DCHP-2

Western Province DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 — Hist.

  Canada West, now Southern Ontario.

  See also: Canada West  

  • 1846  Toronto lies in the home district, and is the capital of the Western Province of the United Canadas.
  • 1866  . . . but I have myself seen and shot it at the Short Hills, in the Western Province, which is about 43°15', and it is common still further south in many parts of the State of New York. . . .
  • 1916  In the western province the Tory and Orange opposition was equally violent towards a measure which was deemed to favour the French.

• 2 — Obs.

  Manitoba.

  • 1864  North-western extension is a doctrine . . . which has long been advocated in the Western province.

• 3

  the provinces of Canada west of Ontario, especially Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

  See also: Western Provinces