Canada (Parallel Canada)

(This AU is IN PROGRESS, and is intended to be a community effort. The idea is simple: the Dominion of Canada is given its own monarchy to appease a pretender to the British throne, but still under supervision of the UK until Patriation. Canada also effectively blocks the US from “Manifesting Destiny”, keeping the Oregon Country and 1818 British Cession, and also outbidding the US for Alaska.)

Canada, officially the Kingdom of Canada, is a country in North America. Contiguous or Metropolitan Canada has a land border with the United States, as well as maritime borders with Russia and Iceland; the Canadian West Indies have maritime borders with several Caribbean and Central/South American countries. Canada is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, NATO, and Francophonie.

Canada is a constitutional monarchy; the current monarch is Queen Alexis, and the Prime Minister is Justin Trudeau.

House of Chaton takes power
The House of Chaton, based in Ottawa, had a claim to the British throne based on their French ancestry, and the British sovereign’s own claim to the French throne. The House of Chaton also favoured Canada becoming independent from Britain under their own rule, and had massive popular support. As a compromise to avoid a repeat of the mistakes that led to the American Revolution, it was decided to place the House of Chaton in power in Canada, effective July 1, 1877 (the 10th anniversary of Confederation), but still under supervision of the British Crown.