Why did it Take so Long for Newfoundland to Join Canada? (Short Animated Documentary)

Canada and Newfoundland remained separate from 1867 to 1949. But given their close proximity, cultural connections and economies, why did it take so long? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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[@merrittanimation7721]

Newfoundland: “Since we’re broke we should just sell ourselves to another country.” Texas: “Worked for us.”

[@E-stylz-1967]

And it kept the Mexicans out. Whole up, wait a minute!

[@alessbritish228]

@@robhowell260 I had no idea Finland had a colony across the Atlantic Ocean. PERKELE

[@imperators_8700]

I think Greece might consider doing the same

[@Yee_Bam0]

West Florida be like :

[@alessbritish228]

@@imperators_8700 If someone buys Greece, he's also buying debt. Stonks.

[@BonziBuddy.]

My grandfather was born in Newfoundland 8 years before it joined Canada in 1949. He still has the papers that list him as a British citizen instead of Canadian.

[@ahlamns]

That is pretty cool and interesting.

[@aryanscience]

My first passport was in 1976 and it clearly said that a Canadian Citizen is a British subject..I remember Rene Levesque crying his eyes out because of this..

[@TheoHiggins]

My mum was born in Uganda, so she was born as a British Subject

[@PercivalC]

All Canadians born before Jan 1 1948 were British citizens. Canada was the first of the British colonies to push for its own citizenship, which then triggered the domino effect of other colonies doing the same. Prior to that, there was no distinction.

[@thejesusaurus6573]

@@aryanscience That absolutely was not the case in 1976

[@GeorgeP1066]

There's a key part of the story missing here. Newfoundland raised a regiment of volunteers to fight for Britain in WW1, and most of the regiment was killed in a single battle on the western front. And, because so many working age Newfoundland men had joined up to fight, this meant they lost a significant chunk of the working age population. That crippled their economy even before the great depression hit which was why they ended up going back under direct rule from London - they'd lost too many people to function as an independent nation.

[@mjfitzhenry]

At Beaumont-Hamel

[@xXLileastXx]

Also, the riot (insurection/revolution) of 1932 was what officially did the government in. The island was so politically corrupt that if you go into the old government building today.... ghe librarians door on the main floor still has bullet holes in it from the event. An estimated 10,000 people protested before the protest became violent, hundreds threw stones and bricks through the windows and several grabbed their guns, the prime minister resigned and called for a 'Break from politics' this is when the british crown took over again for more than a decade.

[@cattysplat]

WW1 battles efficiently wiping out whole towns of working age men on an industrial scale, sometimes in a single battle, certainly screwed a lot of places over when the war was over.

[@treyhall9138]

I looked up some numbers and from a total population of 240,000 in 1914, 12000 signed up to fight in WW1, approximately 5% of the population. Of those 12000, approximately 1300 died and another 2200 sustained injuries. Tragic for sure but I hardly think that those numbers would destroy the entire economy or any reason to exist as an independent nation.

[@Boooolin]

@@treyhall9138 I see this number after looking it up aswell but 5% ( say 10% of total men ) still seems very low.. Upon looking a little further I found this "Newfoundland, a separate British dominion in 1914 and not yet a province of Canada, contributed 12,000 military personnel to Allied forces from a pre-war population of 242,000. By 1918, some 35 percent of men aged 19 to 35 had served.". So that number your getting is only for 1914 perhaps?. 35% of men seems right to me. My great grandfather fought in ww1 for newfoundland, he was a prisoner of war in germany, he was in a book for all the people who fought in my area and there is probably about 200 people there, the population being about 1k~ at the time, the author went door to door some years ago and did all this research himself, so this seems more accurate. The book was by Bill O'gorman, ww1 port au port veterans

[@Sand_Bard]

As a Canadian I feel it important to point out that the province is "Newfoundland and Labrador" being made up of the island of Newfoundland, and the mainland area known as Labrador.

[@donaldsword3107]

Yes, and about 20 years ago the Canadian Constitution was amended to change the official name of the province from simply Newfoundland to "Newfoundland and Labrador" to better recognize the two parts.

[@octopusprobably5544]

The people from Labrador are like the butt-bread of Newfoundland and Labrador. You have to get through them to get to the good part.

[@johnbrowne2170]

People on the island portion of the province will tell you they are Newfoundlanders. People in Labrador refer to themselves as Labradorians.

[@edmerc92]

But that wasn't the name at the time of the events described in the video.

[@connoissuer_of_class]

“...They didn’t want this but that’s not how British rule works...” *Rule Britannia intensifies*

[@dmonitize9011]

something something Crimea

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

Ahahaha

[@ShakeMilkyWay1]

And interestingly, that was the more democratic option, since obviously a good portion ofnthe population wanted that.

[@ddc2957]

It’s not how ANY kind of rule works.

[@julianshepherd2038]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿"Do you think we are the baddies?" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿"!"

[@awc6007]

“What was Vietnam like after the Vietnam war?” would be a good future video idea. Love ur Channel.

[@segmentsAndCurves]

Hell, my man. We are lucky to get here now.

[@jamiengo2343]

Communist. Or more accurately isolationist, then fairly open

[@segmentsAndCurves]

Recap: War tears the country, conflict with Cambodia and China, and US sanctions. Then reform came.

[@Masonrytodger]

Faxxx

[@segmentsAndCurves]

@@jamiengo2343 Yep. That too.

