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Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. Population Growth. Newfoundland’s population grew rapidly from the 1850’s and 1890’s. Most people who lived in Newfoundland had been born here and considered themselves Newfoundlanders.

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Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

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  1. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

  2. Population Growth Newfoundland’s population grew rapidly from the 1850’s and 1890’s

  3. Most people who lived in Newfoundland had been born here and considered themselves Newfoundlanders. They did, however, maintain a loyalty to their country of origin e.g. Irish immigrants to Ireland

  4. BirthRate – Number of children being born in a country Death Rate – Number of people dying in a country Immigration – People from other countries moving into your country. Emigration – People leaving your country to go and live in a different country.

  5. Most of the increase in population was now due to natural increase Natural Increase: higher birth rate than death rate and higher immigration than emigration rate.

  6. Internal Migration Internal Migration – movement from place to place within the country

  7. There was little immigration into Newfoundland after 1830. People began to move away from the Avalon Peninsula to places where there were fewer people and less competition for the fishing grounds

  8. In the early 1800’s many people moved to Bonavista Bay and Notre Dame Bay Handout – In the Late 1800’s

  9. In the late 1800’s - Handout • People moved to the west coast for herring and lobster, and sawmills • trappers moved to central Labrador • Innu and Inuit began settling around trading posts • a pulp and paper mill opened in Grand Falls • several mining towns created • after the railway was built new sawmill towns created • New railway towns also were formed • By 1911 the number of settlements had doubled

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