Newfoundland Labrador Business Directory
Newfoundland and Labrador (IPA: /ˈnuːfɨn(d)lænd ən(d) ˈlæbrədɔr/) (French: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) is a province of Canada, on the country's Atlantic coast in northeastern North America. This easternmost Canadian province comprises two main parts: the island of Newfoundland off the country's eastern coast, and Labrador on the mainland to the northwest of the island.
A former colony and dominion of the United Kingdom, it became the tenth province to have entered into Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949, named simply as Newfoundland. Since 1964, the province's government has referred to itself as the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and on 6 December 2001, an amendment was made to the Constitution of Canada to change the province's official name to Newfoundland and Labrador.[ In day-to-day conversation, however, Canadians generally still refer to the province itself as Newfoundland and to the region on the Canadian mainland as Labrador.
As of July 2008, the province's population is estimated to be 508,944. Newfoundland has its own dialects of the English, French, and Irish languages. The English dialect in Labrador shares much with that of Newfoundland. Furthermore, Labrador has its own dialects of Innu-aimun and Inuktitut.
A.
Appleton
Argentia
Arnolds Cove
Avondale
B.
Badger
Baie Verte
Bauline
Bay Bulls
Bay de Verde
Bay LArgent
Bay Roberts
Beaumont
Bell Island
Belleoram
Bellevue
Benoits Cove
Birchy Bay
Bishops Falls
Black Duck Cove
Black Tickle
Bonavista
Botwood
Boyds Cove
Branch
Brents Cove
Brigus
Buchans
Burgeo
Burin
Burlington
Burnt Islands
C.
Campbellton
Cape Broyle
Carbonear
Carmanville
Cartwright
Catalina
Centreville-Wareham-Trinity
Chance Cove
Change islands
Chapel Arm
Charlottetown
Churchill Falls
Clarenville
Clarkes Beach
Codroy
Colliers
Come By Chance
Comfort Cove-Newstead
Conception Bay South
Conception Harbour
Conne River
Cooks Harbour
Corner Brook (
Cottlesville
Cow Head
D.
Daniels Harbour
Davis Inlet
Deer Lake
Dover
E.
Eastport
Elliston
Embree
Englee
English Harbour East
F.
Fair Haven
Fermeuse
Flatrock
Fleur de Lys
Flowers Cove
Fogo
Forteau
Fortune
Freshwater
G.
Gambo
Gander
Garnish
Gaultois
Glenwood
Glovertown
Goose Bay
Grand Bank
Grand Falls
Grand Falls-Windsor
Greenspond
H.
Hampden
Hants Harbour
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Harbour Breton
Harbour Grace
Harbour Main-Chapel Cove-Lakev
Hare Bay
Hawkes Bay
Hearts Content
Hearts Desire
Hickmans Harbour
Hillgrade
Hillview)
Holyrood
Hopedale
Howley
I.
Isle aux Morts
J.
Jacksons Arm
Jamestown
K.
Kings Cove
Kings Point
Kippens
L.
La Scie
Labrador City
Ladle Cove
Lamaline
LAnse-au-Loup
Lark Harbour
Lawn
Lewisporte
Little Bay
Little Bay Islands
Little Burnt Bay
Little Catalina
Little Hearts Ease
Long Pond
Lourdes
Lower Island Cove
Lumsden
M.
Main Brook
Makkovik
Marys Harbour
Marystown
McIvers
Millertown
Mings Bight
Mount Pearl
Musgrave Harbour
Musgravetown
N.
Nain
New Harbour
New Perlican
Nippers Harbour
Norris Arm
North West River
Northern Arm
O.
Old Perlican
P.
Packs Harbour
Pacquet
Paradise
Pasadena
Peterview
Placentia
Plate Cove East
Point Leamington
Pools Cove
Port au Choix
Port Aux Basques
Port Blandford
Port Hope Simpson
Port Rexton
Port Saunders
Port Union
Postville
Pouch Cove
Princeton
R.
Raleigh
Ramea
Red Bay
Reefs Harbour
Rencontre East
Rigolet
River of Ponds
Roberts Arm
Rocky Harbour
Roddickton
Rushoon
S.
