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

One of Canada's main objectives during this trip is to ease Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola that have hurt farmers in the country's prairie provinces.

From BBC

Thousands have already evacuated western Canada, particularly the central prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as firefighters face growing flames and hot, dry weather predictions in the coming days.

From BBC

The fires in Alberta are sending plumes of smoke eastward over prairie provinces Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

From Reuters

In Canada, the rise in babies born with syphilis is concentrated in the three prairie provinces: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

From Reuters

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

From New York Times