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Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador
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About Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 km2 (156,453 sq mi). As of 2025 the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 549,738. The island of Newfoundland is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador has a land border with the province of Quebec as well as a short border with the territory of Nunavut on Killiniq Island. The French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km (12 mi) west of the Burin Peninsula.

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St John's in Newfoundland and Labrador has a public holiday, Regatta Day, that only happens if the weather is nice.

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More facts about Newfoundland

  1. Newfoundland has its own population of white coyotes that exist nowhere else and aren't albino.

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  2. One year the Newfoundland Lobster Festival had no lobsters, because of a mess-up transporting them, so everyone had to eat hot dogs instead.

    201: No Such Thing As Lobsters At The Lobster Festival · listen

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Coordinates: 53.2300, -59.9992

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