Bonavista—Burin—Trinity is a federal electoral district on Newfoundland Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Bonavista—Burin—Trinity was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and has been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's (41%), Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (37%) and Avalon (22%).[4]
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Terra Nova—The Peninsulas, and will gain the east coast of Placentia Bay from Avalon, while losing Salmon Cove to Avalon.[5]
According to the 2011 National Household Survey, Bonavista—Burin—Trinity is the most Christian riding in Canada with 97% of the population claiming to have a Christian affiliation. It is also the only riding in Canada where less than 3% of the population has no religious affiliation.[6]
According to the 2021 Canadian census[7]
Ethnic groups: 96.8% White, 2.4% Indigenous
Languages: 99.1% English
Religions: 88.8% Christian (25.8% Anglican, 22.9% United Church, 20.3% Catholic, 11.2% Methodist, 4.1% Pentecostal), 10.8% No Religion
Median income: $31,600 (2020)
Average income: $39,840 (2020)
The riding contains the Bonavista Bay area, the Burin Peninsula and the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland.
The riding of Bonavista—Burin—Trinity was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Random—Burin—St. George's, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor and Avalon.
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 15,173 | 47.26 | ||||
| 12,986 | 40.45 | ||||
| 2,673 | 8.33 | ||||
| 1,272 | 3.96 | ||||
See main article: 2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election.