What cruiser could Canada have ordered?

If Canada had acquired a cruiser by the start of the Second World War, what type would it most likely have been?

Probably a County for a 1920s order or a Leander for an early-1930s order, with timing and coast-to-coast commitments shaping the choice.

A Canadian cruiser ordered in the 1920s would most plausibly be a County because that was the available Royal Navy pattern. An order placed in the early 1930s makes a Leander more plausible, while a Town is harder to fit into the timing. The absence of a numerical cruiser limit in the mid-to-late 1920s also makes the earlier choice easier to imagine. Canada might reasonably want at least two cruisers to cover its Atlantic and Pacific commitments.