If the war hadn’t happened, Ontario, or at least southern Ontario, would have been absorbed by osmosis. The War of 1812 was actually very unpopular amongst northern Americans, including those in Canada, and the act of going to war barely passed congress. read more
If the War of 1812 had not happened, then Tecumseh might not have been killed in battle. The native confederation he was trying to create which was destroyed in the aftermath of the war might have come into being and endured, if he had lived longer to establish and lead it. read more