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Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta: the Prairie Provinces

The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, Alberta, seen from the interpretive centre in 2011.
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, Alberta, seen from the interpretive centre in 2011. Bar U National Historic Site · David Mathew · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; record previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta form the Prairie Provinces. Their capitals are Winnipeg, Regina and Edmonton. Agriculture and natural resources are major themes in the study guide’s description of the region.

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More context

The guide connects Manitoba with agriculture, mining, hydroelectricity, Winnipeg and the francophone community of St. Boniface. Saskatchewan is associated with grains and oilseeds, potash, uranium and Regina’s RCMP training academy.

Alberta’s themes include oil and gas, cattle ranching, the Rocky Mountains, Banff and dinosaur fossils in the Badlands. The region also has important Indigenous and diverse immigrant histories. It is not simply a single landscape or one industry; the guide’s broad labels are starting points for regional understanding.

Sources behind this record

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Discover Canada — Canada’s Regions ↗

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Canada’s Regions; sections and tables identified in the research record