canadian province

Noun
  1. Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes (synset 108840877)
    is a type of: province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
    specific instances:
    • 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

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