Timeline
- 11th century: Probably visited by Leif Ericson. See Markland.
- 1498: Sighted by João Fernandes Lavrador, who gave "Labrador" its name
- 1498: Visited by John Cabot
- 1500: Visited by Gaspar Corte-Real
- 1534: Visited by Jacques Cartier
- 1763: Labrador is transferred from the French colony Canada to the British colony Newfoundland as per the Treaty of Paris.
- 1774: Labrador is transferred (along with Anticosti Island and the Magdalen Islands) to the Province of Quebec.
- 1791: Labrador becomes part of Lower Canada when Quebec is divided into two colonies.
- 1792: George Cartwright publishes his Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador.
- 1809: Labrador (from Cape Chidley to the mouth of the Saint-Jean River) is transferred back to Newfoundland.
- 1825: The north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence west of Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, and south of 52° north is separated from Labrador and transferred back to Lower Canada.
- 1892: Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary and social activist, first came to Labrador.
- 1927: The Labrador boundary dispute is settled.
- 1941: Canada builds the air base at Goose Bay.
- 1949: Labrador becomes part of Canada when Newfoundland joins Confederation.
- 1964: The province's government began to refer to itself as the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador,
- 2001: The province officially changes its name to Newfoundland and Labrador by a Canadian constitutional amendment.
- 2007: The province and Federal Government of Canada sign an agreement to establish Nunatsiavut
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