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| nickname = “The Big Land“| etymology = | subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = CanadaProvinces and territories of Canada>Province| subdivision_name1 = Newfoundland and Labrador| subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | image_map = File:Labrador-Region.PNG| map_caption = Labrador (red) within Canada| pushpin_map = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = 5462type:adm1st_region:CA-NL_sourcewww4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/ABNSV|display=inline,title}}| coordinates_footnotes = | established_title = Founded| established_date = 1763| area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 294,330| area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_as_of = 2021| population_footnotes = | population_total = 26,655| population_density_km2 = auto| population_density_sq_mi = | population_demonym = Atlantic Standard Time>AST| utc_offset1 = −4| timezone1_DST = ADT| utc_offset1_DST = −3Newfoundland Standard Time>NST| utc_offset2 = −3:30| timezone2_DST = NDT| utc_offset2_DST = −2:30| postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | geocode = | iso_code = Parliament of Canada>MPYvonne Jones>1Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly>MHA| blank1_info = 4| blank2_name = Ethnic groupsEnglish people>English, Innu, Inuit, Métis| website = }}Labrador ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|b|r|É™|d|ɔːr}} {{respell|LAB|rÉ™-dor}}) is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province’s area but is home to only 6% of its population. It is separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. It is the largest and northernmost geographical region in the four Atlantic provinces.Labrador occupies most of the eastern part of the Labrador Peninsula. It is bordered to the west and south by the province of Quebec. Labrador also shares a small land border with the territory of Nunavut on Killiniq Island.The indigenous peoples of Labrador include the Northern Inuit of Nunatsiavut, the Southern Inuit-Métis of NunatuKavut, and the Innu of Nitassinan.BOOK, Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland, Douglas & McIntyre, December 1991, 240, Wadden, Marie, Marie Wadden, 978-1-55365-731-6,www.dmpibooks.com/book/nitassinan,www.dmpibooks.com/book/nitassinan," title="archive.today/20130121161501www.dmpibooks.com/book/nitassinan,">archive.today/20130121161501www.dmpibooks.com/book/nitassinan, dead, 2013-01-21, 2012-11-19,

Origin of the name

Labrador is named after João Fernandes Lavrador, a Portuguese explorer who sailed along the coasts of the Labrador Peninsula in 1498–99.Kevin Major, (iarchive:asneartoheavenby0000majo|As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador), 2001, {{ISBN|0-14-027864-8}}

Geography

{{Refimprove section|date=June 2023}} Labrador has a roughly triangular shape that encompasses the easternmost section of the Canadian Shield, a sweeping geographical region of thin soil and abundant mineral resources. Its western border with Quebec is the drainage divide of the Labrador Peninsula. Lands that drain into the Atlantic Ocean are part of Labrador, while lands that drain into Hudson Bay are part of Quebec. Labrador’s extreme northern tip, at 60°22′N, shares a short border with Nunavut on Killiniq Island. Labrador also has a maritime border with Greenland. Northern Labrador’s climate is classified as polar, while Southern Labrador’s climate is classified as subarctic.Labrador can be divided into four geographical regions: the North Coast, Central Labrador, Western Labrador, and the South Coast. Each of those regions is described below.

North Coast

From Cape Chidley to Hamilton Inlet, the long, thin, northern tip of Labrador holds the Torngat Mountains, named after an Inuit spirit believed to inhabit them. The mountains stretch along the coast from Port Manvers to Cape Chidley, the northernmost point of Labrador. The Torngat Mountain range is also home to Mount Caubvick, the highest point in the province. This area is predominantly Inuit, with the exception of a small Innu community, Natuashish.WEB, The Innu of Labrador: From Davis Inlet to Natuashish,www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/natuashish.html, CBC News, October 16, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20041217030423/https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/natuashish.html, Dec 17, 2004, December 14, 2004, WEB,www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/natuashish-struggling-with-the-hangovers-of-old-davis-inlet, Natuashish: Struggling with the hangovers of old Davis Inlet, CBC, Feb 8, 2005, Oct 16, 2020, March 18, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220318171634/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/natuashish-struggling-with-the-hangovers-of-old-davis-inlet, live, WEB,www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hunting-demons/article23331533/, A decade after the people of Davis Inlet were relocated, they are still hunting demons, The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2015, Oct 16, 2020, Peter, Power, August 15, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220815221858/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hunting-demons/article23331533/, live, WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/band-money-fuelling-addictions-sources-1.542082, Band money fuelling addictions: sources, Feb 9, 2005, CBC News, Oct 16, 2020, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107002923/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/band-money-fuelling-addictions-sources-1.542082, live, WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/labrador-innu-leaders-pocketing-band-money-audit-1.542105, Labrador Innu leaders pocketing band money: audit, Oct 26, 2005, Oct 16, 2020, CBC News, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107002910/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/labrador-innu-leaders-pocketing-band-money-audit-1.542105, live, The North Coast is the most isolated region of Labrador, with snowmobiles, boats, and planes being the only modern modes of transportation. The largest community in this region is Nain.WEB,www.mun.ca/labmetis/pdf/toponymy%20final%20report.pdf, Toponymic and Cartographic Research Conducted for the Labrador Métis Nation, mun.ca, September 2008, 26 December 2018,www.mun.ca/labmetis/pdf/toponymy%20final%20report.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20180104223307www.mun.ca/labmetis/pdf/toponymy%20final%20report.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20180104223307www.mun.ca/labmetis/pdf/toponymy%20final%20report.pdf, 2018-01-04, dead,