[@coachsean3743]

Newfoundland's involvement in WW1 was huge. They took part on the first day on the Somme in 1916 and incurred massive casualties.

[@johnearle1]

My great uncle was one of the survivors of Beaumont Hamel.

[@Chocolatnave123]

good job i guess, they sucked at war so bad they were infamous for it.

[@borakaraca9788]

what do you mean as massive they probably lost a few thousand men. comparing to germany turkey and russia this is just a joke

[@the-letter_s]

@@borakaraca9788 massive, relative to the whole population of Newfoundland. that should be obvious.

[@pattonjeffrey6]

Canada: *exists* James Bisonette: “I’ll fund your existence.”

[@PrincessLockette]

He's gonna be our prime minister xD

[@wowo666]

Well Bissonnette is a french canadian name. So he might actually be funding Canada's existence through his taxes.

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@myles3856]

@@PrincessLockette fax

[@nlald]

Don’t forget Kelly Moneymaker.

[@lawrenceofarabia9219]

Weird to imagine an alt history where Newfoundland is either an independent country or a US state.

[@arozin6773]

I wonder which one would make for a worse looking map

[@pubfries5562]

You have Alaska on one side and newfoundland on the other, both taking up potential Canadian coastline

[@kostam.1113]

Not really Newfoundland is mostly uninhabited It being part of US would mean just another small US state like Maine, Vermont... And it being independent would mean just another Nordic like country probably something comparable to mix of Scotland and Iceland

[@newfoundlandmapping4493]

Im a newfoundlander and to this day if you ask older people here about their thoughts on the referendum a lot would say that it’s too bad we couldn’t have joined the states. If it was put on the ballot I am most certain that we would have become a state

[@conservativedemocracyenjoyer]

@@newfoundlandmapping4493 based

[@paradoxicalpotato8927]

At this point, James Bissonet is probably working a 2nd job to keep up with his donations.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Can we also appreciate that nobody actually knows how his surname is spelled?

[@nixonhoover2]

We’re all working 2nd jobs bruh, I do it to afford the local hooker.

[@tazepat001]

Plot twist: He is James Bissonet.

[@It9LpBFS37]

@@randomguy-tg7ok Its Jeff Bezos' alter ego. He doesn't know how its spelled either

[@WhiskeyPatriot]

@SMA Productions I think he might be my dad then, pretty sure I played with that guy in Call of Duty

[@johnq.public4252]

My mom was from Newfoundland. Her family favored staying British. In many places, they still fly the 🇬🇧.Joey Smallwood became the first premier.

[@Thelunalafleur]

As An east coaster who lived in Newfoundland for 6 years I can tell you Newfoundlander’s are still to this day NEWFOUDLANDERS first and Canadians second. The self patriotism and culture within the province is very unique to the country .

[@interview8203]

yea but your also a financial drain on everyone else.

[@NoNumbersAtTheEnding]

I don’t know about this. You could replace Newfoundland with Alberta and this comment would still be true

[@dancarter5775]

Considering that they're still competing against Canadians, that's still an awfully low bar to beat.

[@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy]

HOLD ON A MINUTE! We Only had sent AFTER joining the Confederation. And most of us want to be independent but We can't.

[@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy]

Debt* not sent. I hate autocorrect

[@muhammetenesboynukalin7084]

"Women are people" "scheming in progress" you are wonderful mate

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

Imagine if It was a U.S state?

[@zaptronixx4488]

They are?

[@mugiwara-no-luffy]

@@zaptronixx4488 no?

[@yacine778]

CK2 stuff 😂😂

[@brandonf1260]

@@mugiwara-no-luffy pretty sure he was joking lol

[@Kysere]

i swear these all answer questions that i would have never thought of to ask, but still make me really intrigued

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

Wait ... KGB?

[@nothingtoseeheremovealong598]

Lmao that pfp

[@sharkronical]

@@adrianafamilymember6427 Siberia? it's finger lickin' good

[@bigblue6917]

I go on a three way split here. There are videos where I do have knowledge of the subject but I enjoy the subject matter. There are those which I am less aware of the subject matter but I will watch the video because I also am intrigued. And then, very much like you, it is a subject I have not come across before and want to know the answer.

[@scaper12123]

I was today years old when I learned that Newfoundland wasn’t a part of Canada initially

[@ttt2080]

Newfoundland had such a large population of Irish people that a good chunk of the population spoke Gaelic Irish there. The Catholic Church used to send for priests from Ireland who could speak Irish to move there, and there are records of the courts needing Irish interpreters for some defendants. Newfoundland is also the only place outside of Europe which has a native name in Irish: Talamh an Éisc (The Land of the Fish).

[@johnbrowne2170]

Actually, there were more of English descent than Irish. Irish make up 20.7% of the population as of a 2016 census. English are 37.5%; Scottish 6.8% and French 5.2%.

[@maazkalim]

So quite a bit like Nova Scotia - then?

[@maazkalim]

Duh..., Mr "​@@johnbrowne2170".

[@zimriel]

@@maazkalim well nova scotia is a bit 'special' inasmuch as it exists because the brits exiled all the people who'd built the place they became cajuns in louisiana

[@maazkalim]

‘They became’, to be sure - Ms "@@zimriel"?

