Why did government resettlement policies increase urbanization in Newfoundland and Labrador during the 1950s and 1960s?

During the 1950s and 1960s, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador implemented resettlement policies specifically designed to centralize the population. The primary objective of these initiatives was to reduce the costs associated with providing public services to the province's historically dispersed settlement patterns, where families were often scattered in small, isolated coastal villages. By consolidating residents into larger, more centralized communities, the government aimed to improve the efficiency and delivery of these services.12