Nunatsiavut

Nunatsiavut is an Inuit self-government region in Labrador created on June 23, 2005.NEWS,www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/06/24/labrador-inuit-050624.html,web.archive.org/web/20070321084602/https://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/06/24/labrador-inuit-050624.html, Labrador Inuit land claim passes last hurdle, CBC News, June 24, 2005, April 22, 2010, March 21, 2007, NEWS,www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/12/01/inuit-rule20051201.html,www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/12/01/inuit-rule20051201.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20070501130528www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/12/01/inuit-rule20051201.html,">web.archive.org/web/20070501130528www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/12/01/inuit-rule20051201.html, Labrador’s 5,000 Inuit take charge of ‘our beautiful land’, CBC News, December 1, 2005, April 22, 2010, May 1, 2007, WEB,www.laa.gov.nl.ca/laa/land_claims/index.html, Land Claims, Department of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, April 23, 2010,www.laa.gov.nl.ca/laa/land_claims/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100511010327www.laa.gov.nl.ca/laa/land_claims/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100511010327www.laa.gov.nl.ca/laa/land_claims/index.html, May 11, 2010, The settlement area comprises the majority of Labrador’s North Coast, while the land-use area also includes land farther to the interior and in Central Labrador. Nain is the administrative centre.File:Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador.jpg|thumb|Icy Labrador coast and Kiglapait MountainsKiglapait Mountains

Central Labrador

Central Labrador extends from the shores of Lake Melville into the interior. It contains the Churchill River, the largest river in Labrador and one of the largest in Canada. The hydroelectric dam at Churchill Falls is the second-largest underground power station in the world. Most of the supply is bought by Hydro-Québec under a long-term contract. The Lower Churchill Project will develop the remaining potential of the river and supply it to provincial consumers. Known as “the heart of the Big Land”, the area’s population comprises people from all groups and regions of Labrador.Central Labrador is also home to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Once a refuelling point for plane convoys to Europe during World War II, CFB Goose Bay is now operated as a NATO tactical flight training site.WEB,www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/natos-invasion-air-combat-training-and-its-impact-innu, NATO’s Invasion: Air Combat Training and its Impact on the Innu, December 1986, culturalsurvival.org, 2022-01-07, 2022-01-07,web.archive.org/web/20220107005835/https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/natos-invasion-air-combat-training-and-its-impact-innu, live, WEB,www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/when-outrage-scarce-commodity-low-flying-maneuvers-over, When Outrage Is A Scarce Commodity: Low-flying Maneuvers over Innu lands in Labrador, December 2000, culturalsurvival.org, 2022-01-07, 2022-01-07,web.archive.org/web/20220107005830/https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/when-outrage-scarce-commodity-low-flying-maneuvers-over, live, WEB, Gaudi, John, New children’s book is based on Innu protests of low-level flying in Labrador,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nutauis-cap-innu-protests-low-level-flying-1.5391228, CBC News, Dec 14, 2019, January 7, 2022, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107005829/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nutauis-cap-innu-protests-low-level-flying-1.5391228, live, NEWS, Swardson, Anne, Indians in Labrador Press for End to Low-Level Flight Training,www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/03/17/indians-in-labrador-press-for-end-to-low-level-flight-training/e2f06fa6-9a23-4b41-8390-6f1bccbb8a75/, Washington Post, Nov 27, 2020, March 17, 1994, November 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201104231309/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/03/17/indians-in-labrador-press-for-end-to-low-level-flight-training/e2f06fa6-9a23-4b41-8390-6f1bccbb8a75/, live, It was an alternate landing zone for the United States’ Space Shuttle.WEB, Trasnport Canada NASA Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Site Contingency Plan,www.tc.gc.ca/Publications/en/TP12952/PDF/HR/TP12952E.pdf, Transport Canada, dead,www.tc.gc.ca/Publications/EN/TP12952/PDF/HR/TP12952E.PDF," title="web.archive.org/web/20130517012846www.tc.gc.ca/Publications/EN/TP12952/PDF/HR/TP12952E.PDF,">web.archive.org/web/20130517012846www.tc.gc.ca/Publications/EN/TP12952/PDF/HR/TP12952E.PDF, 17 May 2013, Other major communities in the area are North West RiverBOOK, Watts, Beatrice, Cable Car of North River & Sheshatshit, 1984, Them Days (booklet), 8, and the large Innu reserve known as Sheshatshiu.WEB,www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100018929/1100100018930, Reserve Creation at Sheshatshiu, 25 May 2021, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, 7 January 2022, 14 October 2011,web.archive.org/web/20111014042429/https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100018929/1100100018930, live,

Western Labrador

File:Open_pit_iron_mine,_Labrador.jpg|right|thumb|Open pit iron mine in Labrador West]]The highlands above the Churchill Falls were once an ancient hunting ground for the Innu First Nations and settled trappers of Labrador. After the construction of the hydroelectric dam at Churchill Falls in 1970, the Smallwood Reservoir has flooded much of the old hunting land—submerging several grave sites and trapping cabins in the process.WEB, Churchill River,www.cangeoeducation.ca/resources/rivers_of_canada/churchill_river/default.asp, Canadian Geographic Education, 21 July 2019, 1 February 2020,www.cangeoeducation.ca/resources/rivers_of_canada/churchill_river/default.asp," title="web.archive.org/web/20200201124628www.cangeoeducation.ca/resources/rivers_of_canada/churchill_river/default.asp,">web.archive.org/web/20200201124628www.cangeoeducation.ca/resources/rivers_of_canada/churchill_river/default.asp, dead, Western Labrador is also home to the Iron Ore Company of Canada, which operates a large iron ore mine in Labrador City. Together with the small community of Wabush, the two towns are known as “Labrador West”.WEB,www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid160, Labrador West, 2009-04-15,www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid160," title="web.archive.org/web/20110527143220www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid160,">web.archive.org/web/20110527143220www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid160, 2011-05-27, dead,

