Federal electoral districts redistribution 2022

Avalon – Proposal

  • (Population: 79,745)
  • (Map 3)
  • Consists of: that part of the Avalon Peninsula on the Island of Newfoundland lying southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at a point in the Eastern Channel at latitude 47°25'48"N and longitude 54°03'35"W; thence easterly in a straight line to a point in the Eastern Channel at latitude 47°26'11"N and longitude 53°57'42"W; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in Long Harbour at latitude 47°24'13"N and longitude 53°55'11"W; thence easterly in a straight line to the southwesterly limit of the Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights at the mouth of Rattling Brook; thence generally northerly, westerly, northeasterly and southerly along the limit of said town to the mouth of Collins Brook at Warrens Pond at approximate latitude 47°26'32"N and longitude 53°44'50"W; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 47°24'44"N and longitude 53°43'54"W; thence easterly in a straight line to the southwesternmost point of the limit of the Town of Whitbourne; thence generally easterly and northerly along said limit to the northeasternmost point of the limit of said town; thence northeasterly in a straight line to the southwesternmost point of the limit of the Town of Spaniard's Bay; thence generally northeasterly along the limit of said town to the limit of the Town of Bay Roberts; thence generally easterly along the limit of said town (through Spaniard's Bay and Conception Bay) to the northeasternmost point of the limit of the Town of Bay Roberts in Conception Bay; thence generally southerly along the limit of said town in Conception Bay to the northeasternmost point of the limit of the Town of Cupids; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in Conception Bay at latitude 47°32'07"N and longitude 53°02'09"W; thence easterly in a straight line to the northwesterly limit of the Town of Conception Bay South at the mouth of Long Pond Harbour; thence generally northeasterly along the limit of said town to the limit of the Town of Paradise; thence generally northerly, southeasterly and southwesterly along the limit of said town to its intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1); thence generally southwesterly along said highway to the southerly limit of the City of St. John's at Loon Pond; thence generally southeasterly along the limit of said city to the northwesternmost point of the limit of the Town of Bay Bulls; thence generally southerly along the limit of said town to the northwesternmost point of the limit of the Town of Witless Bay; thence southerly and generally easterly along said limit to the southeasternmost point of the limit of said town in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Includes Iona Islands, East Green Island, North Green Island, Harbour Island, Fox Island, Great Colinet Island and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area.