Newfoundland and Labrador
is Canada's tenth province.
Its capital is St. John's.
"Newfoundland"
is pronounced "new
fin-LAND".
Geographically, the province
consists of the island
of Newfoundland and the
mainland Labrador, on
Canada's Atlantic coast.
Since 1964 the province
has referred to itself
at a provincial level
as "Newfoundland
and Labrador", but
federally the name "Newfoundland"
was used to assuage a
dispute with Quebec over
a portion of Labrador.
In October 2001, a constitutional
amendment was passed by
the Senate, the House
of Commons and the House
of Assembly changing the
official name to "Newfoundland
and Labrador". This
amendment came into force
on December 6, 2001.
The province's population
is 533 800 (Newfoundlanders
and Labradorians).
Newfoundland has its own
dialect of English known
as Newfoundland English. |
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