[@AbnormalObs]

Huzzah thank you. Haven't watched you for a while Forgot how GREAT your animations are :)

[@louispride7695]

I’m surprised Canada wasn’t sold to James Bissonet at this point.

[@FelipeJaquez]

Britain almost sold Canada to America for one Ironclad

[@prince_yt3406]

@@FelipeJaquez glad that they didn’t

[@danielharvison7510]

@@prince_yt3406 I do believe most Canadians are glad of that too. ONE ironclad??? Were they high at the time?

[@theoneanton]

Is NL worth one ironclad right now?

[@michaeld8280]

@@theoneanton Do you have any idea how much oil is our waters? Not to mention we are getting a worse deal BECAUSE it is offshore and not on land........

[@danieldishon688]

NF: hey Canada, let us join you Canada: your just asking for that to saddle us with your debt, no thanks NF: okay I guess we will just have to try joining the US instead Both Canada &Britain: now hold on just a minute!

[@sportsfix6975]

They'd be sooo rich if they joined America...

[@wfcoaker1398]

@@sportsfix6975 We'd be screwed if we had joined the States. And we're too different anyway. Our politcs wouldnt fit, our history and culture are different. We believe in big government, sharing resources, solid social services, universal health care, things that horrify Americans. We had a chance to join the US in the first referendum. We turned it down flat.

[@typicalmountainbiker]

@@wfcoaker1398 I live in California, most Californians believe in big government and free healthcare, etc. as well. It wouldn't turn the politics of the US upside down. It just would have made the US lean a little more toward big government overall Not gonna debate whether that's a good thing or bad thing, just saying that it wouldn't have broken US politics

[@wfcoaker1398]

@@boomsday3 Dude, Im a Newfoundlander, born and raised here. My uncle, after whom I was named, was the only anticonfederate in the family. I'm proud to bear his name. You're so wrong about "them" ( which is to say, us) not liking big government. Lol. Why do you think we put the kibosh on joining the Yanks? They don't care about one another. As long as a Yank can grab onto the few shekles he's allowed to earn, he thinks he's rich, poor bastard. Sharing the wealth horrifies them. We're better off in Canada.

[@wfcoaker1398]

@@typicalmountainbiker I pity you Yanks. All rugged individuals, sink or swim on your own, no help from the rest of society. Helping one another, sharing the wealth so everybody is doing well, that's "socialism", it's evil! Lol. Only a few get to have all the wealth, the rest of you scrabble along, thinking you're free. Free to watch the wealthy have their fun.

[@zacharymaney2183]

Your little 2 second clip of (what i assume to be) "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" is fantastic 😂 as is all of your work but thats one of my favorite ads from my youth. Not many people remember him!

[@cbjlbal915]

OMG, i was wondering what that is, until i found your comment and searched it

[@SharonPiano8]

I knew a man (who has since passed away) who was born in 1936 in Newfoundland. We were surprised when he told us he wasn't born in Canada.

[@keymatrix]

My grandfather joined the Canadian Air Force in WWII, but after the war, didn't think he was eligible for veteran benefits because they never sent him to Europe. Just a few years before he passed away, he found out he was eligible after all because he'd worked on planes "overseas" in Newfoundland. (He was an electrician.)

[@fraserwilson249]

Reminds me of my friend's wife who's grandmother immigrated to Canada from Newfoundland some time in the 40s.

[@alexandriaoccasional-corte1346]

Hey, my granddad also was an electrician in WWii. He had two lightenings on his helmet.

[@CommonWealthSnow]

@@alexandriaoccasional-corte1346 0_0

[@cakecwkecake7479]

​@@alexandriaoccasional-corte1346 LOL

[@aaronsung1989]

@@alexandriaoccasional-corte1346 lol

[@marcobusca6300]

It would be interesting to know how the French settlers in Louisiana reacted to the Louisiana Purchase. Great video btw

[@brandonlyon730]

There weren't many to begin with other then the City of New Orleans.

[@solwen]

I know that they struggled to keep their culture and language (the "problem language" as it was called by the US oppressor) alive.

[@jacobtrowbridge7223]

What? All two of them?

[@Lawnmower737]

@@solwen we really didn’t do anything to them. Louisiana’s French Culture is very much still there, it’s part of most people’s identity in many parts of the state. By the way, Louisiana has a French Law way of state laws. Do some research on Cajun culture before spewing out garbage.

[@brandonf1260]

@@solwen dude what are you talking about?

[@NJFireDepartment]

This was the first video I watched on this channel, I've loved it since

[@arkady714]

I'm heading to Canada next week and these videos are perfect for my understanding of the place. Thank you very much for these thoughtful and insightful lessons!

[@BuriedFlame]

_"Welcome to Canada. Here's your hockey stick and maple syrup. Don't talk to the neighbours to the south, they're idiots."_

[@itjustjuan5148]

PAIN. Yes PAIN does come when your broke.

[@segmentsAndCurves]

Yeah, but also ALCOHOL.

[@thespanishinquisition8617]

Keats said money troubles are likes sleeping a bed of neddles

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[@kb9880]

*you're

[@kgm4556]

“Hello Canada, and Hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland”.

[@sdeepj]

That’s how I learned Newfoundland was not always a part of Canada.

[@sweiland75]

Ah nostalgia.

