Demographics of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (; }

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}}: Terra Nova) is a province of Canada on the country's Atlantic coast in northeastern North America. The province has an area of 405,212 square kilometres (100,130,000 acres) and a population in 2011 of 514,563, with approximately 95% of the provincial population residing on the Island of Newfoundland (including its associated smaller islands), with nearly half of the population residing on the Avalon Peninsula. People from Newfoundland and Labrador are called "Newfoundlanders," "Labradorians" (as appropriate), or "Newfoundlanders and Labradorians".

1 Population since 1951
2 Ethnicity
3 Visible minorities and Aboriginals
4 Languages
5 Migration
- 5.1 Immigration
- 5.2 Internal migration
6 Cities and towns
7 Largest municipalities by population
8 See also
9 References

Population since 1951

Year	Population	Five Year % change	Ten Year % change	Rank Among Provinces
1951	361,416	n/a	n/a	9
1956	415,074	14.8	n/a	9
1961	457,853	10.3	26.7	9
1966	493,396	7.8	18.9	9
1971	522,100	5.8	14.0	9
1976	557,720	6.8	13.0	9
1981	567,681	1.8	8.7	9
1986	568,350	0.1	1.9	9
1991	568,475	0.02	0.1	9
1996	551,790	-2.9	-2.9	9
2001	512,930	-7.0	-9.8	9
2006	505,469	-1.5	-8.4	9
2011	514,536	1.8	0.3	9

Source: Statistics Canada^[1]^[2]

Ethnicity

More than half the population identified their ethnocultural ancestry as Canadian, while two-fifths identified English ancestry, and one fifth identified Irish ancestry.

Ethnicity	2001	%
Canadian	271,345	53.41%
English	200,120	39.39%
Irish	100,260	19.73%
Scottish	30,295	5.96%
French	27,785	5.47%
North American Indian	16,030	3.16%
Inuit	7,445	1.47%
German	6,275	1.24%
Métis	6,120	1.20%
Newfoundlander	3,585	0.71%
Welsh	2,790	0.55%
Dutch (Netherlands)	1,385	0.27%
Italian	1,180	0.23%
Norwegian	1,180	0.23%
Chinese	1,110	0.22%
American (USA)	1,065	0.21%
East Indian	940	0.19%
British	925	0.18%
Spanish	765	0.15%
Portuguese	735	0.14%
Polish	665	0.13%
Swedish	655	0.13%
Ukrainian	580	0.11%
Lebanese	515	0.10%
Danish	455	0.09%
Jewish	370	0.07%
Filipino	340	0.07%
Russian	285	0.06%
Greek	245	0.05%
Hungarian (Magyar)	245	0.05%
Austrian	225	0.04%
African (Black), n.i.e.	180	0.04%
Egyptian	165	0.03%
Finnish	145	0.03%
Black	120	0.02%
Jamaican	120	0.02%
Acadian	115	0.02%
Arab, n.i.e.	115	0.02%
Belgian	115	0.02%
Czech	115	0.02%
Romanian	115	0.02%
South African	105	0.02%
Mongolia (2013)	1	0.00%

The same data on ethnocultural ancestry, grouped more geographically by Statistics Canada, are shown below:

Origins	2001	%
North American	274,755	54.08%
British Isles	266,010	52.36%
Aboriginal	28,065	5.52%
French	27,835	5.48%
Western European	7,705	1.52%
Southern European	3,285	0.65%
Northern European	2,510	0.49%
Eastern European	2,050	0.40%
East and Southeast Asian	1,685	0.33%

Origins	2001	%
South Asian	1,110	0.22%
Arab	915	0.18%
Other European	520	0.10%
African	465	0.09%
Caribbean	270	0.05%
West Asian	130	0.03%
Latin, Central and South American	75	0.01%
Oceania	45	0.01%

Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents (508,075) and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
Only groups of more than 0.02% are shown^[3]

