Also, about the more aggressive immigration making the Dominions more populated, I have to agree with Flocc that they might not get all that more populated.
For one, it did take a certain personality to emmigrate in that era. It was not like today, where moving overseas was a plane ride or two away. Trips could take weeks and there was a good chance you might rarely or never see your family or home again. It takes a certain personality to just get up and leave.
Also, more specifically for Canada, it actually received pretty significant immigration. If it had kept those immigrants, Canada's population would probably be far higher than it was today. Unfortunately, many immigrants to Canada then moved on to the United States. There was significant population drain to the States which had far more usable land and a far larger economy.
Canada was still really nice but if someone had troubles in Canada, they were very likely to try anew in the United States instead. Someone having the same troubles in the States was more likely (some did come to Canada, but far less than us Canadians lost going the other way) to just try in a different part of the United States.
There was also no way to stop this immigration drain either.
For one, it did take a certain personality to emmigrate in that era. It was not like today, where moving overseas was a plane ride or two away. Trips could take weeks and there was a good chance you might rarely or never see your family or home again. It takes a certain personality to just get up and leave.
Also, more specifically for Canada, it actually received pretty significant immigration. If it had kept those immigrants, Canada's population would probably be far higher than it was today. Unfortunately, many immigrants to Canada then moved on to the United States. There was significant population drain to the States which had far more usable land and a far larger economy.
Canada was still really nice but if someone had troubles in Canada, they were very likely to try anew in the United States instead. Someone having the same troubles in the States was more likely (some did come to Canada, but far less than us Canadians lost going the other way) to just try in a different part of the United States.
There was also no way to stop this immigration drain either.