Some claimed their land as freedmen and stayed where they were, others went to other provinces to settle down and farm there.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR
In addition to being the federal police, they are also the provincial law enforcement agency in all provinces except Québec and Ontario.
Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
Lady Rice wrote back to say no, the provinces would do her very well.
Weldon, Fay SPLITTING
All related terms of 'provinces'
province
A province is a large section of a country which has its own administration .
the provinces
those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
Atlantic Provinces
→ the Atlantic Provinces
Central Provinces
→ the Central Provinces
Maritime Provinces
Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , & Prince Edward Island
Prairie Provinces
the Canadian provinces of Manitoba , Saskatchewan , and Alberta , which lie in the N Great Plains region of North America: the chief wheat and petroleum producing area of Canada
United Provinces
a Dutch republic (1581–1795) formed by the union of the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands , which were in revolt against their suzerain , Philip II of Spain
the Central Provinces
the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec
the Atlantic Provinces
certain of the Canadian provinces with coasts facing the Gulf of St Lawrence or the Atlantic: New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
the Maritime Provinces
another name for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, but often excluding Newfoundland and Labrador
Basque Country
an autonomous region of N Spain , comprising the provinces of Á lava (Araba), Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), and Vizcaya (Bizkaia): inhabited mainly by Basques , who retained virtual autonomy from the 9th to the 19th century. Pop: 1 840 700 (2003 est). Area: about 7250 sq km (2800 sq miles)
Central Provinces and Berar
a former province of central India: renamed Madhya Pradesh in 1950, Berar being transferred to Maharashtra in 1956