South Coast

NunatuKavut

From Hamilton Inlet to Cape St. Charles/St. Lewis, NunatuKavut is the territory of the NunatuKavummiut or Central-Southern Labrador Inuit (formerly known as the Labrador Métis).WEB,www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/unveiling_nunatukavut.pdf, Unveiling Nunatukavut, D. Bruce, Clarke, Gregory E., Mitchell, 2010, NunatuKavut Community Council, March 28, 2020, dead,www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/unveiling_nunatukavut.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20190328075057www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/unveiling_nunatukavut.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20190328075057www.nunatukavut.ca/home/files/pg/unveiling_nunatukavut.pdf, March 28, 2019, It includes portions of Central and Western Labrador, but more NunatuKavummiut reside in its South Coast portion: it is peppered with tiny Inuit fishing communities, of which Cartwright is the largest.

The Labrador Straits

From Cape Charles to the Quebec/Labrador coastal border, the Straits is known for its Labrador sea grass (as is NunatuKavut) and the multitude of icebergs that pass by the coast via the Labrador Current.File:Red Bay, Labrador, 2021.jpg|thumb|Red Bay, Labrador]]Red Bay is known as one of the best examples of a preserved 16th-century Basque whaling station. It is also the location of four 16th-century Spanish galleons. The lighthouse at Point Amour is the second-largest lighthouse in Canada. MV Kamutik, a passenger ferry between the mainland and St. Barbe on the island of Newfoundland, is based in Blanc Sablon, Quebec, near the Labrador border.NEWS, 2019-02-25, MV Apollo crashes into Quebec dock just weeks after it left Labrador, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mv-apollo-damaged-godbout-1.5032969, 2022-01-07, 2021-11-13,web.archive.org/web/20211113071219/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mv-apollo-damaged-godbout-1.5032969, live, L’Anse-au-Loup is the largest town on the Labrador Straits.WEB, L’Anse au Loup, T [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada [Country] (table) Census Profile,www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1010002&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=L%27Anse%20au%20Loup&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada, 27 February 2018, en, L’Anse-au-Clair is a small town on the Labrador side of the border.

Time zones of Labrador

Most of Labrador (from Cartwright north and west) uses Atlantic Time (UTC−4 in winter, UTC−3 in summer). The south eastern tip nearest Newfoundland uses Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 in winter, UTC−2:30 in summer) to stay co-ordinated with the more populous part of the province.

Climate of Labrador

{{more|Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador}}Most of Labrador has a subarctic climate (Dfc), but northern Labrador has a tundra climate (ET) and Happy Valley - Goose Bay has a humid continental (Dfb) microclimate. Summers are typically cool to mild across Labrador and very rainy, and usually last from late June to the end of August. Autumn is generally short, lasting only a couple of weeks and is typically cool and cloudy. Winters are long, cold, and extremely snowy, due to the Icelandic Low. Springtime most years does not arrive until late April, with the last snow fall usually falling during early June. Labrador is a very cloudy place, with sunshine levels staying relatively low during spring and summer due to the amount of rain and clouds, before sharply dropping off during September as winter draws nearer.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Natural features

Labrador is home to a number of flora and fauna species. Most of the Upper Canadian and Lower Hudsonian mammalian species are found in Labrador.The American Naturalist (1898) Essex Institute, American Society of Naturalists Notably the Polar bear () reaches the southeast of Labrador on its seasonal movements.C. Michael Hogan (2008) globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=36084" title="web.archive.org/web/20081224205716globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=36084">Polar Bear: Ursus maritimus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg

