Prairie Provinces

American  

plural noun

1. the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, in W Canada.

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Prairie Provinces British  

plural noun

1. the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, which lie in the N Great Plains region of North America: the chief wheat and petroleum producing area of Canada

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Example Sentences

In Canada, the majority of tornadoes pop up in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba — the so-called Prairie Provinces — and Ontario.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2023

His platform gives him a solid base of support among Conservatives, a group concentrated largely in Canada’s Prairie Provinces, where he lives, and in rural areas throughout much of the rest of the country.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2019

He had the Prairie Provinces solidly behind him, thanks to the Tories' $425.6 million wheat sales to Red China.

From Time Magazine Archive

But loud were the cries from the Prairie Provinces, demanding a world-wide investigation and if not that then a crackling short-selling probe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Describe the introduction from Europe to the wheat-fields of the Prairie Provinces of such weeds as Russian thistle, false-flax, French-weed.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education