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'''Newfoundland''' is an island off the [[Canada|Canadian]] mainland, and is the oldest English dependency in the [[New World]].  The [[Vikings]] temporarily established a settlement in 1013AD at [[l'Anse-aux-Meadows]].  Merchants from [[England]] fished the [[Grand Banks]] as early as 1481.  It became a self governing dominion in 1855 and joined confederation in 1949.  
 
'''Newfoundland''' is an island off the [[Canada|Canadian]] mainland, and is the oldest English dependency in the [[New World]].  The [[Vikings]] temporarily established a settlement in 1013AD at [[l'Anse-aux-Meadows]].  Merchants from [[England]] fished the [[Grand Banks]] as early as 1481.  It became a self governing dominion in 1855 and joined confederation in 1949.  
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The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador includes all of the Island of Newfoundland, as well as an area of mainland, Labrador.  In general usage Canadian citizens call the province "Newfoundland" still.  People from Newfoundland are often called "newfies".  The capital is [[St. John's]].  The population in 1991 was 568,474; 2.1% of the national population, by the 2006 census it had declined to 505,469<ref>2006 Canadian Census : [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=10&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Newfoundland&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=]</ref> or 1.6% in part because of poor economic opportunities in the Territory.  It has an area of 405,720 km<sup>2</sup>.  The per capita provincial income in 1992 was $15,890.<ref>[Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, 1995, pg 51]</ref>.
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The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador includes all of the Island of Newfoundland, as well as an area of mainland, Labrador.  In general usage Canadian citizens call the province "Newfoundland" still.  People from Newfoundland are often called "newfies".  The capital is [[St. John's]].  The population in 1991 was 568,474; 2.1% of the national population, by the 2006 census it had declined to 505,469<ref>2006 Canadian Census : [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=10&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Newfoundland&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=]</ref> or 1.6% in part because of poor economic opportunities in the Territory.  It has an area of 405,720 km<sup>2</sup>.  The per capita provincial income in 1992 was $15,890.<ref>''Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, ''1995, pg 51</ref>.
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==Further reading==
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography''] (1966-2006), thousands of scholarly biographies of notables who died by 1930
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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=A1 ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (2008)] reliable detailed encyclopedia, on-line free
    
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