History

Early history

{{more citations needed|section|date=August 2022}}Early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Innu (formerly called Montagnais) and Inuit, although these peoples also made significant forays throughout the interior.It is believed that the Norsemen were the first Europeans to sight Labrador around 1000 AD. The area was known as Markland in Greenlandic Norse and its inhabitants were known as the Skrælings.File:Fours de fonte d’huile de baleine.jpg|thumb|right|Model of Basque whale oil melting factory at Red Bay ]]In 1499 and 1500, the Portuguese explorers João Fernandes Lavrador and Pero de Barcelos reached what was probably now Labrador, which is believed to be the origin of its name.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=vtZtMBLJ7GgC&pg=PA464, Foundations of the Portuguese empire, University of Minnesota Press, Bailey W. Diffie and George D. Winius, 464, 1977, 0-8166-0782-6, August 13, 2010, Maggiolo’s World Map, 1511, shows a solid Eurasian continent running from Scandinavia around the North Pole, including Asia’s arctic coast, to Newfoundland-Labrador and Greenland. On the extreme northeast promontory of North America, Maggiolo place-names include Terra de los Ingres (Land of the English), and Terra de Lavorador de rey de portugall (Land of Lavrador of the King of Portugal). Further south are the phrases Terra de corte real e de rey de portugall (Land of the Royal Court and of the King of Portugal) and Terra de pescaria (Land for Fishing). In the 1532 Wolfenbüttel map, believed to be the work of Diogo Ribeiro, along the coast of Greenland, the following legend was added: As he who first sighted it was a farmer from the Azores Islands, this name remains attached to that country. This is believed to be João Fernandes. For the first seven decades or so of the sixteenth century, the name Labrador was sometimes also applied to what is now known as Greenland.See BOOK, James A., Williamson, The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery under Henry VII, London, 1962, 98, 120–1, 312–17, 808696, Labrador (“lavrador” in Portuguese) means husbandman or farmer of a tract of land (from “labor” in Latin) – the land of the labourer. European settlement was largely concentrated in coastal communities, particularly those south of St. Lewis and Cape Charles, and are among Canada’s oldest European settlements.In 1542, Basque mariners came ashore at a natural harbour on the northeast coast of the Strait of Belle Isle. They gave this “new land” its Latin name Terranova. A whaling station was set up around the bay, which they called Butus and is now named Red Bay after the red terracotta roof tiles they brought with them. A whaling ship, the San Juan, sank there in 1565 and was raised in 1978.NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/canada/articles/Red-Bay-a-corner-of-Canada-that-is-forever-Basque, Richardson, Nigel, A corner of Canada that is forever Basque, 1 June 2015, Daily Telegraph, London, 12 January 2017, 16 January 2017,www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/canada/articles/Red-Bay-a-corner-of-Canada-that-is-forever-Basque/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170116154257www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/canada/articles/Red-Bay-a-corner-of-Canada-that-is-forever-Basque/,">web.archive.org/web/20170116154257www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/canada/articles/Red-Bay-a-corner-of-Canada-that-is-forever-Basque/, live, File:Moravian Church, Nain, NL, exterior.JPG|thumb|Nain was established in 1771 by Moravian missionaries]]The Moravian Brethren of Herrnhut, Saxony, first came to the Labrador Coast in 1760 to minister to the migratory Inuit tribes there. They founded Nain, Okak, Hebron, Hopedale and Makkovik. Quite poor, both European and First Nations settlements along coastal Labrador came to benefit from cargo and relief vessels that were operated as part of the Grenfell Mission (see Wilfred Grenfell). Throughout the 20th century, coastal freighters and ferries operated initially by the Newfoundland Railway and later Canadian National Railway/CN Marine/Marine Atlantic became a critical lifeline for communities on the coast, which for the majority of that century did not have any road connection with the rest of North America.Labrador was part of New France until the French and Indian War. By the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the war, New France (including Labrador, though excluding the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon southwest of Newfoundland) was transferred to the British, who administered the northern portion of it as the Province of Quebec until splitting it in two in 1791, with Labrador located in Lower Canada. However, in 1809, the British Imperial government detached Labrador from Lower Canada for transfer to the separate, self-governing Newfoundland Colony.

