TracadieNew Brunswick

On hazards, Tracadie comes out behind 95% of Canadian towns

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Tracadie as in most places, at $0.042 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Wildfire is a real hazard of the town: just over a tenth of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.28% a year, in the high band. More homes than usual carry radon here, 40% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory.

Working-age people in Tracadie have jobs less often than in 91% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 22 min, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min).

Crime runs heavier where Tracadie is policed than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 97

The violent index for its police area came to 118, above New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Where it is policed, 23.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Tracadie has cooler summers than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.6°C

Snow peaks in February: 84 cm in a normal year. Some 343 cm of snow falls in a typical year, above New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The frost-free season runs from 17 May to 13 October, 148 days. The most precipitation falls in October: 110 mm in a normal year.

Tracadie has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 10 km are 54 protected areas. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Kouchibouguac National Park, at 43 km. Swimmers have 27 beaches within 5 km, Plage de Tabusintac the nearest.

Tracadie gets a B for cost of living

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, between New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). 78% of households own their home.

Children make up only 11% of Tracadie, fewer than in New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

26% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (23%) and Canadian towns (19%). Immigrants make up 0.9% of residents, below both New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Expect November days around 5°C in Tracadie, nights around −1°C

November normally sees 93 mm of precipitation. Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. A normal December brings highs of −1°C, lows of −7°C. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 24°C and February nights −13°C.

Tracadie’s MP is Serge Cormier (Liberal Party of Canada), for Acadie—Bathurst

From New Brunswick come 10 MPs, 6 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Tracadie has one public library, Tracadie Public Library

It sits 3.4 km from the centre of Tracadie.

Teaching in French: 7 of Tracadie’s 7 schools

Within 3 km of Tracadie are 6 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. The closest elementary school is 2.5 km away, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

The region around Tracadie carries more chronic illness than the typical Canadian town: 20% to 17%

Shared with the rest of the Zone 6 (Bathurst area): health survey and life expectancy

Expected years of life at birth: 80.2, close to New Brunswick’s towns (80.1) and below Canadian towns (81.5). The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, 11% of adults to 14%. In the health survey, nearly half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than New Brunswick’s 44%. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Tracadie live 4.7 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.