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Newfoundland & Labrador

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Formation: 1949. The origin of the name: Italian seafarer Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) landed on the island portion of the province on 24 June 1497, on the feast of St. John the Baptist. Cabot called the newfound land “St. John’s Isle” in honor of the saint, but the contraction of “a newfound land” was quickly …

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New Brunswick

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Formation: 1867. The origin of the name: Named by King George III of England in honor of his German lands, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenberg. TIME: 8 AM AST = noon GMT. New Brunswick is the second smallest province in Canada. It has around 750,000 people and an area of just over 50,000 square kilometers. New …

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