20th century

{{Further|Newfoundland National Convention|1948 Newfoundland referendums|Canadian Confederation#Joining Confederation|selfref=|label1=|label3=}} As part of Newfoundland since 1809, Labrador was still being disputed by Quebec until the British Privy Council resolved their border in 1927. In 1949, Newfoundland entered into confederation, becoming part of Canada (see above articles for full information).Labrador played strategic roles during both World War II and the Cold War. In October 1943, a German U-boat crew installed an automated weather station on the northern tip of Labrador near Cape Chidley, code-named Weather Station Kurt; the installation of the equipment was the only-known armed German military operation on the North American mainland during the war. The station broadcast weather observations to the German navy for only a few days, but was not discovered until 1977 when a historian, working with the Canadian Coast Guard, identified its location and mounted an expedition to recover it. The station is now exhibited in the Canadian War Museum.WEB,www.uboat.net/ops/weather_stations.htm, Weather station Kurt erected in Labrador in 1943, 2010-02-18, 2022-05-22,web.archive.org/web/20220522115617/https://uboat.net/ops/weather_stations.htm, live, The Canadian government built a major air force base at Goose Bay, at the head of Lake Melville during the Second World War, a site selected because of its topography, access to the sea, defensible location, and minimal fog. During the Second World War and the Cold War, the base was also home to American, British, and later German, Dutch, and Italian detachments. Today, Serco, the company contracted to operate CFB Goose Bay is one of the largest employers for the community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.Additionally, both the Royal Canadian Air Force and United States Air Force built and operated a number of radar stations along coastal Labrador as part of the Pinetree Line, Mid-Canada Line and DEW Line systems. Today, the remaining stations are automated as part of the North Warning System; however, the military settlements during the early part of the Cold War surrounding these stations have largely continued as local Innu and Inuit populations have clustered near their port and airfield facilities.During the first half of the 20th century, some of the largest iron ore deposits in the world were discovered in the western part of Labrador and adjacent areas of Quebec. Deposits at Mont Wright, Schefferville, Labrador City, and Wabush drove industrial development and human settlement in the area during the second half of the 20th century.The present community of Labrador West is entirely a result of the iron ore mining activities in the region. The Iron Ore Company of Canada operates the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway to transport ore concentrate {{cvt|578|km}} south to the port of Sept-ÃŽles, Quebec, for shipment to steel mills in North America and elsewhere.During the 1960s, the Churchill River (Labrador name: Grand River) was diverted at Churchill Falls, resulting in the flooding of an enormous area – today named the Smallwood Reservoir after Joey Smallwood, the first premier of Newfoundland. The flooding of the reservoir destroyed large areas of habitat for the threatened Woodland Caribou. A hydroelectric generating station was built in Labrador as well as a transmission line to the neighbouring province of Quebec.JOURNAL, Churchill, Jason L., Pragmatic Federalism: The Politics Behind the 1969 Churchill Falls Contract., Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, 1999, 15, 2, 17 July 2019,journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NFLDS/article/view/807/1161, 17 July 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190717140536/https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NFLDS/article/view/807/1161, live, Construction of a large hydroelectric dam project at Muskrat Falls began in 2012 by Nalcor Energy and the Province of Newfoundland.WEB,www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/exec/1217n11.htm, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, December 17, 2012, Nov 29, 2020, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Announces Sanction of the Muskrat Falls Development, November 29, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201129131543/https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/exec/1217n11.htm, live, WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/1-5b-maritime-link-approved-by-emera-inc-1.1219556, $1.5B Maritime Link approved by Emera Inc., Nov 29, 2020, CBC News, Dec 18, 2012, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107014211/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/1-5b-maritime-link-approved-by-emera-inc-1.1219556, live, WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/maritime-link-energy-project-approved-by-nova-scotia-s-uarb-1.2444774, Maritime Link energy project approved by Nova Scotia’s UARB, Nov 29, 2020, CBC News, Nov 29, 2013, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107014209/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/maritime-link-energy-project-approved-by-nova-scotia-s-uarb-1.2444774, live, WEB,www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2013/exec/1210n06.htm, Speaking notes delivered December 10 by the Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, December 17, 2012, December 10, 2013, June 1, 2015,www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2013/exec/1210n06.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20150601224311www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2013/exec/1210n06.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20150601224311www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2013/exec/1210n06.htm, live, WEB, Muskrat Falls Generating Project,muskratfalls.nalcorenergy.com/project-overview/muskrat-falls-hydroelectric-generation-facility/, Nalcor Energy, 2022-01-07, 2022-01-07,web.archive.org/web/20220107014210/https://muskratfalls.nalcorenergy.com/project-overview/muskrat-falls-hydroelectric-generation-facility/, live, Muskrat Falls is 45 km (30 miles) west of Happy Valley-Goose Bay on the Grand River (Newfoundland name: Churchill River). A transmission line began construction in October 2014 and was completed in 2016 that delivers power down to the southern tip of Labrador and underwater across the Strait of Belle Isle to the Province of Newfoundland in 2018.WEB,muskratfalls.nalcorenergy.com/team-work-and-dedication-brings-the-link-to-completion/, Teamwork and dedication brings the Link to completion | Nalcor Energy – Lower Churchill Project, 2018-01-12, 2018-01-12,muskratfalls.nalcorenergy.com/team-work-and-dedication-brings-the-link-to-completion/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180112214856muskratfalls.nalcorenergy.com/team-work-and-dedication-brings-the-link-to-completion/,">web.archive.org/web/20180112214856muskratfalls.nalcorenergy.com/team-work-and-dedication-brings-the-link-to-completion/, live, (File:Labrador Road-paved&unpaved.jpg|thumb|Route of the Trans-Labrador highway)From the 1970s to early 2000s, the Trans-Labrador Highway was built in stages to connect various inland communities with the North American highway network at Mont Wright, Quebec (which in turn is connected by a highway running north from Baie-Comeau, Quebec). A southern extension of this highway has opened in stages during the early 2000s and is resulting in significant changes to the coastal ferry system in the Strait of Belle Isle and southeastern Labrador. These “highways” are so called only because of their importance to the region; they would be better described as roads, and were not completely paved until July 2022.NEWS, Atter, Heidi, July 6, 2022, After more than 40 years and 1,100 km, the Trans-Labrador Highway is finished, CBC News,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-1.6511681, July 13, 2022, July 14, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220714003839/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-1.6511681, live, A study on a fixed link to Newfoundland, in 2004, recommended that a tunnel under the Strait of Belle Isle, being a single railway that would carry cars, buses and trucks, was technologically the best option for such a link.WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fixed-link-feasible-williams-says-1.531244, Fixed link feasible, Williams says, CBC News, February 28, 2005, January 20, 2021, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107011629/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fixed-link-feasible-williams-says-1.531244, live, WEB,www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/newfoundland-labrador-link-pegged-at-15-billion/article1126158/, Newfoundland-Labrador link pegged at $1.5-billion, January 20, 2004, The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2021, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107012001/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/newfoundland-labrador-link-pegged-at-15-billion/article1126158/, live, WEB,www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/newfoundlands-tunnel-dream/article1030084/, Newfoundland’s tunnel dream, Kevin, Cox, February 12, 2001, The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2021, January 7, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220107012003/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/newfoundlands-tunnel-dream/article1030084/, live, However, the study also concluded that a fixed link was not economically viable.WEB,www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2005/exec/0228n03.htm, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador releases Fixed Link Pre-Feasibility Report, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, February 28, 2005, January 20, 2021, October 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201013024903/https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2005/exec/0228n03.htm, live, Conceivably, if built with federal aid, the 1949 terms of union would be amended to remove ferry service from Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques across the Cabot Strait.Although a highway link has, as of December 2009,WEB, Tenders Called for More Paving on Phase I of Trans Labrador Highway,www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/tw/0223n02.htm, Transportation and Works, 26 April 2011, 22 June 2011,www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/tw/0223n02.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20110622083548www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/tw/0223n02.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20110622083548www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/tw/0223n02.htm, live, been completed across Labrador, this route is somewhat longer than a proposed Quebec North Shore highway that presently does not exist. Part of the “highway”, Route 389, starting approximately {{convert|212|km|mi}} from Baie-Comeau to {{convert|482|km|mi}}, is of an inferior alignment, and from there to {{convert|570|km|mi}}, the provincial border, is an accident-prone section notorious for its poor surface and sharp curves. Quebec in April 2009 announced major upgrades to Route 389 to be carried out.Route 389 and the Trans-Labrador Highway were added to Canada’s National Highway System in September 2005.Labrador constitutes a federal electoral district electing one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Due to its size, distinct nature, and large Aboriginal population, Labrador has one seat despite having the smallest population of any electoral district in Canada.“Peter Penashue quits over campaign donations” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612223154www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/03/14/pol-peter-penashue-stepping-down.html |date=2013-06-12 }}. CBC News, March 14, 2013.WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-win-crucial-byelection-1.540341, Liberals win crucial byelection, CBC News, 24 May 2005, 1 November 2015, 1 July 2016,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-win-crucial-byelection-1.540341," title="web.archive.org/web/20160701093635www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-win-crucial-byelection-1.540341,">web.archive.org/web/20160701093635www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-win-crucial-byelection-1.540341, live, NEWS,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-leader-delivers-conservatives-from-n-l-shutout-1.976524, Innu leader delivers Conservatives from N.L. shutout, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2011-05-02, 2018-05-25, 2021-12-11,web.archive.org/web/20211211210713/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-leader-delivers-conservatives-from-n-l-shutout-1.976524, live, Formerly, Labrador was part of a riding that included part of the Island of Newfoundland.WEB,vocm.com/news/former-senator-and-mp-bill-rompkey-passes-away-at-80/, Former Senator And MP, Bill Rompkey Passes Away At 80, 2017-03-22,vocm.com/news/former-senator-and-mp-bill-rompkey-passes-away-at-80/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170327083517vocm.com/news/former-senator-and-mp-bill-rompkey-passes-away-at-80/,">web.archive.org/web/20170327083517vocm.com/news/former-senator-and-mp-bill-rompkey-passes-away-at-80/, 2017-03-27, dead, Labrador is divided into four provincial electoral districts in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.NEWS, Yvonne Jones re-elected in Labrador,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/yvonne-jones-re-elected-in-labrador-1.983786, 2 May 2018, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 11 October 2011, 1 July 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180701012647/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/yvonne-jones-re-elected-in-labrador-1.983786, live,

