Baie-Trinité (2016 Population 407) is a village in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the mouth of the Trinity River (French: Rivière de la Trinité), a salmon river which flows through the village. The major economic sectors are forestry and fisheries.

Baie-Trinité
Village municipality
Baie-Trinité Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°25′N 67°18′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Manicouagan
Settled	1840
Constituted	January 1, 1955
Government [2]
• Mayor	Marc Tremblay
• Federal riding	Manicouagan
• Prov. riding	René-Lévesque
Area [2][3]
• Total	538.74 km2 (208.01 sq mi)
• Land	424.38 km2 (163.85 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	407
• Density	1.0/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	18.8%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0H 1A0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	Route 138
Census profile	[3]
MAMROT info	96005[2]
Toponymie info	3121[1]

The village and municipality are named after the small Trinity Bay into which the Trinity River drains. The river's name may be attributed to Jacques Cartier who sailed by this river on Trinity Sunday in 1536. The first permanent settlers came c. 1840, and in 1898, the Baie-de-la-Trinité Mission was established.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baie-Trinité had a population of 438 living in 231 of its 341 total private dwellings, a change of 7.6% from its 2016 population of 407. With a land area of 417.48 km² (161.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.0/km² (2.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

• Population in 2016: 407 (2011 to 2016 population change: -18.8%)
• Population in 2011: 419 (2006 to 2011 population change: -20.3%)
• Population in 2006: 526
• Population in 2001: 604
• Population in 1996: 646
• Population in 1991: 651

Mother tongue:[7]

• English as first language: 1.2%
• French as first language: 98.8%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Galerie

• 
  Trinity Bay church in Winter
• 
  View of the western section of Trinity Bay

References