Terra NovaâÂÂThe Peninsulas (formerly BonavistaâÂÂBurinâÂÂTrinity) 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.
BonavistaâÂÂBurinâÂÂTrinity 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 2015 Canadian federal election, held October 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of RandomâÂÂBurinâÂÂSt. George's (41%), BonavistaâÂÂGanderâÂÂGrand FallsâÂÂWindsor (37%) and Avalon (22%).
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Terra NovaâÂÂThe Peninsulas, and gained the east coast of Placentia Bay from Avalon, while losing Salmon Cove to Avalon.
According to the 2011 National Household Survey, BonavistaâÂÂBurinâÂÂTrinity 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.
Ethnic groups: 96.8% White, 2.4% Indigenous<br /> Languages: 99.1% English<br /> Religions: 88.8% Christian (25.8% Anglican, 22.9% United Church, 20.3% Catholic, 11.2% Methodist, 4.1% Pentecostal), 10.8% No Religion<br /> Median income: $31,600 (2020)<br /> 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 BonavistaâÂÂBurinâÂÂTrinity was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of RandomâÂÂBurinâÂÂSt. George's, BonavistaâÂÂGanderâÂÂGrand FallsâÂÂWindsor and Avalon.
In the 2015 election Judy Foote won the highest percentage of the vote out of any other Liberal candidate in the country. Over the next few elections the riding began to be more competitive, and in the 2025 election the riding was flipped by Conservative Jonathan Rowe.