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

A very small fraction of the Western fertile soil is under cultivation and already the phenomenal yield has prompted the nations at large to call the Prairie Provinces "the granary of the world."

From Catholic Problems in Western Canada by Daly, George Thomas