Prairies
The Prairies are a region in the centre 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.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Calgary
Calgary is Alberta's largest city and Canada's third-largest, and is near where the prairies end and the foothills begin.
Edmonton
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Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta. Its metro area is home to 1.3 million people, and is the…
Destinations
Alberta
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Alberta spans great, contrasting sceneries of mountains, forests and prairies.
Manitoba
Manitoba is a province in the Prairies of Canada. It is well known for its agriculture, culture and history.
Prairies
- Type: region
- Description: Geographical region of Canada. The Canadian Prairies is a region in Western Canada. It includes the Canadian portion of the Great Plains and the Prairie Provinces, namely Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
- Location: Canada, North America
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Latitude of centre
54.78° or 54° 46' 48" northLongitude of centre
-106.48° or 106° 28' 48" westWikidata ID
Q1364746Prairies Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: المروج الكندية
- Basque: Kanadako belardiak
- Catalan: Praderies canadenques
- Chinese: 草原三省
- Czech: Kanadské prérie
- Czech: Prérijní provincie
- English: Canadian Prairies
- English: Prairie Provinces
- English: Prairie region (Canada)
- English: Prairies (Canada)
- English: The Prairies
- Esperanto: Kanadaj Prerioj
- Esperanto: Preriaj provincoj
- French: ALSAMA
- French: Prairies
- French: Prairies canadiennes
- French: Provinces des Prairies
- Galician: Pradarías canadenses
- German: Prärieprovinz
- German: Prärieprovinzen
- Hebrew: המישורים
- Hebrew: ערבות קנדה
- Indonesian: Prairie Kanada
- Italian: Praterie canadesi
- Japanese: カナダ平原部
- Japanese: カナディアンプレーリー
- Japanese: カナディアン・プレーリー
- Japanese: カナディアン・プレーリース
- Korean: the prairie provinces
- Latin: Campi Canadienses
- Lithuanian: Kanados prerijos
- Macedonian: Канадски Прерии
- Norwegian: De kanadiske prærier
- Norwegian Bokmål: De kanadiske prærier
- Persian: دشتهای کانادا
- Portuguese: Pradarias
- Portuguese: Pradarias canadenses
- Portuguese: Pradarias canadianas
- Russian: Канадские Прерии
- Russian: Прерия
- Serbian: Kanadska prerija
- Serbian: Канадска прерија
- Spanish: ALSAMA
- Spanish: Praderas
- Spanish: Praderas canadienses
- Spanish: Provincias de la pradera
- Swedish: Canadian Prairies
- Swedish: Kanadensiska prärierna
- Turkish: Kanada Bozkırları
- Ukrainian: Канадські прерії
- Venetian: Pradarie canadezi
- Western Frisian: Kanadeeske Prêrjes
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Prairies. Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 3.0.