Salmon Cove
Seal Cove
South Brook
South River
Southern Harbour
Spaniards Bay
Springdale
St Albans
St Anthony
St Bernards-Jacques Fontaine
St Brendans
St Brides
St Georges
St Lawrence
St Lewis
St Marys
St. Johns
Steady Brook
Stephenville
Stephenville Crossing
Summerford
Summerside
Sunnyside
T.
Terra Nova
Terrenceville
Torbay
Trepassey
Triton
Trout River
Twillingate
U.
Upper Island Cove
V.
Victoria
W.
Wabush
Wesleyville
Western Bay
Westport
Whitbourne
Winterton
Witless Bay
Woody Point
Human inhabitation in Newfoundland and Labrador can be traced back over 9,000 years to the people of the Maritime Archaic Tradition.They were gradually displaced by people of the Dorset Culture (paleoeskimos and finally by the Innu and Inuit in Labrador and the Beothuks on the island. The oldest known European contact was made over a thousand years ago when the Vikings briefly settled in L'Anse aux Meadows. Five hundred years later, European explorers (John Cabot, Gaspar Corte-Real, Jacques Cartier, and others), fishermen from England, Portugal, France and Spain and Basque whalers (the remains of several whaling stations have been found at Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador) began exploration and exploitation of the area.
The overseas expansion of British Empire began when Sir Humphrey Gilbert took possession of Newfoundland in the name of England in 1583. Apart from St.John's, which was already established, early settlements were started at Cupids, Ferryland and other places.
The Newfoundland Red Ensign was an unofficial commercial ensign from 1904 to 1931.During its history Newfoundland and Labrador have had many forms of government, including a time as the Dominion of Newfoundland, equivalent in status to Canada and Australia. Newfoundland and Labrador became the tenth province of Canada on 31 March 1949.
Newfoundland has been a battleground in numerous early wars among Great Britain, France, Spain and even the United States. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment fought with distinction in World War I. Numerous bases were built in Newfoundland and Labrador by Canada and the United States during World War II, particularly to safeguard the Atlantic convoys to Europe.
Politics of the province were dominated by the Liberal Party, led by Joseph R. Smallwood, from confederation until 1972. In 1972, the Smallwood government was replaced by the Progressive Conservative administration of Frank Moores. In 1979, Brian Peckford, another Progressive Conservative, became Premier. During this time, Newfoundland was involved in a dispute with the federal government for control of offshore oil resources. In the end, the dispute was decided by compromise. In 1989, Clyde Wells and the Liberal Party returned to power ending 17 years of Conservative government.
Newfoundland and Canadian Government delegation signing the agreement admitting Newfoundland to confederation in December 1948. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and Albert Walsh shake hands following signing of agreement.In the late 1980s, the federal government, along with its Crown corporation Petro-Canada and other private sector petroleum exploration companies, committed to developing the oil and gas resources of the Hibernia oil field on the northeast portion of the Grand Banks. Throughout the mid-1990s, thousands of Newfoundlanders were employed in the oil industry.
The pressure of the oil and gas industry to explore offshore in Atlantic Canada saw Newfoundland and Nova Scotia submit to a federal arbitration to decide on a disputed offshore boundary between the two provinces in the Laurentian Basin. The 2003 settlement rewrote an existing boundary in Newfoundland's favour, opening this area up to energy exploration.
In 1992 and again in 2003, the federal government declared moratoriums on the Atlantic cod fishery due to declining catches, which deeply affected the economy of Newfoundland.
From late October 2004 to early January 2006, Premier Williams argued that then Prime Minister Paul Martin had not held up his promises for a new deal on the "Atlantic Accord". The issue is the royalties from oil. Toward the end of 2004, Williams ordered the Canadian flag to be removed from all provincial buildings as a protest against federal policies, and asked for municipal councils to consider doing the same. The flags went back up in January 2005 after much controversy nationwide. At the end of January, the federal government signed a deal to allow 100% of oil revenues to go to the province.
