arrive until 1816. Construction on a new parish church began in 1820 and housed the Rev. Aubrey Spencer who later became the first Church of England bishop of the diocese of Newfoundland and Bermuda. In 1827, St. Paul's Church in Trinity was consecrated by Bishop Inglis of Nova Scotia. For this occasion, the hymn "We Love the Place, O Lord" was composed by Rev. William Bullock and has since gained widespread use. The decline of Trinity began in the mid-19th century as major firms reduced their direct overseas trade and began to rely on commercial links with St. John's. The Ryan brothers of King's Cove and Bonavista continued their retail and general supply trade on the Lester-Garland Plantation until 1947. The Trinity Record, a weekly newspaper, was in print in Trinity from 1886 to 1900. Trinity was incorporated as a town in 1969. On September 6, 1996 an F2 tornado touched down in the town, damaging homes and a shipyard building. According to the 2016 Statistics Canada Census, the population of Trinity increased 23.4% from 2011 to 2016 and had 132 dwellings. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trinity 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. Arts and culture Trinity is home to the Rising Tide Theatre Festival, founded by Artistic Director Donna Butt. Popular culture Trinity was used as a filming location for the 2001 film The Shipping News and for the 2002 television miniseries Random Passage. Trinity is the birthplace of Bob Fowler, an olympic runner who competed at the 1904 and 1906 olympic games. In 1909, Fowler set the world record for fastest time in a marathon, finishing in 2:52:45.4 at a race in Yonkers, New York. See also List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador References External links Text and Music of the Hymn "We Love the Place, O Lord", Written in Trinity Heritage Tour of Trinity Trinity Train Loop Restoration of the Lester-Garland House Restoration of the Lester-Garland House Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador