Newfoundland and Labradorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newfoundland and Labradorians
Etymology: From Newfoundland and Labrador + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Newfoundland and Labradorians stand to gain little from their increased taxes and higher drug costs in the light of the fact that the vast majority of research facilities are located in Québec and Ontario.
ref: 1987 May 28, Proceedings of the Special Committee of the Senate on the Subject-matter of Bill C-22, page 8 : 46:
text: “But not all Newfoundland and Labradorians are in favour of a large call.”
ref: 1999 March 29, Nicola Luksic, “Canadian seal slaughter unsustainable, warn scientists”, in The Varsity, volume 119, number 46, page 8, column 3:
text: We think of Newfoundland and Labradorians as people that are outdoors and enjoying the outdoors, and yet, when we look at our physical activity rates, we see that is no longer the case.
ref: 2001, Délibérations du Comité Sénatorial Permanent des Affaires Sociales, des Sciences et de la Technologie, numbers 40–43, pages 41-15:
text: Newfoundland and Labradorians by and large do not rate political activity highly.
ref: 2009, Lawrence Felt, “A Tale of Two Towns: Municipal Agency and Socio-economic Development in Akureyri, Iceland, and Corner Brook, Newfoundland”, in Godfrey Baldacchino, Rob Greenwood, Lawrence Felt, editors, Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular, and Remote Regions, Institute of Social and Economic Research, →ISBN, part II (Reviewing Municipal Government in Small, Insular, and Remote Regions), page 163:
text: Workers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador also experienced increases in real hourly wages of about 3 percent, but their average hourly wages of $17.35 and $17.46 respectively remained below the national average. Having said that, Newfoundland and Labradorians had the smallest rise in the cost of living (1.5 percent), resulting in an increase in their purchasing power (Statistics Canada 2009a)—a value undoubtedly reflected in their dropping child poverty rates.
ref: 2010, Patrizia Albanese, Child Poverty in Canada (Issues in Canada), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69:
text: His character and courage over a long and interesting life have made Newfoundland and Labradorians proud to claim him as a native son.
ref: 2012, Helen Forsey, quoting Jack Harris, Eugene Forsey: Canada’s Maverick Sage, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN:
text: That’s me, feasting on cliché, cultivating ennui and a thirst so fine I make a beeline for the next boat’s lounge and drink my way to Ilfracombe and back with Dylan Thomas, to and fro to Staten Island drink for drink with Lowell on a bender – or, better – head for Port-aux-Basques or Blanc-Sablon with manic homebound Newfoundland-and-Labradorians, jigs and reels unscrolling like a casually opened vein.
ref: 2012, Don McKay, Paradoxides, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 64:
text: “He wasn’t afraid to go out and explore the world and bring it back to [Newfoundland and Labrador],” said Mr. Steele, adding that Mr. Stirling was also the first to introduce 24-hour television in North America. “He was a guy that instilled confidence in Newfoundland and Labradorians.”
ref: 2013 December 30, “Geoff Stirling brought the world to Newfoundland and Labrador”, in The Globe and Mail, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2017:
text: I lived in the tightly knit province of Newfoundland and Labrador 35 years but was still identified as a “come-from-away,” clearly recognized as being not from the province, most often because of my last name. Often, it was more curiosity than malice. For Newfoundland and Labradorians, the question “Who are you from?” is about establishing who your parents are and fitting you into your spot in the relatively small provincial firmament.
ref: 2022, Russell Wangersky, Same Ground: Chasing Family Down the California Gold Rush Trail, ECW Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Newfoundland and Labrador.