Newfoundland and Labrador

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Newfoundland and Labrador is a small 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 2001, 533,800 people—smaller than the population of Vancouver—lived in Newfoundland and Labrador.

With regards to what Newfoundland and Labrador are, Newfoundland is an island, while Labrador is located within the mainland of Canada and on a border with Quebec.

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador, originally called Newfoundland, joined Canada in 1949, and was the last new province in Canada, after the island was a colony of the United Kingdom. Much (but not all) of Labrador was, until Newfoundland joined Canada, part of Quebec. In 2001, the name of Newfoundland changed to its new official name, Newfoundland and Labrador, while the postal code abbreviation changed from NF to NL.