Photo: ...some guy · CC BY 2.0Tracadie is older than 90% of Canadian towns: a median age of 52
Here 5.8% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are under 15. Tracadie has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns, at 4.9%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 16,453 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Tracadie
A French-speaking community
French is the mother tongue of 96% of residents, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. 47% can speak English and French, and 97% use French most at home. English & French ↓
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 47% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 52% speak only French and 0.9% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Tracadie’s residents are under 52 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 95% of Canadian towns, at 96%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Bilingual residents: 47%, above 89% of Canadian towns. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Tracadie behind 80% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Tracadie, 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tracadie, 52. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
More one-parent families than 84% of Canadian towns: 11%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
31% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. For comparison, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Tracadie sits above 82% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (18%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 32% of adults, against a typical 27%. Fewer married residents 15 and over than in 77% of Canadian towns: 35%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Tracadie, 77% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Renters are just over a fifth of households (Canada’s towns: 25%). A fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $61,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Tracadie’s households had a total income below $61,200, 29% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $73,300 is the median household income across New Brunswick’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0.9% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 0.9% in Tracadie. The town has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 97% of Canadian towns, at 0.4%.
94% said they are Christian and 5.8% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 0.7% in Tracadie. Here, 3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Tracadie ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 28%, against 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 45% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
45% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% are 65 or more.
Of 41 towns its size (15,996 to 16,904 people), the 2nd oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Evergreen, at 32.8, to Saint-Charles-Borromée, at 57.2. Closest in median age to Tracadie are Almonte (50), Sturgeon Falls (51.2) and Saint-Charles-Borromée (57.2).
Around Tracadie, 1 of 2 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracadie | 16,453 | — | 52 | 26% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Isidore | 1,372 | 10.3 km | 52 | 24% | 1.5% |
| Inkerman | 2,462 | 19.0 km | 55.2 | 30% | 0.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Tracadie’s residents
What is the median income in Tracadie?
The median household in Tracadie took in $61,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Tracadie?
Tracadie had about 16,453 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 16,043, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Tracadie?
A median age of 52, older than 90% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Tracadie bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 47% are. Another 52% speak only French and 0.9% only English, and French is the first language of 96%.
How diverse is Tracadie?
0.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.7% belong to a visible minority and 3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Tracadie?
94% are Christian and 5.8% have no religion; 0.3% follow another religion.
Is Tracadie good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 11%. Schools near Tracadie are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).