[@shaneDylan33]

Shhhhhhhhhhhh

[@cardboardempire]

Da, dat da da, dat da da da, da dat da da....da na na na naaaaaa, dat da na na na naaaaaaaaa

[@kenryu364]

My gawd it now all makes sense

[@vvings9]

A lot of work must go into your videos. You guys are doing a great job with these

[@mattalexander3764]

This is because they are well-funded by political organizations who have an interest in the narratives being presented - trust me, it's not something that a hobbyist or general enthusiast would put together. There is a funny thing about the human condition, that we will think something is more "true" if it has a higher production quality. This quirk of our species has been seized upon by the likes of CNN, MSNBC, CBC; etc. But by treating production quality as an indicator of truth we divorce ourselves from it. it is like only eating food that has well-designed packaging - totally irrelevant for health.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I've been wondering about this for 30 years; thanks!

[@glewstick6655]

In Canada, the introduction to hockey games shown on CBC includes an old audio clip that says: “Hello hockey fans from Canada, the United States and Newfoundland!” That’s when learned about Newfoundland being independent from Canada, and now I know why they were independent at the time. Really great vid, I love the Canadian content!!

[@sdeepj]

That’s how I learned Newfoundland was different from the rest of Canada. Nice to hockey fans on this channel

[@xXLileastXx]

My old art teacher wrote that song

[@hockeyislife2]

Good ole Foster Hewitt

[@shawnlomond1083]

Nfld went bankrupt during the great depression partially as a result of the cost of providing a regiment of troops during ww1. It suffered horrendous casualties at the battle of beaumont hamel. This in a colony of only 250 000 was a major social and economic blow to nfld that it never recovered from. The nfld regiment was given the designation of royal to become the royal newfoundland regiment. This was the only time during ww1 this was made. Canada day july 1 is still memorial day in nfld to commemorate the loss.

[@ih302]

Thank you for this.

[@nwefie_]

Newfoundland******

[@seronymus]

God rest their souls

[@ShamileII]

Thanks for the history lesson!

[@republicofnewfoundlandlabr4652]

@@elliottbarrett612 wrong. Our railway was narrow gauge so we couldn’t put heavy loads on it. If we had to build the standard gauge instead of cheaping out we would have boomed because we have lots of minerals and forestry.

[@johnthomas4516]

Was that a Terry Tate: Office Linebacker reference I saw? That is a deep, deep cut. 0:33

[@RankinMsP]

Okay it wasn't just me Thanks

[@jayfielding1333]

Brilliant video. 10/10. Straight to the point and hilarious.

[@jamesfandango9466]

Lol omg "L'INFLUENCE" is one of the best skipping through the daisies.

[@mattdarrock666]

Despite ''L'influence'', Quebecers weren't skipping in the daisies that hard. They had a voice but it was rather muffled unless they yelled

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

Canadian Archipelago: "We exist" History Matters: "But fun fact: no"

[@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149]

It's like Luxemburg. We don't believe it exists.

[@samrevlej9331]

Or New Zealand.

[@swy334]

Explain

[@uriargaman7241]

@@samrevlej9331 NZ exists.

[@Tzar1]

@@uriargaman7241 nz is just propaganda lol

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

[@gregblair5139]

The video did not mention that, as conditions of federation, Newfoundland had to switch from driving on the left to driving on the right and change the wiring from 230 volts - 50 hz to 110 volts - 60 hz. They also needed to change the sockets from the UK standard D and G sockets to the Canada/US standard A and B sockets.

[@ryantwitter343]

No

[@sydhenderson6753]

But they got to keep their own Time Zone,

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

It’s a Schrodinger’s Country name where it’s pronounced “New Finland” and “New Foundland” in two separate universes

[@holybible630]

@@Darkdaej so either they need new funds or the funds fund Lund?

[@vaga4239]

It's "new found land" but said quicky

[@sausageman6924]

@@Darkdaej Isn’t it actually new-fin-LAND? as a resident of the island, that’s all I’ve heard anyone say here

[@webcrawler2007]

@@sausageman6924 that's the only way I've ever heard it either

[@gododoof]

People have died arguing about its pronunciation.

[@mccabber24]

Seeing "Pain" over the province of NFLD, very fitting

[@parsatayebi7652]

"Hmm let's build this hydroelectric power plant, I hope this doesn't bankrupt the entire province and cause a massive political scandal."

[@jacobhogan3208]

@@parsatayebi7652 Okay look. Most of us don't even want that in the first place. We never did. The thing about Newfoundland is we consistently elected trash governments, hate those governments and then re elect those governments.

[@parsatayebi7652]

@@jacobhogan3208 Oh buddy trust me I know the whole deal. The project was a fucking disaster so we just throw it onto the next government. And then along comes the NDP raising taxes for everyone because there are no rich people left to tax. I was one of the people who moved away lol.

[@jacobhogan3208]

​@@parsatayebi7652 I'm unfortunately too stubborn to leave. Honestly it's worse because I know a few MHA's right now personally and it's very awkward to talk about this stuff. One candidate in the last election that I have spoken to said to me that they only went in it because it was the only job that they could think of that would never be in jeopardy. I wouldn't be shocked if that was the plans of all 40 of them in there right now.

[@yeetdelete851]

@@parsatayebi7652 I want to gtfo out of NL so bad. Considering joining the Armed Forces just to try for a transfer to the mainland.

[@jutna]

Thank you for making this video.

