| Official Name: | Baytona |
| Other Name: | Birchy Bay North |
| Settlement Type: | Community |
| Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Baytona in Newfoundland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Robbie Burt |
| Leader Title1: | MHA |
| Leader Name1: | Derek Bennett |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Clifford Small |
| Area Land Km2: | 15.38 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 251 |
| Population Density Km2: | 17.0 |
| Timezone: | Newfoundland Time |
| Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
| Timezone Dst: | Newfoundland Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
| Coordinates: | 49.3422°N -54.7656°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 0 |
| Elevation M: | 0 |
| Postal Code: | A0G-2J0 |
| Area Code: | 709 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Baytona is a small rural community found in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated off of Route 340, which runs from Lewisporte to Twillingate island, aptly named "Road to the Isles". A bay separates Baytona from a neighboring town called Birchy Bay. The first settlers of Baytona were fishermen, with women mainly staying home to raise children; however, with a depletion in cod stocks and lobsters, there was a shift away from the fishing industry.
Baytona has a fire department, town council and a recreation committee. There is currently one running convenience store. The community has a playground, and a basketball court.
The town also has an Anglican and a Pentecostal church.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baytona had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of .[1] With a land area of 15.15km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
Originally, Baytona was known as "Birchy Bay North". In 1958 the name was changed to "Gayside" to help the flow of mail delivery. The name was a play on the word "gay", which at that time meant happy, implying that Gayside was the more pleasant of the two communities. However, in 1985, due to a change in definition of the word "gay", and subsequent joking and harassment of neighbouring communities, the name of the town was, once again, changed from "Gayside" to "Baytona".[3] [4]