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Today, you don’t often hear US citizens talking about how they want to annex parts or all of Canada. This was not the case in the early days of the United States. American political figures pre-approved Canada’s admission into the US as part of the Articles of Confederation in 1777.
However, Americans failed to annex Canada in either the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812. Then, in the Treaty of Washington in 1871, the United States de facto recognized the new Dominion of Canada. After that, there has been no more real annexation attempts.
In recent years, surveys have shown that a minority of Canadians – anywhere from 7% to 20% - would support annexation by the United States. However, there are no mainstream Canadian or American politicians who openly advocate for annexation.
