| Meadows | |
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| Banff National Park | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Canada |
|---|---|
| Area | 1 961 319 km² |
| Population | 5 933 483 hab. |
| Density | 3,03 inhab./km² |
| Telephone prefix | 1 |
| Spindle | UTC -6 and UTC -7 (UTC -5 and UTC -6 in summer) |
| Location | |
 54 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N 106 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
The Meadows form a large region of plains in the west-central Canada between the Canadian shield to the east and the Rocky Mountains West. This region includes three provinces: the Manitoba, the Saskatchewan and theAlberta. With the British Columbia, they form what is commonly called theWestern Canada.
Understand
The prairies canadian are the Canadian portion of the Great Plains which also extend to the United States. In Canada, they cover three provinces, from west to east:Alberta, the Saskatchewan and the Manitoba (sometimes abbreviated as “AlSaMa”). They extend from the Canadian Shield in the east to the Rocky Mountains West. The land is mostly covered with coniferous forests in Manitoba and wheat fields in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Politically, the Canadian Prairie provinces are the most conservative in the country, especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Alberta is experiencing an economic boom thanks to oil development.
Provinces
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Cities
- 1 Calgary – Largest city in theAlberta, with its oil companies and its annual rodeo festival Stampede.
- 2 Edmonton – Capital ofAlberta, host of the largest shopping center in North America.
- 3 Regina – Capital of Saskatchewan.
- 4 Saskatoon – Largest city in the Saskatchewan.
- 5 Winnipeg – Capital of Manitoba and historic capital of the Prairies, several art museums and other cultural sites.
Other destinations
- 1 Banff National Park
- 2 Jasper National Park
- 3 Waterton Lakes National Park – registered at World Heritage
under the name "Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park" - 4 Prince Albert National Park
- 5 Riding Mountain National Park
- 6 Wood Buffalo National Park – registered at World Heritage
To speak
THE'English is the language spoken in the Prairies canadian. It is the mother tongue of 80% of the population. The other important mother tongues in order of importance areGerman, French, Chinese, the'Ukrainian, the shout, the tagalog, the punjabi and the Polish.
Since Canada is an officially bilingual country, it will therefore be possible to receive services in French in federal government institutions in urban centers. Outside urban centers, services in French in these institutions are available only where demand is high enough. The laws and regulations on French language services in provincial institutions vary from one province to another. the Manitoba is the prairie province with the largest concentration of francophones. Winnipeg includes the largest French-speaking community in Canada outside of Quebec.
The most widely spoken Indigenous languages on the Prairies are Cree, not, the black feet and theojibway.
To go
By car
It is possible to arrive in the Prairies canadian by car on several roads from other Canadian provinces and United States. The Trans-Canada Highway is the main route to reach the Prairies from the west or the east, i.e. from the British Columbia orOntario. From the south, there are several customs posts along the U.S. border from the Montana, from North Dakota and Minnesota.
