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 commercial spring seal hunt was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most dangerous and demanding industries in the 19th century.

The salt-cod fishery was a mainstay of Newfoundland and Labrador's economy throughout the 19th century.

As seals became more difficult to harvest, Newfoundland outfitters turned first to larger sailing vessels and then to wooden-hulled steamers.

In the years before 1914 generally rising prices (including prices for seal products) helped make the Newfoundland economy comparatively buoyant.

Newfoundland and Labrador's climate and soil have not been conducive to agriculture, but outport isolation and poor fishery incomes have made farming crucial.

Newfoundland has always depended heavily upon the sea for transportation.

Construction began on the Newfoundland railway in 1881, and the track was completed from St. John's to Port aux Basques in 1898.

Newfoundland became a western terminus for a commercial transatlantic air service in the 1930s.

The Newfoundland Railway was not merely a convenient route to the middle of nowhere.

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.

European fishers had been working off Newfoundland and Labrador's coasts for about 100 years by the turn of the 17th century.

The rise of the industrial, frozen fish sector did not solve all the problems of the fishery, as many had hoped.

As fishing technology became more complex and efficient during the 20th century, it changed Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry

Throughout the nineteenth century, Newfoundland and Labrador's economy centred on its ability to export goods to foreign buyers.

It became advantageous for Great Britain to have a fishery based in Newfoundland as conditions of market and competition changed.

Newfoundland and Labrador's forests are a renewable resource, so long as they are harvested in a sustainable way.

In 1939, Newfoundland produced 1.5 million pounds of frozen groundfish. With the outbreak of World War II, however, the industry took off.