Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada.
Newfoundland ( [ njuːfənˈlænd ] ; Terranova , Terre-Neuve , Taqamkuk , Irish : Talamh an Éisc , Inuttitut : Kallunasillik / Ikkarumikluak ) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland , and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . Newfoundland and Labrador . 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 .