Boundary dispute

{{Further|Border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador}}File:Old_Harry_oil_field_location_map-fr.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Old Harry oil fieldOld Harry oil fieldIn 1809, Labrador was transferred from Lower Canada to the Newfoundland Colony, but the inland boundary of Labrador had never been precisely stated.WEB, 2007,faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/NFLDHistory/Quebec-NewfoundlandLabradorBoundaryIssue.htm, Labrador-Canada boundary, marianopolis, 2008-03-20, Labrador Act, 1809. – An imperial act (49 Geo. III, cap. 27), 1809, provided for the re-annexation to Newfoundland of ‘such parts of the coast of Labrador from the River St John to Hudson’s Streights, and the said Island of Anticosti, and all other smaller islands so annexed to the Government of Newfoundland by the said Proclamation of the seventh day of October one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three (except the said Islands of Madelaine) shall be separated from the said Government of Lower Canada, and be again re-annexed to the Government of Newfoundland.’, 2014-03-18,faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.Belanger/nfldhistory/Quebec-NewfoundlandLabradorBoundaryIssue.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20140318022522faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.Belanger/nfldhistory/Quebec-NewfoundlandLabradorBoundaryIssue.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20140318022522faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.Belanger/nfldhistory/Quebec-NewfoundlandLabradorBoundaryIssue.htm, live, Newfoundland argued it extended to the height of land, while Canada, stressing the historical use of the term “Coasts of Labrador”, argued the boundary was {{convert|1|smi|km}} inland from the high-tide mark. As Canada and Newfoundland were separate Dominions, but both within the British Empire, the matter was referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy CouncilWEB, Oh, (No) Canada!,opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/oh-no-canada/, Opinionator: Borderlines, The New York Times, July 15, 2012, Frank Jacobs, July 10, 2012, July 27, 2012,opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/oh-no-canada/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120727020303opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/oh-no-canada/,">web.archive.org/web/20120727020303opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/oh-no-canada/, live, (in London). Their decision set the Labrador boundary mostly along the coastal watershed, with part being defined by the 52nd parallel north. One of Newfoundland’s conditions for joining Confederation in 1949 was that this boundary be entrenched in the Canadian constitution. While this border has not been formally accepted by the Quebec government, the Henri Dorion Commission () concluded in the early 1970s that Quebec no longer has a legal claim to Labrador.WEB,www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/hden.htm, Henri Dorion debunks the Ten Great Myths about the Labrador boundary, Quebec National Assembly, First Session, 34th Legislature, October 17, 1991, May 18, 2011, dead,www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/hden.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20091026232154www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/hden.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20091026232154www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/hden.htm, October 26, 2009, In 2001, Parti Québécois cabinet ministers Jacques Brassard and Joseph Facal reasserted that Quebec has never recognized the 1927 border:{{blockquote|text=WEB,www.saic.gouv.qc.ca/centre_de_presse/communiques/2001/saic_com20011031.htm, Le ministre des Ressources naturelles du Québec et le ministre délégué aux Affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes expriment la position du Québec relativement à la modification de la désignation constitutionnelle de Terre-Neuve, Brassard, Jacques, Facal, Joseph, October 31, 2001, saic.gouv.qc.ca, Gouvernement du Québec, fr, Communiqué,www.saic.gouv.qc.ca/centre_de_presse/communiques/2001/saic_com20011031.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20050428091824www.saic.gouv.qc.ca/centre_de_presse/communiques/2001/saic_com20011031.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20050428091824www.saic.gouv.qc.ca/centre_de_presse/communiques/2001/saic_com20011031.htm, April 28, 2005, dead, May 18, 2011, amp, [The ministers reiterate that no Quebec government has ever formally recognised the drawing of the border between Quebec and Newfoundland in the Labrador peninsula according to the opinion rendered by the London Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1927. For Quebec, this border has thus never been definitively defined.]}}

Self-government

A Royal Commission in 2002 determined that there is some public pressure from Labradorians to break from Newfoundland and become a separate province or territory.WEB,www.exec.gov.nl.ca/royalcomm/finalreport/default.html, 2002, Final Report of the Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada, May 17, 2021, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, December 17, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211217171940/https://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/royalcomm/finalreport/default.html, live,