Visible minorities and Aboriginals

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
Population group		Population	% of total population
White		471,440	7001942000000000000♠94.2%
Visible minority group Source:^[4]	South Asian	1,590	6999300000000000000♠0.3%
	Chinese	1,325	6999300000000000000♠0.3%
	Black	905	6999200000000000000♠0.2%
	Filipino	305	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
	Latin American	480	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
	Arab	540	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
	Southeast Asian	120	5000000000000000000♠0%
	West Asian	115	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Korean	60	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Japanese	140	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	75	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Multiple visible minority	65	5000000000000000000♠0%
Total visible minority population		5,720	7000110000000000000♠1.1%
Aboriginal group Source:^[5]	First Nations	7,765	7000160000000000000♠1.6%
	Métis	6,470	7000130000000000000♠1.3%
	Inuit	4,715	6999900000000000000♠0.9%
	Aboriginal, n.i.e.	4,205	6999800000000000000♠0.8%
	Multiple Aboriginal identity	290	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
Total Aboriginal population		23,450	7000470000000000000♠4.7%
Total population		500,610	100%

Languages

The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 505,469.
Of the 499,830 singular responses to the census question concerning mother tongue the most commonly reported languages were:

		2006	%	2001	%
1.	English	488,405	97.71%	499,750	98.49%
2.	French	1,885	0.38%	2,180	0.43%
3.	Algonquian languages	1,625	0.33%	1,510	0.30%
	Montagnais–Naskapi	1,585	0.32%	1,495	0.29%
4.	Chinese	1,080	0.22%	525	0.10%
	Cantonese	185	0.04%	55	0.01%
	Mandarin	120	0.02%	25	~
5.	Spanish	670	0.13%	50	0.01%
6.	German	655	0.13%	340	0.07%
7.	Inuktitut	595	0.12%	550	0.11%
8.	Urdu	550	0.11%	90	0.02%
9.	Arabic	540	0.11%	210	0.04%
10.	Dutch	300	0.06%	95	0.02%
11.	Russian	225	0.05%	75	0.01%
12.	Scandinavian languages	220	0.04%	125	0.02%
	Norwegian	85	0.02%	40	0.01%
	Danish	65	0.01%	55	0.01%
	Swedish	65	0.01%	25	~
13.	Italian	195	0.04%	115	0.02%
14=	Germanic languages n.i.e.	180	0.04%	75	0.01%
14=	Tagalog (Filipino)	180	0.04%	130	0.03%
16.	Serbo-Croatian (all)	170	0.03%	130	0.03%
	Serbian	135	0.03%	15	~
	Croatian	35	0.01%	40	0.01%
	Serbo-Croatian	0	~	75	0.01%

		2006	%	2001	%
17.	Bengali	165	0.03%	55	0.01%
18.	Portuguese	150	0.03%	105	0.02%
19.	Hungarian	140	0.03%	45	0.01%
20.	Panjabi (Punjabi)	120	0.02%	95	0.02%
21=	African languages n.i.e.	100	0.02%	10	~
21=	Non-verbal languages	100	0.02%	N	N
23=	Bantu languages	95	0.02%	0	~
23=	Bulgarian	95	0.02%	75	0.01%
25.	Niger–Congo languages n.i.e.	85	0.13%	40	0.1%
26.	Romanian	75	0.02%	15	~
27=	Greek	70	0.01%	40	0.01%
27=	Japanese	70	0.01%	45	0.01%
29.	Telugu	65	0.01%	45	0.01%
30=	Persian	60	0.01%	70	0.01%
30=	Ukrainian	60	0.01%	20	~
32=	Czech	50	0.01%	15	~
32=	Gujarati	50	0.01%	50	0.01%
32=	Hindi	50	0.01%	55	0.01%
32=	Korean	50	0.01%	50	0.01%
36.	Malayalam	40	0.01%	10	~
37.	Turkish	40	0.01%	25	~
38.	Welsh	35	0.01%	20	~
39.	Gaelic languages	30	0.01%	10	~
40.	Mongolian language (2013)	1	0.00%		~

