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

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

This started a price recession that further endangered the Pool's margin, and the Prairie Provinces pledged their entire resources to support the wheat market.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is an attempt to describe truly the social and economic state of things in the Prairie Provinces of the Dominion in the years 1913-14, at the end of the great rush.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)