Prairies
The Prairies are a region in the west of Canada, made up of three provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Though the word "prairie" means grassland, this region also contains mountains, hills, lakes, shoreline, and metropolitan cities.Popular Destinations
Alberta
Alberta is Canada's fourth largest province by both size and population, and the second farthest west. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.Manitoba
Manitoba is a province in the Prairies of Canada. It is bordered by Ontario to the east, Saskatchewan to the west, the USA to the south, and Nunavut to the north. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Calgary
Calgary is Alberta's largest city and Canada's fourth-largest, and is near where the prairies end and the foothills begin. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Prairies
- Location: Canada, North America
- Latitude of center: 54.78° or 54° 46' 48" north
- Longitude of center: -106.48° or 106° 28' 48" west
Also Known As
- Arabic: المروج الكندية
- Basque: Kanadako belardiak
- Catalan: Praderies canadenques
- Chinese: 草原三省
- Czech: Prérijní provincie
- English: Canadian Prairies
- Esperanto: Kanadaj Prerioj
- French: Prairies canadiennes
- Galician: Pradarías canadenses
- German: Prärieprovinzen
- Hebrew: המישורים
- Indonesian: Prairie Kanada
- Italian: Praterie canadesi
- Japanese: カナディアンプレーリー
- Korean: the prairie provinces
- Latin: Campi Canadienses
- Lithuanian: Kanados prerijos
- Macedonian: Канадски Прерии
- Norwegian Bokmål: De kanadiske prærier
- Persian: دشتهای کانادا
- Portuguese: Pradarias
- Portuguese: Pradarias canadenses
- Russian: Канадские Прерии
- Serbian: Kanadska prerija
- Serbian: Канадска прерија
- Spanish: Praderas
- Spanish: Praderas canadienses
- Swedish: Kanadensiska prärierna
- Turkish: Kanada Bozkırları
- Ukrainian: Канадські прерії
- Western Frisian: Kanadeeske Prêrjes
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. - Paul Theroux
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