Newfoundland joined Confederation and became Canada's tenth province at one minute before midnight on March 31, 1949.
Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Canadian Confederation on March 31, 1949. The capital of Newfoundland and Labrador is St. John's.
Newfoundland joined confederation on March 31, 1949
Newfoundland joined confederation on the 31 March 1949 as the tenth Canadian province.
Newfoundland was a colony and dominion of the United Kingdom. On March 31, 1949 the Province of Newfoundland joined Confederation, becoming Canada's 10th province. Through a Constitutional amendment on December 6th, 2001 the province was officially renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
Including the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada has only ten provinces. Newfoundland joined Confederation on March 31, 1949.
Newfoundland and Labrador was the last province to join Confederation in 1949
Newfoundland entered Confederation on March 31, 1949. According to the 1945 census, its population was 321,819. According to the 1951 census, its population was 361,416. The population of Newfoundland on March 31, 1949, is a matter of speculation, but is likely between those figures and probably closer to the latter figure than the former.
There were 9 provinces and territories at the beginning of the 1900s. Alberta and Saskatchewan joined Canada on September 1, 1905. Newfoundland and Labrador joined on March 31, 1949. Nunavut joined on April 1, 1999.
March 31 1949 was a Thursday.
Yes, from 1855, when it obtained responsible government (following Nova Scotia, 1848; the Province of Canada, 1849; Prince Edward Island, 1851; New Brunswick, 1854) and gave it up in 1934. In 1949 it voted for confederation with Canada and became the province of Newfoundland (changed to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001).
It is believed that Labrador joined Newfoundland in the year of 1809 in March. For more information and a more in depth explanation, of this topic please visit the link below. http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/AboutThisPlace/History
March 31, 1949 was a Thursday.