[@davidturner7590]

Thank you for providing this synopsis. I have been interested in Canada since I was in gradeschool. Several Canadian friends and acquaintances have laughingly said that I know more about Canada than most Canadians (probably not true). I visited the other maritime parts of Canada in the early 1980s on my motorcycle and only regretted that I did not take more vacation time and also visit Newfoundland. I still hope to go there before I die. I knew that something really important happened in 1948 that did not happen in 1867 when the rest of Canada got invented, but now I have a better understanding.

[@cmhealy14]

Going to teach you another bit of Canadian knowledge. Newfoundland & Labrador are not a part of the Maritimes (it only includes NS, NB, and PEI). Adding NL, the proper name is "Atlantic Canada"

[@dr.brigh0275]

At this point we need an entire Episode dedicated to the Story of James Bissonette

[@MichaelAndersxq28guy]

❤

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

I'll start: "James Bissonette was born a poor black child..."

[@Martypuppet]

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music He was always absessed with history, learning about the world and such. But he couldn't afford the knowledge. When he grew up he started going to the library but the library wouldn't let him read the books. He couldn't afford a membership so he sneakily watch videos on the computer. This made his love for history grow more and more. He aced every history test and was offered a full scholarship for history. He is now a rich professor well respected at his job and community. He decided to give back to those history videos for teaching him when others wouldn't. If not for those he would be the man he is today. Jame Bissonette learned that even though life put him down he never gave up what he loved and appreciated those who gave him their knowledge for free when others wouldn't.

[@albertoswald8461]

Wouldn't it be funny if he posted on here and said, "What do you want to know?"😁

[@cattysplat]

The great powers of James Bissonette and Kelly Moneymaker still fight for supremacy to this day.

[@jaquequinn7780]

Newfoundland would have stayed independent if they had the funding of James Bisonette.

[@lordmeow]

Lol true

[@lordmeow]

Lol true

[@rafaelcosta3238]

I was looking for this comment.

[@iisusvoryvzakone7345]

@@rafaelcosta3238 same

[@boulderbash19700209]

Who?

[@catherinekarl3014]

This was super clear and helpful thank you very much

[@averageguy1261]

Wow, I never knew! Thanks for the knowledge!

[@maskthem0ney295]

Topic idea: what did senators do during the Roman empire?

[@Just_Jac0b]

Ooo this is good

[@Gamingmaster-jv9zj]

Good idea

[@avilancer2516]

Senating

[@omerfarukal9494]

an even better question: what did byzantine senate do ?

[@Gamingmaster-jv9zj]

Or what did the senate do during the Roman Monarchy

[@xrq3223]

“That’s not how British rules works” Lmao

[@yearsmonths]

But that's how the Russian rule works

[@Godslayer5656]

IMPERIALISM INTENSIFIES

[@leighfoulkes7297]

Isn't the first law "England comes first"?

[@joecater894]

@@leighfoulkes7297 not really.... devolved regions are better funded than England... but it probably did work that way back in history.

[@keithscothern4859]

the British mismanaged NF and lab they mis manage everythingso no surprise there

[@HailAnts]

When I was in fourth grade (in the U.S. in 1974) I asked my teacher why a map of Canada we were given showed an international border around Newfoundland. My teacher wasn’t a young guy (he’d fought in WWII) but even he didn’t know. He looked into it and told me that apparently it _used to be_ a separate country!

[@Countrybananas]

Newfoundland is older than Canada and the United States

[@rogerbertrand9406]

It was a Republic then it joined Canada, and as one author said, in doing so, it gained the biggest backyard.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

At least he looked into it! Although, as a teacher, he should have known.

[@christopherjones8448]

@@Countrybananas So are a lot of countries

[@christopherjones8448]

@@sarahgilbert8036 Yes as a teacher he should have God like omnipotence and know everything about every country that has or ever will exist so he can easily list off random fun facts unrelated to the curriculum any time a curious 4th grader asks something random

[@MrMoustacheNinja]

I love your animation style 😂

[@phnexOice]

“Why does Lesotho exist” we’ve done it with Europe so why not with Africa

[@Apokalypse456]

now Eswatini feels left out!

[@phnexOice]

@@Apokalypse456 don't worry, they were my next pick :)

[@seanwebb605]

What's Lesotho?

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

@@seanwebb605 a small country entirely surrounded by South Africa.

[@seanwebb605]

@@ralphvelthuis2359 Seriously?

[@Harry-xu2yn]

"They didn't want this option but that isn't how British rule works" lmao

[@andym9571]

Well they obviously did want it to happen because that is what they voted for !

[@gododoof]

@@andym9571 maybe, though the brits did burn the ballots when we asked for a recount so....

[@jimtaylor294]

^ Only because we were fed up by that point and wanted the matter dealt with :P .

[@marsbolcan9311]

@@andym9571 The elected representatives of the people voted against Confederation, the lawyer society of Newfoundland argued that it was unconstitutional for Newfoundland to consider anything other than returning independence given that the Newfoundland Act of 1933 gauranteed we'd get it back, the people were denied the publicly popular option of union with America by the British government, the people voted for independence in the first referendum (of which there was only supposed to be one) they held a second referendum and nearly every vote that went towards maintaining British commission in the first referendum went to Confederation in the second (apparently). Ballots were burned before recount could happen, the districts with the most Confederate votes happened to be the most illiterate where only the Confederate Association had enough funds to send a scrutineer, and some of those districts reported over 100% voter turnout.. So sure.. yeah after a century of Newfoundland public being against joining Canada and the government being for it, the people definitely voted for confederation.. totally legit nothing funny here

[@hollowgonzalo4329]

@@marsbolcan9311 Same shit happened to nova scotia, nobody here wanted to join.

