Baie-Trinité ( 2016 Population 407) is a village in the

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in the

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region of

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, Canada. It is located on the coast of the

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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. 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

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in 1536. The first permanent settlers came c. 1840, and in 1898, the Baie-de-la-Trinité Mission was established.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Baie-Trinité had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, 2011,

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* 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:Statistics Canada 2016 Census
Baie-Trinité community profile
/ref> * 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

Image:Centre des naufrages et l'église de Baie-Trinité.jpg, Trinity Bay church in Winter Image:Ouest de la baie.jpg, View of the western section of Trinity Bay

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baie-Trinite, Quebec Villages in Quebec Incorporated places in Côte-Nord