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If both Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces of Canada on September 1 1905 why is Alberta referred to as the eighth province and Saskatchewan the ninth?
Auldepharte69
Simply put it is in Alphabetical Order.
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Saskatchewan is in the Central Time Zone, whereas Alberta is in the Mountain Time Zone. Saskatchewan, therefore, being an hour ahead of Alberta, would have become a province an hour ahead of Alberta. Saskatchewan is the eighth province, not Alberta.
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