[@Digephil]

0:54 I guess you could say they would be having Nunavut?

[@seanhenderson7864]

Great work on the video - informative and fun. Keep up the good work. Could you do a similar video for Prince Edward Island (PEI)? It didn't join Canada right away either. Again, thanks for the awesome videos.

[@alexkilgour1328]

Minor points. Newfoundland wasn't a solid population of protestants, it is actually split between protestants and Irish Catholics. Not 50-50 but certainly a higher percentage of the population than anywhere other than Quebec. Secondly, Newfoundland was severely impacted by the 1st World War. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment took massive casualties, as a percentage of the population. What's worse is that it wiped out much of the educated young men of that generation, which left a void in the political realm. That left the government open to be raided and pilfered by con artists. Britain actually exempted Newfoundland from sending troops in WW2, but many volunteered anyways. The first referendum was held, the Independence movement won, but didn't win over 50%. Nobody suggested that as a requirement until after the vote was held. The locals who financed the Indepence campaign were tapped out and then the British Government, along with Canadian Banks, dumped piles more money into a second campaign. There is a fair bit of question held around that vote, as I believe 2 people who worked on it have made deathbed statements that the vote was the other way.

[@hagamapama]

Even if Newfoundland didn't send men, they played a huge role in the merchant marine. Leave it to an island to have a lot of sailors.

[@otsoko66]

Yeah, the protestant bit is a really bad take. There are more Catholics (largest church in NL) than Anglicans (2ed largest denomination) in NL. Also the WWI take is pretty bad - as per your explanation.

[@burnyizland]

And everyone forgets the Indigenous Labradorians, as per usual. I'll admit I've been guilty of similar (forgetting to watch for New Year's hitting the Territories while celebrating each of the Provinces would be my biggest blunder there). I'm sure the government didn't count them either. Seems to be as Canadian as saying sooory.

[@2hotflavored666]

@@burnyizland Who cares about the Stone Age cannibals? They live infinitely better lives now, now that they aren't eating and sacrificing each other, oh and the advanced technology and not living in huts helps a lot.

[@burnyizland]

@@2hotflavored666 Wow, your ignorance and racism are astounding. What a disgusting attitude from a useless person.

[@historicalsnek1927]

English explorers when they run out of ideas to name their newly found land

[@Valencetheshireman927]

They named it Newfoundland because it was the first New land that they found.

[@filb]

@@Valencetheshireman927 hence why they ran out of ideas with the name.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

@@filb It was the first place they found hence they hadn’t ran out of ideas yet.

[@rexmundi3108]

It was actually their first idea. While the first British colony was not officially in Newfoundland, it was their first North American territory.

[@jdu7729]

@@Valencetheshireman927 They hadn't figured out that they were suposed to call new land "New [old-land-name]" yet.

[@justicekwesiakuffo]

Great work

[@gdoublell1002]

Fascinating. Thank you

[@nelsonbassett5719]

In the book "Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders", the author brings to light strong evidence that the final referendum was rigged, including, among other things, the ballots being burned after the initial count. There was a strong feeling at the time that the independence vote won. It's a great book if you're interested in the history.

[@Countrybananas]

It did win, lets be real here. Newfoundland was robbed of its independence and wasted a generation of men more then earning it in Flanders.

[@robertprovost1536]

Wow interesting I’d like to read

[@morganandrews7286]

there’s still some discussion about the vote counts here

[@jonathanwilkinson4299]

I do wonder about these kinds of votes with so much on the line how much tampering is involved like with Quebec's vote.

[@athingwhichexists]

wouldn't surprise me in the slightest

[@Apeksim]

"Why did Newfoundland took so long to join Canada?" Me, a non-Canadian who thought Newfoundland is a Canadian province all along, "Well now I'm intrigued."

[@iwatchwithnoads7480]

Bigger question is: "Why is it taking so long for Minnesota and Wisconsin to join Canada?"

[@tremedar]

@@iwatchwithnoads7480 The even bigger question is what is taking Canada so long joining the USA and becoming the 51st through 60th states.

[@Tenebraeification]

It's funny because some random American diplomat whose name escapes me managed to have America buy Alaska from the Russians and tried to buy Greenland from the Danish in an attempt to surround Canada, plus resources. So America possibly trying to yoink New foundland into the Union isn't as far fetched as I thought it would be.

[@VAWM.]

@@tremedar Oh that's an easy answer, we're waiting for them to catch up to us on things like health-care and social services. We'd be trading down otherwise.

[@charlesrb3898]

@@tremedar Because the US is an afro-Hispanic country.

Thanks it answers some questions.

[@edwardjones4870]

A postscript is that Newfoundland Time is a half hour ahead of Atlantic Time, an hour and a half ahead of Eastern Time, and so on for the other time zones. Newfoundland was a separate dominion when time zones were established. It maintained the 30 minute difference when it joined Canada.

[@backtothefutureman1]

I’ve been wondering this for a long time.

