Maximum Canadian Population?

That's a lot of people in the territories. Only two minor issues. Edmonton is still in Alberta (the far north of it near the border, but still in it), and Prince Albert is in that Saskatchewan.

Other than that, thank you. :)
 
Beedok

Just come across this and think there are some options. I notice from you're map that it doesn't include other territories other than presumably the Caribbean one.

If you have worse relations with the US, even if only starting in 1860 then its possibly not just additional population in itself. Likely to get move investment from the UK, both because diverted from the US and because there might be higher military and infrastructure spending as a result of the tension. Also of course poorer relations with the US there is less drain of native population and immigrants south across the border.

There is potential for a virtuous circle here. With an higher population and hence market and greater barriers to US goods especially, you could well get better industrial development, which could pull in more people.

If the US restricts immigration earlier and Canada starts encouraging it earlier then their got a good chance of picking up a lot more of the mass movement from eastern Europe in the latter 19th century. Especially those moving from Scandinavia and Russia are less likely to be deterred by the climate. Could pick up a hell of a lot of Jews fleeing Russian pogroms for instance.

Will try and keep an eye out for the TL when it occurs as it sounds interesting.

Steve
 
That's a lot of people in the territories. Only two minor issues. Edmonton is still in Alberta (the far north of it near the border, but still in it), and Prince Albert is in that Saskatchewan.

Other than that, thank you. :)


Ah. Looking at the map, I'd figured that Prince Albert and Edmonton were in the other territories. My bad.

As far as the territories, I was thinking that mines draw people up there, and the mines are sufficiently useful that more people move up there, providing a small but real population base in the NWT.
 
Ah. Looking at the map, I'd figured that Prince Albert and Edmonton were in the other territories. My bad.

It's okay. Here's a slightly more accurate map:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Manitoba_and_Northwest_Territories_(1900).jpg

*Note that Athabasca is going to be split in two though. It was in the 1880s.

As far as the territories, I was thinking that mines draw people up there, and the mines are sufficiently useful that more people move up there, providing a small but real population base in the NWT.
Sure, yeah, makes sense. I suppose if the population of Dawson had stayed at even half it's OTL peak the Yukon would have a lot more people.
 
Erie or Huron? With so many other provinces getting their names from bodies of water, taking the name of the one the Great Lakes seems plausible.
 
Erie or Huron? With so many other provinces getting their names from bodies of water, taking the name of the one the Great Lakes seems plausible.
For some reason "Erie" sounds to American to me, but I was thinking Huron. I suppose if Ontario shares the lake then Huron can too.
 
For some reason "Erie" sounds to American to me, but I was thinking Huron. I suppose if Ontario shares the lake then Huron can too.

Or, alternately, you could extend Superior along the north shore of Lake Huron, taking in the city of Sudbury and down the shoreline, while making Parry Sound and Penetanguishene part of Huron province, this limiting Ontario to just the Lake Ontario shoreline, making the Lake Muskoka region around Gravenhurst, Mactier, Port Carling, Bracebridge and Huntsville the northern edge of Ontario province.
 
That map mostly makes sense to me but for not having Nunavut. Especially with having transferred northern (OTL) Quebec it seems fairly implausible, and functionally ridiculous, to not have created it.

I'd also think that separating Newfoundland from Labrador would be pretty likely, though Labrador might end up a territory even with population gain.
 
That map mostly makes sense to me but for not having Nunavut. Especially with having transferred northern (OTL) Quebec it seems fairly implausible, and functionally ridiculous, to not have created it.

I'd also think that separating Newfoundland from Labrador would be pretty likely, though Labrador might end up a territory even with population gain.

Well it will get a Nunavut at some point (probably like the 1980s or something), but doesn't have one yet.
 
Now this is a little off topic, but I was thinking, with a Canada that is more populous and culturally independent there would be less American influence on the accent, so I was wondering, what do you folks think the Canadian accent would sound like with less American influence? Like Cape Breton Islanders? Bob and Doug Mackenzie? Something else?
 

d32123

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1860s. I was thinking that it might be AH media or maybe writer's forum though. It isn't really a proper timeline after all (though one might be written with time).

When in doubt, I'd put it in the Writer's Forum. I'd PM a mod though, because I'm not exactly sure.
 

d32123

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Good idea. See, I don't think of asking people in charge. :eek:

I'll be sure to keep my eyes open for your thread when you post it. Should be interesting. I'm somewhat of a Canuckophile, though I'd be loathe to admit it.
 
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