Newfoundland and Labrador
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (French)
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Coordinates: 53°13′48″N 59°59′57″W / 53.23000°N 59.99917°W | |
Country | Canada |
Confederation | 31 March 1949 (12th) |
Capital | St. John's |
Largest city | St. John's |
Largest metro | St. John's metropolitan area |
Government | |
• Type | Constitutional monarchy |
• Body | Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |
• Lieutenant Governor | Judy Foote |
• Premier | Andrew Furey (Liberal) |
Legislature | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
House seats | 7 of 338 (2.1%) |
Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) |
Area | |
• Total | 405,720 km2 (156,650 sq mi) |
• Land | 373,872 km2 (144,353 sq mi) |
• Water | 31,340 km2 (12,100 sq mi) 7.7% |
• Rank | Ranked 10th |
4.1% of Canada | |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 519,716 [1] |
• Estimate (2020 Q4) | 520,998 [2] |
• Rank | Ranked 9th |
• Density | 1.39/km2 (3.6/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Newfoundlander Labradorian (see notes)[3] |
Official languages | English (de facto)[4] |
GDP | |
• Rank | 8th |
• Total (2011) | C$33.624 billion[5] |
• Per capita | C$65,556 (5th) |
HDI | |
• HDI (2018) | 0.885[6] — Very high (13th) |
Time zone | |
Newfoundland | UTC-03:30 |
Labrador (Black Tickle and North) | UTC-04:00 |
Postal abbr. | NL (formerly NF) |
Postal code prefix | |
ISO 3166 code | CA-NL |
Flower | Pitcher plant |
Tree | Black spruce |
Bird | Atlantic puffin |
Rankings include all provinces and territories |
Newfoundland and Labrador (French: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) is a province on the East Coast of Canada, and is the farthest east of all Canadian provinces and territories. The capital of Newfoundland and Labrador is St. John's. In 2016, 519,716 people lived in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland is an island, while Labrador is within the mainland of Canada and on a border with Quebec.