Prairie provinces

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The location of the three prairie provinces in Canada

Prairie Provinces ( english Prairie Provinces , Canadian Prairies or the Prairies , French Provinces des Prairies or Prairies canadiennes ) is a summary term for the Canadian provinces of Alberta , Saskatchewan and Manitoba . Together with British Columbia , these are then referred to as Western Canada .

The area is one of the most important agricultural regions in the world due to the cultivation of grain and the keeping of cattle herds . In Alberta, oil production has overtaken grain cultivation in importance.

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  1. ↑ Lenz, K. and Schultze, RO: Canada , Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft , 2001, ISBN 978-3534138418 , page 4.