Catalina is a community located on the eastern side of the Bonavista Peninsula

Bonavista Peninsula

The Bonavista Peninsula is a large peninsula on the east coast of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador....

, in the province of Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Catalina adjoins the union town of Port Union

Port Union

Port Union, also known as Centennial Scarborough is a neighbourhood located in Scarborough, part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The neighbourhood is bounded by Kingston Road to the north, Port Union Road to the east, the Lake Ontario shoreline to the south, and Highland Creek to the west.The...

, the town built for and home to the Fisherman's Union Company established by Sir William Coaker

William Coaker

Sir William Ford Coaker was a Newfoundland union leader and politician and founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union and the Fishermen's Union Trading Co....

.

The name of the town is purported by E.S. Seary to derive from the French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 Havre Sainte-Katherine which was later changed to the Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 name Cataluna.

In 2005 Catalina was amalgamated with Melrose

Melrose, Newfoundland and Labrador

Melrose is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.In 2005 Melrose was amalgamated with Catalina and Port Union to form the town of Trinity Bay North....

 and Port Union

Port Union, Newfoundland and Labrador

Port Union is an interesting and historical community on the east side of the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland Canada.William Coaker founded the town as the base for the Fisherman's Protective Union in 1917....

 to form the town of Trinity Bay North

Trinity Bay North, Newfoundland and Labrador

Trinity Bay North is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located at the northern tip of Trinity Bay. The town had a population of 1,539 in the Canada 2006 Census.-Former Communities:...

.