St. Nicholas Church, in Torbay, is the place of gathering for the people of the Anglican Church of Canada faith in Torbay. The congregation of St. Nicholas has a 177 year old history to tell.

The construction of the first church of St. Nicholas was started in 1819 by members of the local congregation - a job that took 8 years to complete. Finally, on July 10, 1827, the church and its burial ground (located behind the church) were consecrated by Bishop John Inglis. The Church served the people of Torbay for 99 years, until May 16, 1926, when plans for a new church had already began.

The corner stone for the "new" church was laid in place on September 14, 1924 by Sir Joseph Outerbridge. The supplies used for construction of the church were shipped by supply boat to Torbay, from Trinity Bay. Once the lumber supplies arrived they were taken from the boats by locals and placed in small trapping boats to be taken ashore. Consecration of the second and current church occurred on June 14, 1926 by the late Bishop Edward White.

Another remarkable milestone that occurred was in 1923 when Pouch Cove (a small community close by) and Torbay joined together to form the parish of Pouch Cove and Torbay. The reason for this merge was to help finance the cleric and the rectory. It wasn't until 1969 that a new rectory was built for their joint clergyman.

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