DCHP-3

Western Province

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — Hist.

Canada West, now Southern Ontario.

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1846
Toronto lies in the home district, and is the capital of the Western Province of the United Canadas.
1866
. . . but I have myself seen and shot it at the Short Hills, in the Western Province, which is about 43°15', and it is common still further south in many parts of the State of New York. . . .
1916
In the western province the Tory and Orange opposition was equally violent towards a measure which was deemed to favour the French.
2 — Obs.

Manitoba.

Quotations

1864
North-western extension is a doctrine . . . which has long been advocated in the Western province.
3

the provinces of Canada west of Ontario, especially Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

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