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Labrador (/ ˈ l æ b r ə d ɔːr / LAB-rə-dor) is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. [2] 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.
Map showing Quebec in blue, Newfoundland and Labrador in both red and striped red and blue. The border between the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the province of Quebec is the longest interprovincial border in Canada. It stretches for more than 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi) on land, and, according to both provincial governments, also ...
The peninsula includes the region of Labrador, [3] which is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, and Nord-du-Québec, which are in the province of Quebec. It has an area of 1,400,000 km 2 (541,000 sq mi).
Labrador is an irregular shape: the western part of its border with Quebec is the drainage divide for the Labrador Peninsula. Lands drained by rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean are part of Labrador, the rest belongs to Quebec. Labrador's extreme northern tip, at 60°22'N, shares a short border with Nunavut on Killiniq Island.
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
English: Blank map showing Quebec in blue, Newfoundland and Labrador in red, and the disputed area between them slashed red and blue. Français : Carte montrant le Québec en bleu, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador en rouge, et la zone contestée au Labrador hachurée en rouge et bleu.
Most of Labrador's southern boundary with Quebec follows the 52nd parallel of latitude. 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. Labrador's land area (including associated small islands) is 294,330 km 2 (113,640 sq mi). [19]
The Ungava Peninsula (/ʊŋˈɡeɪvə,-ˈɡɑː-/ [2]), officially Péninsule d'Ungava [1] (French pronunciation: [penɛ̃syl duŋɡava]), is the far northwestern part of the Labrador Peninsula of the province of Quebec, Canada.