I suspect that by 2050 a lot of current Canadians will have left for the US, Europe and China, and Canada will be made up mostly of immigrants from a small numb

I suspect that by 2050 a lot of current Canadians will have left for the US, Europe and China, and Canada will be made up mostly of immigrants from a small number of countries and culturally will look very different (though it will still be ruled by the same set of wealthy families that run it now). Sort of a different pathway to building a colony if you think about it.