diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26d33521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/.name b/.idea/.name
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb67bab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.name
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ListyCity
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61a9130c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="1.8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5f05cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RemoteRepositoriesConfiguration">
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="central" />
+      <option name="name" value="Maven Central repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="jboss.community" />
+      <option name="name" value="JBoss Community repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="BintrayJCenter" />
+      <option name="name" value="BintrayJCenter" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://jcenter.bintray.com/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="Google" />
+      <option name="name" value="Google" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5d35ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectType">
+    <option name="id" value="Android" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java b/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java
index 6da242f3..7296d7a7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java
@@ -77,4 +77,21 @@ public void delete(City city) {
     public int countCities() {
         return cities.size();
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of cities from city list which reside in province
+     * @param province
+     * @return count
+     */
+
+    public int countProvinceCities (String province) {
+        int count = 0;
+        for (City c : cities) {
+            if ( c.getProvinceName() == province ) {
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java
index 787eab7e..f557ed7e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java
@@ -93,4 +93,20 @@ void testCountCities() {
 
         assertEquals(1, cityList.countCities());
     }
+
+
+    @Test
+    void testCountProvinceCities() {
+        CityList cityList = mockCityList();
+
+        // done
+
+        cityList.add(new City("Calgary", "Alberta"));
+        cityList.add(new City("Red Deer", "Alberta"));
+        cityList.add(new City("Regina", "Saskatchewan"));
+
+        assertEquals(3, cityList.countProvinceCities("Alberta"));
+    }
+
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5509623a..73a7a42e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.3'
         
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 36854e58..8325dccf 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Fri Sep 13 11:31:05 MDT 2019
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
+#Mon Mar 22 13:54:52 MDT 2021
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip