Triton is a town that lies on
Triton Island
Triton Island (; ) is the westernmost and southernmost of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. It is located on the southwest corner of Triton Reef and has an area of above sea-level. The reef including the island measures about in are ...
just off the coast of northeastern
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...
, in the
Canadian province
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...
. Triton is the economic center of Green Bay South. According to Statistics Canada, Triton's population fell from 983 in 2016 to 896 in 2021.
The town of Triton has seen new businesses and buildings opening in 2017. Triton also has a swimming pool, skatepark and a small basketball court; there are also trailer campsites near the community.
History
In the earliest days of settlement, ties were strong with
Twillingate
Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north ...
, where fishermen traded cod. In the 1890s, the first stores were kept by families at Little Triton Harbour as agents of merchants at Little Bay Islands. A business was established at Great Triton Harbour which supplied many fishermen in the area and became involved in supplying schooners for the Labrador fishery. With a strong inshore fishery, a growing involvement in the fishery in Labrador and winter logging for lumber and pulp and paper industries, the population of Triton grew considerably to 470 in 1935 and 625 in 1951. Triton East and West incorporated in 1955 and Jim's Cove and Card's Harbour incorporated in 1958. In 1961, the two municipalities amalgamated as a rural district.
After the causeway was built in 1968, linking the island to
Pilley's Island
Pilley's Island is a town located on the island of the same name in the Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located in Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador.
History
The island is known to have been frequented by ...
and the mainland, the community continued to grow. Because of the increasing dependency on the road, it was the end for Little Triton, which was declining in population. Since it was not on the road, it was soon abandoned. In 1980, a new fish plant, Triton Seafoods, was opened at Little Triton Harbour, and a road was built to it. In the same year, the rural district was re-incorporated as the town of Triton.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Triton 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.
See also
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List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the ninth-most populous province in Canada, with 510,550 residents recorded in the 2021 Canadian Census, and is the seventh-largest in land area, with . Newfoundland and Labrador has 278 municipalities, including 3 ...
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Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador
Springdale is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which had a population of 2,965 people in 2021, up from 2,764 in the Canada 2006 Census. The community is located on the Northwestern shores of Hall's Bay in Central Newfoundland, near ...
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Populated coastal places in Canada
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
Fishing communities in Canada
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