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{{About|the former town|electoral district|Tracadie-Sheila (electoral district)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|government_footnotes   = <ref name="GNB">[http://www.gnb.ca/0370/0370/0006/Tracadie-Sheila/index-e.asp Government of New Brunswick website: Tracadie-Sheila]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>
|government_type        = Town Council
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Aldéoda Losier
|leader_title1          = Deputy Mayor
|leader_name1           = Bobby Ferguson
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  |1=Rose-Marie Doiron |2=Marc Jean |3=Jean-Yves McGraw |4=Denis McLaughlin |5=Fernand Paulin |6=Vera Paulin
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|leader_name3           = Denis Poirier
|established_title      = Town of Tracadie
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|established_title2     = Village of Sheila 
|established_date2      = October 1, 1978
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|established_date3      = January 1, 1992
|established_title4     = [[Regional Municipality of Tracadie|{{abbr|RM|Regional Municipality}} of Tracadie]]
|established_date4      = July 1, 2014<ref name=factsheet>{{cite web | url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/lg-gl/pdf/GrandTracadieSheilaFactSheet.pdf | title=Establishing the Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie-Sheila | publisher=New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government | type=[[PDF]] | date=February 2014 | accessdate=September 17, 2014}}</ref>
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|website                = [http://www.tracadie-sheila.ca/ www.tracadie-sheila.ca]
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'''Tracadie-Sheila''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|r|æ|k|ə|d|i|_|ˈ|ʃ|aɪ|l|ə}} {{respell|TRAK|ə|dee|_|SHY|lə}}) is a former town in [[Gloucester County, New Brunswick|Gloucester County]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]].<ref>[http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=4082/ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Tracadie-Sheila]</ref> It is now part of the [[Regional Municipality of Tracadie]].<ref name=factsheet/>

==History==
{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick}}

==Demographics==
===Population===
{{Canada census
 |location=
 |2011_population=16,000 |2011_pop_delta=+10.1 |2011_land_area=24.65 |2011_pop_density=200.1
 |2011_median_age=45.4 |2011_median_age_m=45.1 |2011_median_age_f=45.7
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=2,255 |2011_mean_hh_income=47,661 |2011_access_date=2014-03-23
 |2006_population=4,474 | 2006_pop_delta=-5.3 | 2006_land_area=24.64 | 2006_pop_density=181.6
 |2006_median_age=43.2 | 2006_median_age_m=43.2 | 2006_median_age_f=43.2
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=2,010 | 2006_mean_hh_income=39,887 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-23
 |2001_population=4,724 | 2001_pop_delta=-1.0 | 2001_land_area=24.62 | 2001_pop_density=191.9
 |2001_median_age=38.9 | 2001_median_age_m=38.4 | 2001_median_age_f=39.5
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,864 |2001_mean_hh_income=34,493 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-23
 |notes=
}}

{{Historical populations|width=60%
| title= <small>Historical Census Data - Tracadie–Sheila, New Brunswick</small><ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref>
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 3
| 1991 |4383
| 1996 |4773
| 2001 |4724
| 2006 |4474
| 2011 |4933
| footnote = 
}}

===Language ===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Tracadie–Sheila, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|4,880}}
|
| 4,670
| {{increase}} 13.6%
| 95.70%
|
| 155
| {{increase}} 34.8%
| 3.18%
|
| 25
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 0.51%
|
| 30
| {{decrease}} 57.1%
| 0.61%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|4,295}}
|
| 4,110
| {{decrease}} 6.2%
| 95.69%
|
| 115
| {{decrease}} 20.7%
| 2.68%
|
| 0
| {{decrease}} 100.0%
| 0.00%
|
| 70
| {{increase}} n/a%
| 1.63%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|4,575}}
|
| 4,380	
| {{increase}} 1.0%
| 95.74%
|
| 145
| {{decrease}} 45.3%
| 3.17%
|
| 50	
| {{increase}} 400.0%
| 1.09%
|
| 0
| {{decrease}} 100.0%
| 0.00%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|4,625}}
|
| 4,335	
| n/a
| 93.73%
|
| 265
| n/a
| 5.73%
|
| 10
| n/a
| 0.22%
|
| 15
| n/a
| 0.32%
|}

== Tourism and culture ==
[[Image:Tracadie-Sheila église.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph in Tracadie-Sheila]]Located on the [[Acadian Peninsula]], the area has a number of sandy beaches. Val-Comeau, the most popular, is protected as a Provincial Park. The beaches can usually be enjoyed from June until September, when the water is a moderate temperature.

Signage is in French, as most inhabitants of the Acadian Peninsula are predominantly [[francophone|French speaking]]. The community became known as the hometown of [[Wilfred Le Bouthillier]], winner of the 2003 [[Quebec]] reality show ''[[Star Académie]]''. The success of the young singer, known simply as Wilfred, resulted in a significant rise in tourism to the region.

The town is also home to pop singer [[Jean-François Breau]]. Well-known [[AIDS]] activist [[Réjean Thomas|Dr. Réjean Thomas]] and opera singer [[Michèle Losier]], (both now residing in [[Montreal]]), are from the neighbouring village of [[Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick|St-Isidore]], part of the greater Tracadie area.

== Economy ==
The region suffers from high unemployment because of its relative isolation from centres of greater population. It depends on federal government assistance to compensate for the weak economic performance of the last decades. Most well-paid jobs tend to be government-related, including teachers, nurses and doctors. Other employers are in the "Parc Industriel".

[[Tourism]] is an important seasonal employer, particularly in the summer months of June, July and August. Thousands of vacationers, mostly from neighbouring [[Québec]], come for the beaches, ocean, and hospitality.

== Transportation ==
The closest public airport is [[Bathurst Airport (New Brunswick)|Bathurst Airport]] ([[IATA code]]: ZBF), 75 kilometres west of the town. It is served by [[Air Canada Jazz]] with twice daily flights to [[Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montreal]].

The community was once served by [[Canadian National Railway|CN Rail]] for freight rail transport, but the rail line was abandoned in the 1980s. Today the nearest rail service is at Miramichi or Bathurst with the [[New Brunswick East Coast Railway]]; [[Via Rail Canada]] provides 6-day/week passenger rail service at Bathurst and Miramichi using its train the ''[[Ocean (passenger train)|Ocean]]'', running to Montreal and Halifax.

The town is located on [[New Brunswick Route 11|Highway 11]] which links the town to [[Caraquet, New Brunswick|Caraquet]] and [[Shippagan, New Brunswick|Shippagan]] to the northeast and [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]] to the southwest. The town is connected to [[New Brunswick Route 8|Highway 8]] to Bathurst via [[New Brunswick Route 365|Highway 365]] and [[New Brunswick Route 160|Highway 160]] through [[Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick|Saint-Isidore]] and [[Allardville, New Brunswick|Allardville]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.tracadie-sheila.ca/ Tracadie-Sheila] - official site

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