Indigenous self-government

After decades of negotiation with the provincial and federal governments, the Nunatsiavut region of northern and northeastern Labrador was created in 2005 as an autonomous region with its own elected Assembly and executive drawn from members of the region’s Assembly. Some of the Innu nation would have the entirety of Labrador become a homeland for them, much as Nunavut is for the Inuit, as a good portion of Nitassinan falls within Labrador’s borders; a 1999 resolution of the Assembly of First Nations claimed Labrador as a homeland for the Innu and demanded recognition in any further constitutional negotiations regarding the region.WEB,64.26.129.156/article.asp?id=960,64.26.129.156/article.asp?id=960," title="web.archive.org/web/2011081021010064.26.129.156/article.asp?id=960,">web.archive.org/web/2011081021010064.26.129.156/article.asp?id=960, August 10, 2011, Resolution No. 11 – Innu Traditional Territory, Assembly of First Nations Resolutions 1999, July 20–23, 1999, Assembly of First Nations, May 18, 2011, dead, Labrador’s Innu became status Indians under the Indian Act in 2002. Natuashish became a federal Indian reserve in 2003.WEB, Mushuau Innu First Nation Band Order SOR/2002-415,laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-415/FullText.html, Department of Justice (Canada), Justice Canada, 21 November 2002, 7 January 2022, 13 April 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220413033812/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-415/FullText.html, live, WEB,www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100018920/1100100018921, Archived - Reserve Creation at Natuashish, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Oct 16, 2020, Nov 2007, October 14, 2011,web.archive.org/web/20111014042425/https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100018920/1100100018921, live, Sheshatshiu became a federal reserve in 2006.The Labrador Inuit Association had filed a land claim for portions of Labradorian land in 1977.NEWS,www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/22/labrador-land050122.html,web.archive.org/web/20070120102816/https://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/22/labrador-land050122.html, January 20, 2007, Labrador’s Inuit cheer land agreement, CBC News, January 23, 2005, April 22, 2010, In 1988, the Labrador Inuit Association, the government of the province of Newfoundland, and the government of Canada began negotiations based on the land claim.WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/nunatsiavut.html, Nunatsiavut: Our beautiful land, CBC News Online, July 2, 2004, April 22, 2010,web.archive.org/web/20130811172337/https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/nunatsiavut.html, August 11, 2013, An agreement-in-principle was achieved in 2001, and on May 26, 2004, the agreement was ratified by over 75% of eligible voters subject to the land claim. On January 22, 2005, the Inuit of Nunatsiavut signed the Labrador Inuit Lands Claims Agreement with the federal and provincial governments covering {{cvt|72520|km2|sigfig=4}} of land, including the entire northern salient of Labrador north of Nain as well as a portion of the Atlantic coast south of there. The agreement also includes {{cvt|44030|km2|sigfig=4}} of sea rights. Although the Inuit will not own the whole area, they were granted special rights related to traditional land use, and they will own {{cvt|15800|km2|sigfig=4}} designated Labrador Inuit Lands. The agreement also establishes the Torngat Mountains National Park in the northern area of the land claim. The agreement was ratified by the Labrador Inuit, the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Parliament of Canada, where it received Royal Assent on June 23, 2005, whereafter elections would be held for the Nunatsiavut Assembly and self-government would begin.In the late 1970s, the Labrador Metis Association was created by the inhabitants of Labrador’s southern coast to gain recognition as a distinct ethnocultural group, as at the time despite a pre-existing treaty protected under the constitution, the “Inuit-Metis” were considered to be merely the descendants of Inuit who had joined Western society. Little was known about the history of the “Inuit-Metis” of the time. In 2006, the Labrador Metis Association initiated a project with Memorial University of Newfoundland to better understand their past through the Community-University Research Association (CURA). Following research by CURA, the “Labrador Metis” were understood to be a continuation of the Inuit of southern Labrador.JOURNAL, Stopp, Marianne, 2002, Reconsidering Inuit presence in southern Labrador, Études/Inuit/Studies, 26, 2, 71–106, 10.7202/007646ar, 128735957, In 2010, the Labrador Metis Association changed its name to reflect their newly discovered heritage, and became the NunatuKavut Community Council.WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-s-m%C3%A9tis-nation-adopts-new-name-1.927252, Labrador’s Métis Nation adopts new name, Apr 13, 2010, CBC News, Oct 27, 2020, June 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210616091555/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-s-m%C3%A9tis-nation-adopts-new-name-1.927252, live, The Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut,NEWS,www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-09-17/article-3076486/NunatuKavut-says-it%26rsquo%3Bs-not-backing-away-from-the-Lower-Churchill-development/1, NunatuKavut says it’s not backing away from the Lower Churchill development, Ashley, Fitzpatrick, September 17, 2012, The Telegram, 28 March 2020, dead,www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-09-17/article-3076486/NunatuKavut-says-it%26rsquo%3Bs-not-backing-away-from-the-Lower-Churchill-development/1," title="web.archive.org/web/20121006013322www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-09-17/article-3076486/NunatuKavut-says-it%26rsquo%3Bs-not-backing-away-from-the-Lower-Churchill-development/1,">web.archive.org/web/20121006013322www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-09-17/article-3076486/NunatuKavut-says-it%26rsquo%3Bs-not-backing-away-from-the-Lower-Churchill-development/1, 2012-10-06, who are also seeking self-government, have their land claim before the Government of Canada. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador refuses to recognise or negotiate with the Inuit of NunatuKavut until their claim has been accepted by the Government of Canada.WEB,www.gov.nl.ca/iias/wp-content/uploads/aboriginal_consultation.pdf, Government of Newfoundland Consultation Policy, 2019-04-06, 2018-11-16,web.archive.org/web/20181116222409/https://www.gov.nl.ca/iias/wp-content/uploads/aboriginal_consultation.pdf, live,

