Canadian province

/kəˌneɪdiən ˌprɑvəns/

Other forms: Canadian provinces

Definitions of Canadian province

1. noun

   Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes
   examples:

   Alberta

   one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals

   British Columbia

   a province in western Canada

   Manitoba

   one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada

   New Brunswick

   a province in southeastern Canada

   Newfoundland and Labrador

   a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949

   Nova Scotia

   the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns

   Ontario

   a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada

   Prince Edward Island

   an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada

   Quebec

   the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British

   Saskatchewan

   one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada

   type of:

   province, state

   the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation