WI: Canadian-Caribbean Union

Add Belize to Jamaica and Guyana and to the Leeward/Windward Islands and that's about what I would expect under this scenario. These areas have sufficient population to be provinces here, as in post-WWI era each of these three will have more people than Saskatchewan or Alberta did at the time.

For the full wank we'll lump Bermuda with the Bahamas. ;)

But Belize and Jamaica are sooooo different that leads us back to OTL problem pointed out by Dathi. I see your point about the low population of Belize even though it's greater than Prince Edward Island's. How many "Prince Edward Islands" would Canada allow itself to have as provinces, really?
But if we're talking about a post-ww1 transfer I think the answer is easy: none are provinces, all are territories for the time being.
 
For the full wank we'll lump Bermuda with the Bahamas. ;)

Sounds about right. And we'll make sure the RCN's patrol planes are operating a lot out of there during the Battle of the Atlantic. Fear the Canucks!

But Belize and Jamaica are sooooo different that leads us back to OTL problem pointed out by Dathi. I see your point about the low population of Belize even though it's greater than Prince Edward Island's. How many "Prince Edward Islands" would Canada allow itself to have as provinces, really?
But if we're talking about a post-ww1 transfer I think the answer is easy: none are provinces, all are territories for the time being.

That's a good question, though a territory in Canada does not mean it does not have an elected government that is answerable to the people. You could keep Belize as Belize Territory, if you needed to. But I wouldn't recommend that option as it could be a potential problem with the locals. You could also make it a smaller province. It depends on the plans at the time.

All would be territories at first, of course. But Quebec is not gonna like the idea of Canada having imperial territories, and the economic problems of the Depression era are gonna add to this. By 1932-33 Ottawa and the northern provinces are gonna end up at odds, and it will be either make them fully part of Canada or let 'em go as independent states. With the economic status of them at the time, the latter isn't gonna be a good option (and could possibly inflame Quebec tensions), so provinces they will become in the 1930s. Jamaica will be critical in WWII as well, because of the vast bauxite reserves there, and I suspect that with Venezuela close by, the oil of the Caribbean is gonna be important by WWII as well.
 
All in one province is tough to pull. A province per island is impossible indeed.
Perhaps 3 provinces:
- Jamaica + Cayman
- Bahamas + Turks & Caicos
- Leeward + Windward islands?

Umm, IIRC the British organized it differently:

- the Colony of Jamaica had both the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands as dependencies; the Turks and Caicos Islands never formed part of the Bahamas;

- Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados was a separate colonies;

- there were 2 Federal Colonies - the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands and the Federal Colonies of the Windward Islands, so the islands within them were "colonies within a colony" (or, as Wiki puts it, a confederation of single colonies with only the governor as common for each one), if that makes sense. If the two Federal Colonies were consolidated, then we'd be talking something, if we can get past the inter-island rivalries.

So, overall, about 4-5 provinces.
 
For the full wank we'll lump Bermuda with the Bahamas. ;)

Umm, no - that's ASB, as Bermuda is nowhere near the Caribbean. It's either a separate entity or part of Nova Scotia (seriously - some of the Bermudian churches OTL belong to those sections of the federations normally reserved for Atlantic Canada/the Maritimes, of which Bermuda and Nova Scotia have somewhat stronger connections than most).
 
the Turks and Caicos Islands never formed part of the Bahamas;
Until 1848 they did, I read.

Umm, no - that's ASB, as Bermuda is nowhere near the Caribbean. It's either a separate entity or part of Nova Scotia
It's nowhere near Canada either. It's actually roughly the same distance from the Bahamas and from Nova Scotia.

(seriously - some of the Bermudian churches OTL belong to those sections of the federations normally reserved for Atlantic Canada/the Maritimes, of which Bermuda and Nova Scotia have somewhat stronger connections than most).
I was unaware of this.
 
As a Mandate, the territories would not become part of Canada but would be a quasi colonial appendage. A perfect target for anti-colonial and anti-Empire factions and not much of a counterweight to Ontario as there would be no representation in Parliament.

I would agree that once Canada accepted such an arrangement there would be no going back but I would expect it to be disruptive in terms of domestic politics because of the colonial appearance. The attitude of those in the Caribbean would probably be key here depending on if they indicate a preference for closer ties or independence.

It depends on the kind of Mandate that Canada would get. A Class C mandate like what pertained to South-West Africa would essentially make the territories a part of Canada.
 
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