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Geography
Land Area
405,720 km2, more than three times the total area of the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island).
Newfoundland and Labrador would rank fourth in size behind Alaska, Texas and California ... if it were one of the United States. It is almost one-and-three-quarters times the size of Great Britain.
Area of the Island of Newfoundland - 111,390 km2
Area of Labrador - 294,330 km2
Area of Avalon Peninsula - 9,700 km2
Water Area
34,030 km2
Coastline
Coast of Island of Newfoundland - 9,656 km
Coast of Labrador - 7,886 km Total - 17,542 km
Offshore Area
1,825,992 km2
Capital
City
St. John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. The City's population is 99,182, while the metro area population is about 172,918.
Other Principal Centres
| Labrador City: |
20,103 |
| Grand Falls-Windsor: |
13,340 |
| Stephenville: |
7,109 |
| Gander: |
9,651 |
| Mount Pearl: |
24,964 |
| Happy Valley-Goose Bay: |
7,969 |
| Conception Bay South: |
19,772 |
| Bay Roberts: |
5,237 |
| Carbonear: |
4,759 |
| Channel-Port aux Basques: |
4,637 |
| Deer Lake: |
4,769 |
| Marystown: |
5,908 |
| Paradise: |
9,598 |
| Placentia: |
4,426 |
| Portugal Cove-St. Phillps: |
5,866 |
| Torbay: |
5,474 |
Population
The population of Labrador is 27,864.
The population of the whole province is 512,930.
Time Zones
Newfoundland is located in a time zone unique in North America, half an hour later than Atlantic Time, one and a half hours later than Central Canada and four and a half hours later than the west coast of the country, the only place in Canada with a split in the set variations of one hour between time zones. Daylight Saving Time is observed from April to October after which the province returns to Newfoundland Standard Time. Labrador operates on Atlantic Time, except for the portion between L'Anse au Clair and Norman Bay, which is on Newfoundland time.
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