smaller, probably confined to Michigan. Heck, even Michigan could be lost, in which case the US would no doubt take the prairie portions of Rupertsland.

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* ooc: France's regaining of Louisiana from Spain was basically an extortion. Ittl, it's considered fraudulent, on Frances part, although modern historians agree that the US acted in good faith.
 
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