Demographics of Newfoundland and Labrador
is a province of Canada on the country's Atlantic coast in northeastern North America. The province has an area of and a population in 2011 of 514,563, with approximately 95% of the provincial population residing on the Island of Newfoundland, with nearly half of the population residing on the Avalon Peninsula. People from Newfoundland and Labrador are called "Newfoundlanders," "Labradorians", or "Newfoundlanders and Labradorians".
Historical Population
Since entering confederation, Newfoundland and Labrador and labrador has always been ranked 9th among provinces.Source: Statistics Canada
Ethnicity
More than half the population identified their ethnocultural ancestry as Canadian, while two-fifths identified English ancestry, and one-fifth identified Irish ancestry.More than 100,000 Newfoundlanders have applied for membership in the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band, equivalent to one-fifth of the total population.
| 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 | 1,385 | 0.27% |
| Italian | 1,180 | 0.23% |
| Norwegian | 1,180 | 0.23% |
| Chinese | 1,110 | 0.22% |
| American | 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 | 245 | 0.05% |
| Austrian | 225 | 0.04% |
| African, 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% |
| Mongolian | 1 | 0.00% |
| Indonesian | 3 | 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% |
Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
Only groups of more than 0.02% are shown
Visible minorities and Aboriginals
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% |
| 15. | Tagalog | 180 | 0.04% | 130 | 0.03% |
| 16. | Serbo-Croatian | 170 | 0.03% | 130 | 0.03% |
| Serbian | 135 | 0.03% | 15 | ~ | |
| Croatian | 35 | 0.01% | 40 | 0.01% | |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0 | ~ | 75 | 0.01% |
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.
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:
| 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 | 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
Since it started being recorded in 1971, Newfoundland and Labrador is the province that has lost the biggest share of its population to interprovincial migration, which was especially high in the 1990s. Out-migration from the province was curtailed in 2008 and net migration stayed positive through 2014, when it again dropped due to bleak finances and rising unemployment. With the announcement of the 2016 provincial budget, St. John's Telegram columnist Russell Wangersky published the column "Get out if you can", which urged young Newfoundlanders to leave the province to avoid future hardships.| In-migrants | Out-migrants | Net migration | |
| 2008–09 | 10,262 | 8,385 | 1,877 |
| 2009–10 | 8,998 | 7,440 | 1,558 |
| 2010–11 | 7,785 | 7,755 | 30 |
| 2011–12 | 8,173 | 7,628 | 545 |
| 2012–13 | 7,283 | 6,788 | 495 |
| 2013–14 | 6,994 | 6,760 | 234 |
| 2014–15 | 7,012 | 6,851 | 161 |
| 2015–16 | 6,600 | 6,368 | 232 |
| 2016–17 | 5,400 | 6,830 | −1,430 |
| 2017–18 | 5,187 | 7,920 | −2,733 |
| 2018–19 | 5,207 | 9,706 | −4,501 |
Source: Statistics Canada
Cities and towns
Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations in the province by population| Urban Area | 2016 |
| St. John's | 205,955 |
| Corner Brook | 31,917 |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,171 |
| Gander | 13,234 |
| Bay Roberts | 11,083 |