ðɪ ɛntˈaɪɚ pɹˈɑːvɪns ʌv njˈuːfəndlɐnd wʌz wɪðˌaʊt ɪts ˈoʊn aɪdˈɛntᵻɾi wɛn ɪt kˈeɪm tʊ ɐ flˈæɡ, æz ðə jˈuːniən dʒˈæk, ðə flˈæɡ ʌvðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd kˈɪŋdəm, hɐdbɪn dˈɛzɪɡnˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ðə pɹəvˈɪnʃəl kˈæbᵻnət æz ðə flˈæɡ ʌvðə pɹˈɑːvɪns ʌv njˈuːfəndlɐnd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː.
The entire province of Newfoundland was without its own identity when it came to a flag, as the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom, had been designated by the provincial cabinet as the flag of the province of Newfoundland in 1952.