Only 49K population according to CIA factbook.
Northwest Territories at 41K, Yukon at almost 34K, Nunavut at almost 32K have been waiting a lot longer for provincial status...
Prince Edward Island at 140K is the smallest province.
Now how does a British territory go about switching allegiance to Canada? I would think the British government would have to agree to the deal.
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to say "Take off, eh" to another...
Uh, yeah. "Surprise, we're your new province. When do we start getting the checks?" Could be a little problem there...
That's how we got Newfoundland.