I te tau 1869, i pōti te iwi o Newfoundland kia noho tonu hei koroni o Ingarangi i runga i te wehi ka piki ake ngā tāke i te Rōpū, ā, ka manakohia e te kaupapa here ohaoha o te kāwanatanga o Kānata ngā ahumahi o te whenua nui. I te tau 1907, ka whiwhi a Newfoundland i te mana rangatira. I waenganui o te Pakaru Nui i Kanata me Newfoundland e anga ana ki te wa roa o te raru ohaoha, ka huri te ture ki te mana whakahaere ki te Komihana o te Kawanatanga o Newfoundland i te 1933. Whai muri i te whai wāhi o Kanata ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i roto i te 1948 referendum
I te Hui-tanguru 1949, i pooti te nuinga o nga taangata o Newfoundland kia uru atu ki te Whakawhanaunga, ana i te Poutu-te-rangi 31, 1949, ka noho a Newfoundland hei kawanatanga tekau o Kanata. I te tau 2001, i hurihia te ingoa ki Newfoundland me Labrador.