Note: "n.i.e.": not included elsewhere

There were also about 25 single-language responses for Amharic, 25 for Bisayan languages, 20 for Sinhala and 20 for Slovak. In addition, there were also 435 responses of English and a non-official language; 30 of French and a non-official language; 295 of English and French; and 10 of English, French, and a non-official language. (Figures shown are for the number of single language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses.)^[6]

Migration

Immigration

The 2006 Canadian census counted a total of 8,380 immigrants living in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The most commonly reported origins for these immigrants were:^[7]

Rank	Origin	# Immigrants
1.	United Kingdom	2,335
2.	United States	1,405
3.	India	440
4.	Germany	390
5.	China	345
6.	Pakistan	170
7.	Philippines	160
8=	Ireland (Éire)	150
8=	Netherlands	150
10=	Egypt	125
10=	South Africa	125
12.	Colombia	120

There were also about 115 immigrants from Portugal; about 105 each from Hong Kong and from Sudan; about 100 from the former Yugoslavia; about 95 each from El Salvador and from France; about 85 from Iraq; and about 75 each from Sri Lanka and from Russia.

Internal migration

A total of 41,840 people moved to Newfoundland and Labrador from other parts of Canada between 1996 and 2006 while 79,125 people moved in the opposite direction. These movements resulted in a net outmigration of 18,820 people to Alberta, 9,900 to Ontario 4,690 to Nova Scotia, 1,615 to British Columbia, 940 to Saskatchewan, 825 to the Northwest Territories, and 700 to Prince Edward Island; and a net influx of 690 people from Manitoba. During this period there was also a net outmigration of 580 francophones to Quebec and 230 francophones moving to Ontario, and a net influx of 320 anglophones from Quebec. (All net inter-provincial movements of more than 500 persons and all official minority movements of more than 100 persons are given.)^[8]^[9]

Cities and towns

Ten Largest Urban Areas in the province by population^[10]

Urban Area	2006
St. John's	181,113
Corner Brook	26,623
Grand Falls-Windsor	13,558
Bay Roberts	10,507
Gander	9,951
Labrador City	7,240
Happy Valley – Goose Bay	7,572
Stephenville	6,588

Largest municipalities by population

The 10 largest municipalities in the province by population are
Municipality	2001	2006
St. John's	99,182	100,646
Mount Pearl	24,964	24,671
Conception Bay South	19,772	21,966
Corner Brook	20,103	20,083
Grand Falls-Windsor	13,340	13,558
Paradise	9,598	12,584
Gander	9,651	9,951
Happy Valley – Goose Bay	7,969	7,572
Labrador City	7,744	7,240
Stephenville	7,109	6,588

References

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local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType local mArguments -- lazily initialise Module:Arguments local yesno -- lazily initialise Module:Yesno

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-- Helper functions

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function p.formatLink(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local link = args[1] local display = args[2] if not link then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no link specified', 'Template:Format hatnote link#Errors', args.category ) end return p._formatLink(link, display) end

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-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.

function p.hatnote(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local s = args[1] local options = {} if not s then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no text specified', 'Template:Hatnote#Errors', args.category ) end options.extraclasses = args.extraclasses options.selfref = args.selfref return p._hatnote(s, options) end

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end

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local p = {}

-- Helper functions

local function removeInitialColon(s) -- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present. return s:match('^:?(.*)') end

-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.

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end

return p

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^ Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) (2001 Census)
^ and Labrador&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=, Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
^ and Labrador&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=, Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Province/Territory
^ Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) (2006 Census)
^ Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (8) and Place of Birth (261) (2006 Census)
^ Province or Territory of Residence 5 Years Ago (14), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) (2006 Census)
^ Province or Territory of Residence 5 Years Ago (14), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (16) and Sex (3) (2001 census)
^ Population and dwelling counts, for urban areas, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data

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