The arts industry in Newfoundland and Labrador provides the province's people with a heightened quality of life while at the same time contributing to the local economy.

The labour force of Newfoundland and Labrador is now more highly diversified than is usually realized.

Although it is often described in different terms, the expedition that led to the discovery of Newfoundland was primarily an economic enterprise.

Newfoundland and Labrador's physical environment greatly influenced the ways settlers made a living during the 19th century. The richness of marine resources encouraged a pattern of coastal settlement and made the cod and seal fisheries central to local economies. In contrast, the relative scarcity of good soils and other terrestrial resources made large-scale farming operations impractical and discouraged year-round habitation of interior spaces.

The origin of what is today referred to as traditional society in Newfoundland and Labrador may be traced to a way of life that developed around the inshore fishery in the late 19th century outport.

For the first three hundred years after European settlement, the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador depended almost solely on the fisheries

An informal economy is one in which people provide for their own needs by engaging in a variety of noncommercial activities

A brief history of work and labour, both paid and unpaid, in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The fishery closure ended almost 500 years of fishing activity in Newfoundland and Labrador, where it put about 30,000 people out of work.

The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) were a time of social upheaval in Europe, but brought economic prosperity to Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Railway Settlement Act and the Newfoundland Government Railway (1920-49)--Society--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web

Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry has made significant contributions to the provincial economy in recent decades.

Following the 1992 cod moratorium, Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry shifted from a groundfishery to a shellfishery.

The growth of land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century helped diversify Newfoundland and Labrador's economy into sectors other than the fishery.

Newfoundland and Labrador's outport economy depended not on cash, but on merchant credit for much of the 19th century.

The majority of women in Newfoundland by the early 1800s were residents who prosecuted the family-based fishery.

About the Education system during the Confederation era, and how it was improved in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Public education in Newfoundland and Labrador, since its beginnings in the early 19th century, has largely been shaped by religion and the economy.