Statistics
Name - Commonwealth of Canada (English)
Continent - Americas
Capital - Toronto
Administration
Head of state - President ---------
Head of government - Premier -------
Legislature - Parliament - Senate (upper), House of Representatives (lower)
Speaker of the House of Representatives -
President of the Senate -
Judiciary - Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court -
Form of government - Unitary government under a democratic mixed presidential-ministerial quasi-confidential constitution
Form of law - Brougham Code
Demonym - Canadian
Geography
Area -
Largest cities
-Toronto - 1,635,000 (city), 4,152,000 (metro)
-Selkirk [Winnipeg]- 1,153,000 (city), 2,148,000 (metro)
-Kingston - 753,000 (city), 1,431,000
Time zone - TMP-06:00
Currency - Canadian dollar
Demography
Language - English
Population - 17,361,000
Density -
Symbols
National festival - National Unity Day (June 26) - commemorating the victory of the Upper Canada Constabulary over Metis rebels at the Battle of Batoche (1879)
Anthem - Constables at the Assiniboine
Motto - Industry, Intelligence, Integrity
General stuff
-Selkirk
-Selkirk Settlement formed earlier than OTL (in 1807), and is rather more successful because he is able to send more
-with Gaelic-speaking Presbyterian minister
-booms further, gets renewed immigrants over 1820s due to famine in Europe pushing Highland Scots out, Selkirk Settlement becomes a real town in this era
-following British Popular Revolution, Hudson's Bay Company loses monopoly, Selkirk grant turned into Colony of Assiniboia in 1834
-deeply tied to the United States because of St. Paul being there
-with Upper Canada desiring control over it
-Upper Canada does get it in 1842, in unification
-builds roads, develops Fort William [Thunder Bay]as Superior port to connect it
-after American Presidents > 1845-1852 Daniel Webster (Unionist) † creates Pembina Territory, funds canal between Mississippi and Red River which allows trade down watershed network