[@Hogfan11]

Said no one (except Canadians)

[@ST-hr4xv]

I love how the guy in the middle seems surprised after looking at the message on the board at 1:41 😂

[@theoutlook55]

Wow, I had no idea about this. Cool!

[@CallMeCoachWalker]

I absolutely love the people skipping through the daisies amid sarcastic commentary! Makes me laugh every single time!

[@buingockhoa1998]

"That was at least until the Great Depression, which could only mean one thing: PAIN" Yea we all feel that

[@newfoundlandmapping4493]

As a newfoundlander I’m glad to see we’re actually getting some recognition for our unique place

[@UgandatheTFplayer]

as a HUJMAN i am NOT GLAD TO SEE FAKE COUNTIRES

[@scintillam_dei]

I am doing a massive realistic map of America for Age of Empires 2 HD if you want Newfoundland to be all yours.

[@sirdavidoftor3413]

Newfoundland Map: I will never forget Newfoundland. After what you did during 9/11, it made me proud and glad that Newfoundland is part of Canada. For me, that is how you treat guests! Stay safe, stay sane, be well

[@nosh8147]

You are quite known here in Portugal, especially in my region, where codfishing ships have been built and set sail for Newfoundland for centuries!

[@joshuawarkentin9199]

I'm always reminded of NFLD each time the CBC states the scheduled time of their programming. For those of you not in Canada, Newfoundland has a separate time zone. During each commercial for a CBC program you will hear the following phrase "x show at 6:00pm, 6:30 Newfoundland". I also worked with a bunch of people who moved from Newfoundland and they were some of the most friendly and hilarious individuals I've met.

[@JonPITBZN]

Holy crap, did you just put a "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker" reference in your video?!

[@Ghandacity]

0:32 - It took me 2 years to catch Terry Tate, Office Linebacker.

[@user-it7pc5fs7h]

Pain The great depression summed up perfectly

[@ryanscott33]

“Why did Albania remain close to China after the Sino-Soviet Split” great topic

[@noobster4779]

Because they werent close to the Soviet Union following the soviet invasion of Tschechoslovakia. They even left the warsaw pact out of protest for that and turned to "new allies" in the communist world: Yugoslavia (which had a "its difficult" relationship with the Soviet Union) and China ("actually WE are the true communists"). Albania was also absolutely paranoid about the Italians "returning"/invading and basically turned the little country into a giant bunker network to fend of any invasion

[@fan_srpelo]

@@noobster4779 why the idea of albania becoming a giant bunker for that reason makes me do a aaaww

[@james11norma17]

wow you got this one brother

[@HumeHwy]

I never thought I’d see Alfred Deakin in one of these videos - 1:30

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

I'm canadain and I kinda knew this but also i would never just bring it up in conversation cause it was on my mind. Keep up the good work, eh!!!

[@harveya1a952]

Newfoundland is the guy in the chat who said “I’ll be back in 5 minutes”

[@johndurham6172]

I'm from the US , just wondering why Newfoundland doesn't get much love.

[@arolemaprarath3248]

@@LegoofMaEggo Would like some independence?

[@UgandatheTFplayer]

NEW FOUNDLAN D IS STUPID

[@carlgustav945]

@@UgandatheTFplayer Say that to a Newfoundlanders face, you will end up at the bottom of the Atlantic fish food. There's no cameras in our little towns, no footage of anything to be chased after as evidence. Our little towns have one way in and the same one out......

[@fernsong8558]

How popular is the idea of re-independence in Newfoundland?

[@markophobe1534]

As someone from Newfoundland and who still lives here I think this is an awesome video about our interesting history!

[@dallascopp4798]

Well 70 years after this all happened, as a New Foundlanders do the people there want to be independent

[@trentlandon9033]

There's nothing interesting about your history

[@vipertt100]

Newfoundland is one word not two. 😎

[@spinalcmp]

@@trentlandon9033 Newfoundland and Quebec are the only places in north America with history

[@AgentRedgrave]

@@trentlandon9033 Yet, you're on this video learning about it

[@ding9916]

As an Ontarian with Newfoundlander heritage I never heard about this stuff. Very interesting!

[@josephosheavideos3992]

My paternal grandmother, Johanna ("Annie") Connors, was born in Harbour Grace in 1877. She and her mother left Newfoundland for Boston in 1905 during one of Newfoundland's economic downturns. The next year, she John Michael O'Shea and moved to New York City (his hometown by the way). In researching our genealogy we Chicago-based O'Sheas have learned that the Annie Connors' maternal ancestry in Newfoundland stretches back before 1800, to the beginning of Irish migration to Newfoundland.

[@ravenfeeder1892]

52% in a referendum? Sounds familiar.

[@gormoboskos]

Came for this

[@aravindhanil7235]

What was Japans reaction to Germany's fall in ww2 ?

[@Toonrick12]

I think it was "WE WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN!" Until the nukes dropped

[@angelzavala2254]

They really liked Germany and were very shocked that they lost

[@lucasyago3602]

Something like "SHIT, HOMIES, WE FUCKED"

[@andrewjennings7306]

"Uh oh".

[@SirFaceFone]

They launched one last attempt at cracking the stalemate in China just before the Soviets and Americans invaded.

[@leonidpavel8799]

0:33 peeping the Terry Tate: Office linebacker reference

[@Reesefied]

“Hey bro what should we call this new found land? “Ive got it… *Newfoundland”*

[@unknowndayglo7455]

My uncle is one of the first Canadian Newfoundlanders, he was born the day it joined the confederation, he's very proud of his plaque!

