Ryan Premises, Historic mercantile complex in Bonavista, Canada

The Ryan Premises is a group of buildings from the fishing and retail company James Ryan Ltd. on Bonavista harbour. The site includes the proprietor's house, a carriage shed, a retail shop, a retail store, a fish store and a salt store. A staff house next to the site is a Registered Heritage Structure.

James Ryan Ltd. began in Bonavista's Bayley's Cove in 1857 with a pub and retail store, moving to the harbour site in 1869 as the cod fishery became its focus. By 1895 it exported 100,000 quintals of salt cod, about 10% of Newfoundland's total. The firm left the fishery in 1952 and closed as a general store in 1978; the premises became a National Historic Site in 1987.

James Ryan Ltd. bought and sold salt cod, supplied salt and fishing materials, and ran a general store for its outport customers. The retail shop and store stand beside the fish store and salt store, showing how merchandise, salt and cured fish moved through one merchant's hands. The company left the fishery in 1952 and traded as a general store until 1978.

The site is on Bonavista harbour, and the buildings stand close together, so the grounds can be covered on foot in a short time. Parks Canada opened the property to the public on 24 June 1997. The staff house next door is a Registered Heritage Structure but is not part of the national historic site.

The site once included a cooperage, a powder magazine, a telegraph office, fish flakes, a lumber yard and a shipyard, all now gone. Only the proprietor's house, carriage shed, retail shop, retail store, fish store and salt store remain. The adjacent staff house is a Registered Heritage Structure but is not part of the national historic site.