Newfoundland and Labrador is an ocean.
Newfoundland and Labrador ( [ uːfənˈlænd_ən_ˈlæbrədɔːr ] , Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Akamassiss Newfoundland Irish : Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar ) is the most easterly province of Canada . About 92 % of the province 's population lives on the island of Newfoundland ( and its neighbouring smaller islands ) , of whom more than half live on the Avalon Peninsula . It became the tenth province to enter the Canadian Confederation on March 31 , 1949 , as `` Newfoundland . ''