Demographics

File:Battle Harbour, NL.JPG|thumb|Battle Harbour, traditional outport fishing community]]The Labrador region, with its 26,655 population,WEB, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 2022-02-09, Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Division No. 10, Census division (CDR) [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador,www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, 2022-07-14, www12.statcan.gc.ca, 2022-02-09,web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, live, WEB, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 2022-02-09, Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Division No. 11, Census division (CDR) [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador,www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, 2022-07-14, www12.statcan.gc.ca, 2022-02-09,web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, live, is lower than any of the Northern Canada territories, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Newfoundland Island contains the majority of the population of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Communities

The municipalities of Labrador are mainly under 1,000 in population.{| class=“wikitable sortable“|+ Population of largest communities in Labrador!Town!2021WEB,www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/CSS_Community_2021.pdf, 2021 Census Population by 2021 Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS) by Community Newfoundland and Labrador, 2023-04-28, 2023-06-09,web.archive.org/web/20230609170846/https://stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/Census2021/PDF/CSS_Community_2021.pdf, live, |Happy Valley-Goose Bay|8,040|Labrador City|7,412|Wabush|1,964|Sheshatshiu|1,410Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador>Nain|1,204|Natuashish|856Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador>Churchill Falls|732|L’Anse-au-Loup|692Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador>Agvituk|596|North West River|560Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador>Cartwright|439|Port Hope Simpson|403|Forteau|377|Makkovik|365|Rigolet|327|Mary’s Harbour|312Charlottetown, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador>Charlottetown|292|L’Anse au Clair|219Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador>Postville|188St. Lewis, Newfoundland and Labrador>St. Lewis|181Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador>Red Bay|142|West St. Modeste|102|Black Tickle|87|Pinware|64|Lodge Bay|61|Capstan Island|55Mud Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador>Mud Lake|54|Pinsent’s Arm|43|Norman’s Bay|15Paradise River, Newfoundland and Labrador>Paradise River|5URLHTTP://WWW12.STATCAN.CA/CENSUS-RECENSEMENT/2006/RT-TD/INDEX-ENG.CFM#TAB5, publisherStatistics Canada, title2014 Census release topics, access-date2014-09-06, archive-date2015-02-23, archive-urwww12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/rt-td/index-eng.cfm#tab5," title="web.archive.org/web/20150223113145www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/rt-td/index-eng.cfm#tab5,">web.archive.org/web/20150223113145www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/rt-td/index-eng.cfm#tab5, url-statusdead, “>

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!Factor!LabradorCensus Division 10WEB, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 2022-02-09, Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Division No. 10, Census division (CDR) [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador,www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, 2022-07-14, www12.statcan.gc.ca, 2022-02-09,web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, live, (excludes Nunatsiavut-Nain)!LabradorCensus Division 11WEB, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 2022-02-09, Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Division No. 11, Census division (CDR) [Census division], Newfoundland and Labrador,www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, 2022-07-14, www12.statcan.gc.ca, 2022-02-09,web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, live, (Nunatsiavut-Nain)!CanadaWEB, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 2022-02-09, Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country],www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, 2022-07-14, www12.statcan.gc.ca, 2022-02-09,web.archive.org/web/20220209134619/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E, live, |Population|24,332|2,323|36,991,981|Male/Female split|50.7%/49.3%|50.0%/50.0%|49.3/50.7%|Median age (years)|39.2|32.8|41.6|Median household income (2020)|$115,000|$77,500|$84,000|Employment insurance benefits (2020)|3.4%|6.8%|1.4%According to the 2011 Census, Labrador was 55.1% White, 18.5% Inuit, 15.6% Metis, and 8.6% First Nations (Innu).{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

See also

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• Barren Bay
• Black Bear Bay
• Border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
• Caplin Bay
• Churchill River (Atlantic)
• Central Mineral Belt, Labrador
• Hinchinbrook Bay
• Landsat Island
• Lower Churchill Project
• Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve
• Newfoundland–Labrador fixed link
• Nunatsiavut
• Nunatukavut
• Torngat Mountains National Park
• Voisey’s Bay Mine

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References

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Further reading

• {{citation |first=Albert Peter |last=Low |title=Report on explorations in the Labrador peninsula along the East Main, Koksoak, Hamilton, Manicuagan and portions of other rivers in 1892–93–94–95 |work=Geological Survey of Canada |location=Ottawa |publisher=Queen’s Printer |year=1896 |url=https://archive.org/details/reportonexplorat00geoluoft |access-date=2010-09-13}}
• The Lure of the Labrador Wild, by Dillon Wallace (1905)
• Along the Labrador Coast, by Charles W. Townsend, M.D. (1907)
• Birds of Labrador, by Charles W. Townsend, M.D. (1907)
• A Labrador Spring, by Charles W. Townsend, M.D. (1910)
• Captain Cartwright and His Labrador Journal, by Charles W. Townsend, M.D. (1911)
• In Audubon’s Labrador, by Charles W. Townsend, M.D. (1918)
• Labrador, by Robert Stewart (1977)
• Labrador by Choice, by Benjamin W. Powell Sr. C.M. (1979)
• The Story of Labrador, by B. Rompkey (2005)
• Buckle, Francis. The Anglican Church in Labrador. (Labrador City: Archdeaconry of Labrador, 1998.)

External links

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• Project Gutenberg e-text of Dillon Wallace’s The Lure of the Labrador Wild
• Trans-Labrador Highway website – detailed information about travelling in Labrador.

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