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Jim Burton has been successfully selling Real Estate in St. John’s for over 34 years. In 1998, Jim founded “Team Burton.” Jim is the owner of www.remaxinfinity.ca , in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada & RE/MAX Destiny in Cambridge and Jamaica Plains in Massachusetts, USA.

Jim holds an Airline Transport Pilots License with 15,000 flight hours and operates a seasonal Airline, North Eastern Sky Services Ltd. with a 1951 Dehavilland Beaver Floatplane in Labrador. He is the past owner of Igloo Lake Lodge & Flowers River Lodge, two of Newfoundland and Labrador’s trophy Fly Fishing Lodges.

In March 2021, Jim was presented the Canadian 2020 “Community Care Award” from RE/MAX International. In January 2020, Jim was bestowed the Order of Newfoundland & Labrador (O.N.L.) by Her Honour, The Honourable Judy May Foote, P.C., O.N.L., Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador is the highest honour of the province.

Jim is Chairperson of the Liberal Party of Canada (PTB-NL) and Vice-Chair of the Salvation Army St. John’s Advisory Council. Jim is also a member of the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation and sits on the Investment Committee. Jim is Co-Founder of Aviation History Newfoundland & Labrador Inc.(a self-sustaining Non-For-Profit that engages the public by supporting and promoting the “Newfoundland & Labrador Aviation History” experience as well as conducting and promoting educational programs).

Jim is past Chair of the Board of Directors of Hope Air (2011-2018) and current member of the Hope Air Advisory Council for Atlantic Canada. In November 2018, The Senate of Canada presented Jim with the 150th Anniversary Medal which celebrates the achievements of Canadians who have made significant contributions to their community and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first sitting of the Senate of Canada on November 06, 1867. In May 2018, the Real Estate Institute of Canada (REIC) bestowed Jim the Pursuit of Excellence Award for Community Services and in 2017 the Rotary Club of St. John’s Northwest bestowed Jim the True Rotarian award for the 2017 Rotary year. November 2016, Jim was presented the CLB Governor & Commandants Medallion in recognition of achievements of excellence in support of the C.L.B. and it’s programs. In November 2015, Jim was bestowed the 2015 Humanitarian Award from the Canadian Red Cross – Newfoundland and Labrador. In December 2014, the St. John’s Board of Trade presented Jim the Community Builder Volunteer of the Year. In 2013, The Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland and Labrador presented a special award (The Ches Loughlin Conservation Award) to Jim for contributing significantly to the protection of Atlantic Salmon. In 2013, Hope Air named Jim “National Volunteer of the Year”. In 2011, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association Eastern Newfoundland named Jim the (non-builder)

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