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The Trinity Royal Preservation Area is a 20-block area in uptown Saint John. It was designated a Heritage Preservation Area in 1982. Common Council then appointed a Board to administer a new law to encourage the type of renovations and new businesses that enhance contemporary city living in a richly traditional setting.

TrinityRoyal.com is the only community that represents the history, architecture, culture, and business life of our city online.

The city of Saint John designated Trinity Royal a Heritage Preservation Area in 1982 and continues to nurture the growth and preservation of the unique character of our wonderfully historic city.

As you walk around Trinity Royal, you'll quickly learn how the area got its name. The soaring steeple of Trinity Royal Church, topped by its distinctive weathervane in the shape of a fish, can be seen silhouetted against the sky. The streets, whether broad and tree-lined or narrow and sloping down to the harbour, still retain the Royal Family names lavished upon them over 200 years ago by the Loyalist settlers.

In Trinity Royal, the blend of ocean-going commerce, cruise ships, gracious family homes and thriving businesses that established Saint John's reputation continues to link the present with the past.