Which province joined Canada in 1949?

Discover Canada records the entry of every province and territory after Confederation in a single timeline. The relevant line for this question reads: 1949 – Newfoundland and Labrador. The province the test wants is therefore Newfoundland and Labrador, which joined the country in 1949 — the second-most-recent addition before Nunavut in 1999.

The 1949 date matters because, until then, Newfoundland was not part of Canada. Discover Canada notes elsewhere — in its account of the Second World War — that "Newfoundland was a separate British entity", which is why the guide deliberately speaks of "Canadians and Newfoundlanders" serving in that war. In 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador joined the country, and from then on Newfoundlanders have been part of Canada for the rest of its modern era.

The wider expansion timeline in Discover Canada places 1949 near the end. The guide lists: "1867 – Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; 1870 – Manitoba, Northwest Territories; 1871 – British Columbia; 1873 – Prince Edward Island; 1880 – Transfer of the Arctic Islands (to N.W.T.); 1898 – Yukon Territory; 1905 – Alberta, Saskatchewan; 1949 – Newfoundland and Labrador; 1999 – Nunavut." So 1949 is the entry of the most easterly province — and the second-last addition the guide records.

The province has retained its full name in modern usage. Discover Canada uses "Newfoundland and Labrador" consistently — both the island of Newfoundland and the mainland Labrador region — as one provincial unit that joined the country together in 1949. The province sits at the easternmost edge of Canada and was the last of the four Atlantic provinces to enter Confederation, after New Brunswick (1867), Nova Scotia (1867) and Prince Edward Island (1873).

The question is testing whether new citizens know the right province for one specific entry year. Discover Canada's timeline pairs 1949 with exactly one province: Newfoundland and Labrador.

The other answer choices are real Canadian provinces, but each entered Canada in a different year. British Columbia joined in 1871, after Ottawa promised to build the railway to the West Coast. Prince Edward Island joined in 1873. Alberta became a province in 1905, alongside Saskatchewan. None of those matches 1949.