Photographs that document the changing prairies of the Canadian West as people move to cities

The 'Canadian Prairies' is a vast region on the border of the United States that has suffered a loss of heritage and now faces uncertainty about its future, as society continues to move in the direction of mass urbanisation.

"The project presents the space as an understudied region, a beast upon itself, a unique meeting of landscape, industry, and most importantly, people who are a resilient breed created by generational lessons in fortitude and fortuned circumstance," says Kyler.

Now available in a new book, Crown Ditch & The Prairie Castle, Kyler adds: "This is an unprecedented time and rural communities, many of whom were already holding on by a thin – and quickly fraying – rope, are now having to deal with a global calamity.

"This is an opportune moment to look at this unique rural population as it changes, but also as a way to understand the Canadian West, a region as unique and vast as the American West but never adequately covered."