Editing Newfoundland and Labrador (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
{{update section|2023|date=March 2023}}
{{Main|Demographics of Newfoundland and Labrador#Ethnicity}}
According to the [[2001 Canadian census]], the largest ethnic group in Newfoundland and Labrador is English (39.4%), followed by Irish (19.7%), Scots (6.0%), [[Franco-Newfoundlander|French]] (5.5%) and [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] (3.2%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo26b.htm |title=Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census) |publisher=0.statcan.ca |date=July 28, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621074723/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo26b.htm |archive-date=June 21, 2008 }}</ref> While half of all respondents also identified their ethnicity as "[[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]", 38 per cent report their ethnicity as "Newfoundlander" in a 2003 [[Statistics Canada]] Ethnic Diversity Survey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030929/d030929a.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317012903/https://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030929/d030929a.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Daily, Monday, September 29, 2003. Ethnic Diversity Survey|archive-date=March 17, 2008}}</ref>

During the initial registration phase for the [[Qalipu Miꞌkmaq First Nation Band]] in 2013, more than 100,000 Newfoundlanders applied for membership (equivalent to one-fifth of the total population).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-moves-to-tighten-aboriginal-membership-criteria/article17954032/|title=Surge in Newfoundland native band has Ottawa stunned, skeptical|via=The Globe and Mail|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116213118/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-moves-to-tighten-aboriginal-membership-criteria/article17954032/|url-status=live}}</ref> The subsequent process led to around 24,000 people being recognized as members of the Qalipu First Nation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/qalipu-10-years-1.6186538 |title=Qalipu First Nation marks a milestone, celebrating 10 years as recognized Indigenous band |date=23 September 2021 |publisher=CBC |first=Colleen |last=Connors |accessdate=29 December 2023 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119164633/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/qalipu-10-years-1.6186538 |url-status=live }}</ref>