In which year did Newfoundland become part of the Canadian Confederation?

In 1854 the British government established Newfoundland's responsible government. In 1855 Philip Francis Little, from Prince Edward Island, won a parliamentary majority over Hugh Hoyles and the Conservatives. Little formed the first Newfoundland administration (1855-1858). Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. Prime Minister of Canada Sir John Thompson came very close to negotiating Newfoundland's entry into Confederation in 1892.

Newfoundland remained a colony until acquiring Dominion status in 1907. A dominion constituted a self-governing state of the British Empire or British Commonwealth and the Dominion of Newfoundland was relatively autonomous from British rule.

However, Newfoundland gave up its independence in 1933, when the dominion legislature voted itself out of existence in exchange for loan guarantees by the Crown and a promise it would be re-established. This move was triggered by the economic distress caused by the Great Depression and the aftermath of Newfoundland's participation in World War I. It became the tenth province to enter the Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949, as "Newfoundland". It is now part of "Newfoundland and Labrador", the easternmost province of Canada.

The picture shows Cape Bonavista, the area where John Cabot landed in 1497.