<Tr> <Td> Kelowna </Td> <Td> 7005179839000000000 ♠ 179,839 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abbotsford--Mission </Td> <Td> 7005170191000000000 ♠ 170,191 </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> </Tr> <P> Western Canada consists of the country's four westernmost provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba . It covers 2.9 million square kilometres--almost 29% of Canada's land area . British Columbia adjoins the Pacific Ocean to the west, while Manitoba has a coastline on Hudson Bay in its northeast of the province . Both Alberta and Saskatchewan are landlocked between British Columbia and Manitoba . </P> <P> The Canadian Prairies are part of a vast sedimentary plain covering much of Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba . The prairies form a significant portion of the land area of Western Canada . The plains generally describes the expanses of largely flat, arable agricultural land which sustain extensive grain farming operations in the southern part of the provinces . Despite this, some areas such as the Cypress Hills and Alberta Badlands are quite hilly and the prairie provinces contain large areas of forest such as the Mid-Continental Canadian forests . </P>

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