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provisional county Hist. 
a municipal unit in Upper Canada which was not qualified as a county proper but which was expected soon so to qualify.
See also: reputed township
- 1958 Renfrew remained united with Lanark until 1861, when it became a provisional county, with its seat at Pembroke.
- 1961 In 1861 . . . the Governor General made Renfrew a "Provisional County." T. P. French . . . became provisional warden.
- 1958 Renfrew remained united with Lanark until 1861, when it became a provisional county, with its seat at Pembroke.