By bus
By plane
| Airport | City | Province | Destinations outside the Canadian Prairies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Intl Airport | Calgary | Alberta | Air Canada – Frankfurt, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (seasonal), Kahului (seasonal), Las Vegas, London (Heatrow), Los Angeles, Montreal (Trudeau), Newark, Phoenix (seasonal), Ottawa, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Santa Clara (seasonal), Tokyo (Narita), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver, Varadero Air Canada Express (Air Georgian) – Cranbrook Air Canada (Jazz) – Castlegar, Houston (Intercontinental), Kamloops, Kelowna, Portland (seasonal), Seattle/Tacoma (seasonal), Vancouver, Victoria, Yellowknife Air North – Whitehorse Air Transat – Amsterdam (seasonal), Cancun (seasonal), Frankfurt (seasonal), Glasgow (International) (seasonal), Huatulco (seasonal), London (Gatwick), Manchester (seasonal), Manzanillo (seasonal), Montego Bay (seasonal), Panama City (seasonal), Paris (Charles de Gaulle) (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), Punta cana (seasonal), Varadero (seasonal), Vancouver (seasonal) Alaska Airlines (Horizon Air) – Seattle/Tacoma American Airlines – Dallas/Fort worth British Airways – London (Heathrow) Central Mountain Air – Prince george, Terrace Condor – Frankfurt (seasonal) Delta Air Lines – Atlanta, Minneapolis/St.Paul Delta Connection (Compass Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul Delta Connection (SkyWest Airlines) – Salt lake city Discovery Air – Norman Wells KLM – Amsterdam United Airlines – Chicago (O'Hare), Denver (seasonal), Houston (Intercontinental), San Francisco (seasonal) US Airways – Phoenix US Airways Express (Mesa Airlines) – Phoenix (seasonal) WestJet – Abbotsford, Cancun, Chicago (O'Hare) (seasonal), Comox, Dallas/Fort worth (seasonal), Hamilton, Halifax, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (seasonal), Kelowna, Kitchener/Waterloo, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Manzanillo (seasonal), Mazatlan (seasonal), Miami (seasonal), Montreal (Trudeau), Nassau (seasonal), Orlando, Ottawa, Palm springs, Phoenix, Puerto Vallarta, San Diego, San Francisco (seasonal), San José del Cabo, St. John's (seasonal), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver, Varadero (seasonal), Victoria, Windsor (seasonal) WestJet (Thomas Cook Airlines) – Honolulu (seasonal), Kahului (seasonal) WestJet (WesJet Encore) – Fort St John, Kamloops, Nanaimo |
| Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton | Alberta | Air Canada – London (Heatrow) (seasonal), Montreal (Trudeau), Ottawa, Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver Air Canada Express (Jazz) – Yellowknife Air North – Whitehorse Air Transat – Cancun (seasonal), Liberia (seasonal), London (Gatwick) (seasonal), Montego Bay (seasonal), Panama City (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), Punta cana (seasonal), Varadero (seasonal) Alaska Airlines (Horizon Air) – Seattle/Tacoma Canadian North – Yellowknife Central Mountain Air – Fort St. John Delta Connection (Compass Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul Delta Connection (SkyWest Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul First Air – Yellowknife Nowrthwestern Air – Fort Smith, Hay river Sunwing Airlines – Cancun, Cayo Coco (seasonal), Freeport (seasonal), Huatulco (seasonal), Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (seasonal), Las Vegas (seasonal), Los Cabos (seasonal), Mazatlan (seasonal), Montego Bay, Puerto Vallarta, Santa Clara (seasonal), Varadero United Airlines – Denver (seasonal), Houston (Intercontinental), Newark United Express (Shuttle America) – Chicago (O'hare), Denver United Express (SkyWest Airlines) – Chicago (O'Hare) (seasonal), Denver (seasonal), San Francisco US Airways – Phoenix WestJet – Abbotsford, Cancun, Comox, Kelowna, Halifax (seasonal), Hamilton (seasonal), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mazatlan (seasonal), Montreal (Trudeau) (seasonal), Orlando (seasonal), Ottawa (seasonal), Palm springs (seasonal), Phoenix, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo (seasonal), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver, Victoria, Yellowknife WestJet (Thomas Cook Airlines) – Kahului (seasonal) |
| Fort Chipewyan Airport | Fort Chipewyan | Alberta | Northwestern Air – Fort Smith |
| Fort McMurray Airport | Fort McMurray | Alberta | Air Canada – Toronto (Pearson) Air Canada Express (Jazz) – Vancouver Sunwing Airlines – Puerto Vallarta (seasonal) United Express (SkyWest Airlines) – Denver WestJet – Toronto (Pearson) |
| Grande Prairie Airport | Great Prairie | Alberta | Sunwing Airlines – Puerto Vallarta (seasonal) |
| Red Deer Regional Airport | Red deer | Alberta | Northwestern Air – Kelowna |
