<P> The border between Labrador and Canada was set March 2 , 1927 , after a tortuous five - year trial . In 1809 Labrador had been transferred from Lower Canada to Newfoundland , but the landward boundary of Labrador had never been precisely stated . Newfoundland argued it extended to the height of land , but Canada , stressing the historical use of the term `` Coasts of Labrador '' , argued the boundary was 1 statute mile ( 1.6 km ) inland from the high - tide mark . As Canada and Newfoundland were separate Dominions , but both members of the British Empire , the matter was referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ( in London ) , which set the Labrador boundary mostly along the coastal watershed , with part being defined by the 52nd parallel north . One of Newfoundland 's conditions for joining Confederation in 1949 was that this boundary be entrenched in the Canadian constitution . While this border has not been formally accepted by the Quebec government , the Henri Dorion Commission ( Commission d'étude sur l'intégrité du territoire du Québec ) concluded in the early 1970s that Quebec no longer has a legal claim to Labrador . </P>
<P> The border between Labrador and Canada was set March 2 , 1927 , after a tortuous five - year trial . In 1809 Labrador had been transferred from Lower Canada to Newfoundland , but the landward boundary of Labrador had never been precisely stated . Newfoundland argued it extended to the height of land , but Canada , stressing the historical use of the term `` Coasts of Labrador '' , argued the boundary was 1 statute mile ( 1.6 km ) inland from the high - tide mark . As Canada and Newfoundland were separate Dominions , but both members of the British Empire , the matter was referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ( in London ) , which set the Labrador boundary mostly along the coastal watershed , with part being defined by the 52nd parallel north . One of Newfoundland 's conditions for joining Confederation in 1949 was that this boundary be entrenched in the Canadian constitution . While this border has not been formally accepted by the Quebec government , the Henri Dorion Commission ( Commission d'étude sur l'intégrité du territoire du Québec ) concluded in the early 1970s that Quebec no longer has a legal claim to Labrador . </P>
when did labrador become a part of newfoundland
when did labrador become a part of newfoundland
1809
1809