Labrador, officially the Republic of Labrador, is a North American country consisting of four provinces. Labrador occupies the eastern section of the Labrador Peninsula, in an area roughly the same size as the US state of Colorado. It is bordered to the west and the south by Quebec. Labrador also shares a small land border with Nunavut on Killiniq Island. Labrador was established as an independent state in 1931, though it remained under Canadian control until 1982, when it was effectively separated from Canada.