| Churchill Airport | Churchill | Manitoba | Calm Air – Arviat, Baker lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbor, Rankin Inlet, Repulse bay, Whale cove Kivalliq Air – Arviat, Baker lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Whale cove |
| Thompson Airport | Thompson | Manitoba | Calm Air – Arviat, Baker lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbor, Rankin Inlet, Repulse bay, Whale cove |
| James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Air Canada – Cancun (seasonal), Montego Bay (seasonal), Montreal (Trudeau), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver Air Canada Express (Jazz) – Montreal (Trudeau), Ottawa, Thunder bay, Toronto (Pearson) Bearskin Airlines – Dryden, Fort Frances, Kenora, Red lake, Sioux Lookout, Thunder bay Air Transat – Cancun (seasonal), Manzanillo (seasonal), Puerto Plata (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), Punta cana (seasonal), Varadero (seasonal) Calm Air – Arviat, Baker lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbor, Rankin Inlet, Whale cove, Repulse bay Delta Connection (Compass Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul Delta Connection (Endeavor Air) – Minneapolis/St.Paul Delta Connection (SkyWest Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul First Air – Iqaluit (seasonal), Rankin Inlet Kivalliq Air – Sanikiluaq Sunwing Airlines – Cancun (seasonal), Cayo Coco (seasonal), Cayo Santa Maria (seasonal), Freeport (seasonal), Holguin (seasonal), Huatulco (seasonal), Montego Bay (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), Punta cana (seasonal), San Jose del Cabo (seasonal), Varadero (seasonal) United Express (ExpressJet Airlines) – Chicago (O'Hare), Denver WestJet – Cancun (seasonal), Las Vegas, Montego Bay (seasonal), Montreal (Trudeau), Orlando (seasonal), Ottawa, Palm springs (seasonal), Phoenix (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), San José del Cabo (seasonal), Thunder bay, Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver |
| Points North Airport | Points North | Saskatchewan | Pronto Airways (West Wind Aviation) – Baker lake, Rankin Inlet |
| Regina International Airport | Regina | Saskatchewan | Air Canada – Toronto (Pearson) Air Canada Express (Jazz) – Montreal (Trudeau) (seasonal), Ottawa (seasonal), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver Delta Connection (SkyWest Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul United Express (SkyWest Airlines) – Chicago (O'Hare), Denver WestJet – Cancun (seasonal), Las Vegas, Phoenix (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver (seasonal) |
| John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | Air Canada – Toronto (Pearson) Air Canada Express (Jazz) – Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver Air Canada Express (Sky Regional) – Toronto (Pearson) Delta Connection (Compass Airlines) – Minneapolis/St.Paul Pronto Airways – Baker lake (seasonal), Rankin Inlet (seasonal) United Express (Express Jet) – Chicago (O'Hare) Unites Express (SkyWest Airlines) – Denver WestJet – Cancun (seasonal), Las Vegas, Phoenix (seasonal), Puerto Vallarta (seasonal), Toronto (Pearson), Vancouver (seasonal) |
By train
- VIA Rail ,
1 888 842-7245 (free number) – The only passenger train service serving the Prairies canadian. Like all trains in North America, this one is slow. He joins Vancouver to the west as well as Toronto, Montreal and Halifax to the East. The train passes by Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton. It is impossible to join Calgary and Regina by train.
Circulate
By car
Cars are the best way to get around on the Prairies. The main highways are highways 1 and 16 which cross the Prairies from west to east, both corresponding to the Trans-Canada Highway. Highway 1 passes through Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg. Highway 16 passes by Edmonton and Saskatoon and joins highway 1 at Manitoba west of Winnipeg.
By bus
By plane
By train
- VIA Rail , 1 888 842-7245 (free number) – The only passenger train service on the Canadian Prairies. It serves the towns of Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton as well as the small towns located on this axis.
By public transport
Public transportation services are good in urban centers. So there is no need to have an automobile. However, the latter is recommended outside urban centers.
To buy
The prairies canadian are host to the largest shopping mall in theNorth America : the West Edmonton Mall at Edmonton in Alberta. It is interesting to know that Alberta is the Canadian province with the least taxes on goods and services in Canada.
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Security
The level of crime tends to be higher in Saskatchewan, in particular to Saskatoon. At Manitoba, security is good. Some places of Winnipeg such as Portage Avenue and Main Street should still be avoided at night. In Alberta, the security is quite good. It is still recommended to avoid Victoria Park in Calgary as well as Whyte Avenue at Edmonton the night.
