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What if Canada rebelling alongside the XIII alarms London - the possibility of losing Newfoundland/Nova Scotia and fisheries, the threat to Prince Ruperts Land and its fur trade (members of House Lords have money invested in the HBC, you know) - so that it takes upon even more debt and throws...

What do you mean by "infrastructure"? In terms of armaments industry in 1914 the USA was in the neighbourhood of Italy or Japan (if not lower) - and then tried (and largely failed) to expand in 1917-18. Nice to see my suspicions confirmed :)

Jolly good idea - Quebec could make a killing on the Seaway (which will be built at some point) and providing its bigger neighbour with services which for whatever reason are not available there. Well, at this point of time Louisiana is Spanish. I could be jumping the gun in seeing it as...

True that there might never be need for a Traverse Gap Canal due to low quantity of exportable produce from the Red River basin. The Nipissing Line - IMO it completely guts Canada/Quebec and condemns it to a backwater. Something which might not be apparent c.1780, though. BTW - for all we know...

Yes, the Traverse Gap was suggested. Sorry - I got my Mississippi and Missouri mixed up :)

A USA gets Rupert Land scenario opens a new possibility for canal building. I once asked about canals - or making rivers navigable - between Lake Winnipeg and either Hudson Bay or Lake Superior. And thus move praire grown grain by barge and not rail. Knowledgeable People pointed out to me that...

At that time - and for two generations in the future - Rupert's Land was accessed by sea. During those 4-5 months when it was possible :) It was as good as an island, as getting to it from the south sucked balls. I'm not sure that it'd even register on the radar of American expansionists - I'd...

The Nipissing Line - is this a NS or WE line? If NS - the US would get land to the west OR east of it - I'm very confused ...

Agree. What for? The US has the Ohio Valley and other sunny areas.

GASP! Where's the love?!? Where's the love?!? :) You've reminded me of the Monty Python sketch about alternative names for Belgium ... I'd imagine that ITTL Canada would be OTL Quebec+Ontario. The population indeed is "big enough" - c.100K - and doubling every 20 years ... if they don't slow...

This is a possibility. Either that or independence or even better than OTL terms from Great Britain. IMO all the above are more likely than Canada joining the intolerant anti-Catholics down south.

You missed two significant reasons - fish (look at France holding on St.Pierre and Miquelon) and furs, which add up to the most important reason of all - profit!

That would be the Maritimes. Canada proper would not rebel as the 13 Colonies were rabidly anti-Catholic. Maybe it'd revolt later, if incentivated by the French Crown. Changing the course - look into a history book and check the role of Halifax.