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Western Provinces 
the provinces of Canada west of Ontario, especially Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
See also: West, the (def. 2)
- 1871 [Then, as to the power to make special provisions in behalf of the Western Provinces, the 146th section of the British North American Act, 1867, is liberal, almost unqualified, in its grant of power.]
- 1914 Files of papers and a large map of the Western Provinces hung on one wall. . . .
- 1957 In the three western provinces a swing to either of the two major parties would have placed this part of the country in a position of political power equal to that which is often attributed to Ontario or Quebec. . . .
- 1964 As for the western provinces, we know that they only came into being after Confederation.
- 1871 [Then, as to the power to make special provisions in behalf of the Western Provinces, the 146th section of the British North American Act, 1867, is liberal, almost unqualified, in its grant of power.]