Colony of Newfoundland

E147479

British colony former colony

The Colony of Newfoundland was a British colonial territory on the island of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, centered on its fishing industry and later becoming part of the Canadian Confederation as the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Dominion of Newfoundland	2
Newfoundland (Dominion)	2
Newfoundland Colony	2
Colony of Newfoundland canonical	1
Newfoundland (British possession)	1
Newfoundland (colony)	1
Newfoundland Colony (historical)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
capital	St. John’s ⓘ
colonialPower	Great Britain ⓘ
colonialStatus	crown colony ⓘ
commonLanguage	English ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Newfoundland dollar ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
dateEstablished	1825 ⓘ
demographicFeature	predominantly European settler population ⓘ
dissolved	1907 ⓘ
economyBasedOn	cod fishery ⓘ fishing industry ⓘ
endDate	1907 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Newfoundlander ⓘ surface form: English Newfoundlanders Newfoundlander ⓘ surface form: Irish Newfoundlanders Scottish people ⓘ surface form: Scottish Newfoundlanders
flag	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
followedBy	Colony of Newfoundland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Newfoundland
governmentType	British colonial administration ⓘ
hasTerritorialExtent	island of Newfoundland ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegion	Atlantic Canada ⓘ
laterPartOf	Canada ⓘ
laterProvince	Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
locatedOn	island of Newfoundland ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
previousEntity	Colony of Newfoundland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland (British possession)
primaryExport	dried cod ⓘ
primaryExportMarket	Caribbean ⓘ Southern Europe ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Methodism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
significantIndustry	salt cod export ⓘ
significantPort	Harbour Grace ⓘ St. John’s ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
startDate	1825 ⓘ
successorState	Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
todayPartOf	Canada ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

British America → hasPart → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland Colony

British Canada → includes → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland (colony)

Dominions Office → hasDominion → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland (Dominion)

Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial → associatedWith → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dominion of Newfoundland

Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs → relatesTo → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland (Dominion)

Colony of Newfoundland → followedBy → Colony of Newfoundland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dominion of Newfoundland

Colony of Newfoundland → previousEntity → Colony of Newfoundland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland (British possession)

Placentia → partOf → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland Colony (historical)

Fenian Raids → hasParticipant → Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newfoundland Colony