[@mattalexander3764]

proud to have your country taken over not a good look

[@FOLIPE]

@@mattalexander3764 He was born in Canada

[@stevevasta]

I'd always wondered about this. As a child, I'd look at the maps in my parents' textbooks and see "Newfoundland and Labrador" marked separately, but no one knew anything about it. Thanks for the info!

[@rogerbertrand9406]

Bonjour! As a french kid growing in Ontario, i was taught that labrador was 'offered' to sweeten the deal of the 2nd élection. I don't know that the Quebec province was completely willing to let go of labrador. Alot of the teachers gave us the option of colouring in our Canadian provinces maps with labrador as part of Québec, or as part of Newfoundland.

[@sparkaward]

I always thought one of Canada's provinces had been separate for along time but no one believed me and I couldn't find any evidence to back it up. Thank you.

[@speedweenie7394]

My family is from Newfoundland and I never knew any of this even happened. Thanks for the info!

[@BrendanGeormer]

0:33 Never did I expect to see Terry Tate: Office Linebacker in a historical-edutainment video

[@huntersangster]

HAHAHA lol

[@maskthem0ney295]

You know, I actually have wondered this one before.

[@patrickpower2215]

Lies

[@chrislacey8776]

Really enjoy the channel just one bit of feedback though, you talk a little bit too fast for the level of information being given, so it's not easy to take everything in at once without pausing. Keep up the good work! Cheers

[@FloboBoyce]

Shout out for using THAT party hat 2:20 lmaoo

[@jlshel42]

2:20 Best few seconds of any YT clip I've seen in a while

[@jasonfullerton7763]

That Newfie pimpin since pimpin been pimpin.

[@originalsusser]

You always ask if I enjoyed your presentation & I have to say I always do! Concise, accurate & to the point, & super cute animation that works well in conveying the message what's there not to enjoy. Thanks

[@mojungle3054]

0:54 Missed opportunity to say, "they were having Nunavut"

[@TheCrab78]

Brilliant use of Terry Tate... this channel is amazing.

[@alexalbans6478]

I would love to see one done on why French Guiana is still part of France.

[@cisium1184]

That question has a surprisingly straightforward, but still interesting, answer. I would love to see him make of video of it too.

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

France still owns 2 small islands off of the east coast of Canada too, that they refuse to let go of.

[@galerinha]

Because there's already a player named Guiana in the server so they can't rename themselves. But Venezuela is trying to solve this problem asap

[@newtfigton8795]

@@galerinha Venezuela wants to take over them?

[@galerinha]

@@newtfigton8795 about 50%, but I'm sure after they will come up with a new causus belli for the rest of the country

[@shannonmikko9865]

This channel is amazing because of the subtle jokes and references like 0:32. I never expected to see a Terry Tate reference on this channel.

[@t.b.g.504]

Some Who's Who: The Canadian Prime Ministers holding the 'No' signs are: 1:23 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell 1:59 - Richard Bedford Bennett At 2:57, from L to R: CDN PM Louis St. Laurent, UK PM Clement Attlee And: Albert Joseph Walsh, Joey Smallwood

[@Eliezer3838]

Everytime my brain needs a refreshment these videos come on my recommended

[@n00fer]

my whole family is from newfoundland, but i always wondered this question myself so this video is awesome!

[@TheJhaines]

Cool little fact the roads of the old American base in st. Johns make a cowboy hat

[@dixonhill1108]

I grew up in Newfoundland thinking I was a true Canadian, I even lived in Toronto for a time thinking that It felt like home(It did when i spent my time with catholic Poles). But then I moved to regular Canada and it was a massive culture shock. I never realized how Americanized Mainland Canadians can be. Ironically Toronto/Montreal felt more familiar to me than the smaller towns in mainland Canada, because they were diverse and wacky enough the American influence wasn't so noticeable. But it was when I started going into smaIler towns that I noticed the American influence. To me it's like living in a movie, everything is like it is in the movies. The roads are wide and straight, people talk about farming, they like football, they like church, no sense of communal tradition and a big focus on getting ahead(again in rural). I came here at 30 and it's still a perpetual source of confusion. For example we don't have a true left and right spectrum like you do on the mainland. Our divides are more rural versus urban(with the rural being more leftist) and those defending tradition versus those promoting economic growth. It's also just shocking to me that there's no sense of collective goals. In newfoundland it's a super common sentiment that for one reason or another we all defend the provinces economic fortunes. Few people are interested in sabotaging the oil industry, because we all know it pays for our socialized medicine etc. To this day Canada just feels like living in a foreign country.

[@BarrioPatrol]

Your comment was extremely informative. Thanks for sharing!

[@fraserwilson249]

This is honestly one of the most out-of-left-field takes I've ever read about Canada, and I say that as someone from Toronto. I've heard so many other Canadians tell me that Toronto is the most American city we have, but your description actually kind of fits in with what I've experienced in rural Canada and in the smaller urban centres. I don't mean this in a bad way but I can definitely see where you're coming from. I also find it interesting how the rural/urban divide in NFLD seems to be the reverse from the rest of the country. A very interesting commend to read and I hope to visit your fine province some day.

[@brianjones7521]

good video