Regional Municipality of Tracadie

Tracadie
Regional municipality
Regional Municipality of
Tracadie

Downtown Tracadie
Tracadie

Location within New Brunswick.

Coordinates: 47°30′45″N 64°54′36″W / 47.51239°N 64.91010°W / 47.51239; -64.91010
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Gloucester
Regional municipality July 1, 2014[1]
Population (2011)[2] 16,137
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)
Postal code(s) E1X
Area code(s)
Website Official website

The Regional Municipality of Tracadie is the first and only regional municipality in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It had a population of 16,137 in 2011.[2]

History

Tracadie and Sheila were separate communities whose municipal governments were merged into the Town of Grand Tracadie-Sheila on January 1, 1992.[3] The new entity also encompassed a non-incorporated sector North of the Town which was located in the civil parish of Saumarez. In total, the new Town of Tracadie-Sheila counted some 4,200 inhabitants upon creation. There were several reasons for this amalgamation. The towns of Tracadie and Sheila shared contiguous borders and several common services such as Recreation and Police services, and their amalgamation resulted in savings in administrative costs by eliminating a duplication of administrative services, fire services and public works.[3]

In July 2014, the Regional Municipality (RM) of Grand Tracadie–Sheila was formed through a municipal restructuring process of the former Town of Tracadie–Sheila, eighteen local service districts (LSDs) and portions of two other LSDs.[4] The eighteen LSDs that were included in their entirety were Benoit, Brantville, Gauvreau-Petit Tracadie, Upper Portage River (Haut-Rivière-du-Portage), Haut-Sheila, Leech, Pointe-à-Bouleau, Pont La-France, Sainte-Rose, Pont Landry, Rivière à la Truite, Portage River-Tracadie Beach, Saumarez, Saumarez Parish, Saint Irénée and Alderwood, Saint-Pons, Inkerman Parish and Val-Comeau.[1] The two LSDs with portions incorporated into the RM were Tabusintac and Inkerman Centre. The amalgamation followed a plebiscite that was held in December 2013.

The first election of the new municipality of Grand Tracadie-Sheila was held on May 12, 2014,[4] and the new municipality was officially incorporated on July 1, 2014, with the understanding that the new regional municipal council would consider another town name for the long-term.

On June 15, 2015, the municipality of Grand-Tracadie officially changed its name to Tracadie, following an amendment to a regulation under the provincial Municipalities Act.[5][1] The change reflects the historic identity of the area and the name of the two main rivers that flow through the municipality.[6]

Demographics

Following amalgamation, Statistics Canada determined the Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie–Sheila's 2011 population to be 16,137.[2] This population includes:[2]

Education

Tracadie is home to four French schools: the École La Ruche (a kindergarten to grade 5 primary school),[7] the École La Source (a kindergarten to grade 8 primary school), the École Le Tremplin (grades 6, 7 and 8), and the École Polyvalente W.-A. Losier, a high school (grades 9 to 12). The public library is located in the Hotel de ville, located where the old hospital formerly stood.

Notable people

Government

The council of the RM of Tracadie comprises eleven elected officials including a mayor and ten councillors. The councillors represent eight wards. Six of the wards are rural in nature and are represented by one councillor each. The remaining two wards are urban in nature and are represented by two councillors each.[4] The current mayor is Aldéoda Losier.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie-Sheila Regulation - Municipalities Act" (PDF) (PDF). Government of New Brunswick: Office of the Attorney General. March 28, 2014. p. 3. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names, From January 2, 2014 to January 1, 2015 – Table 1 Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory (with 8C and 9C)" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  3. 1 2 http://www.tracadie-sheila.ca/index.php/en/town-hall/history
  4. 1 2 3 "Establishing the Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie-Sheila" (PDF) (PDF). New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government. February 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.canadamunicipal.ca/municipalite/contenu.cfm?id=1837&munid=4
  6. ↑ http://www.capitalfm.ca/local-news/2015/6/16/tracadie-name-change/print
  7. ↑ http://web1.nbed.nb.ca/sites/dsne/LaRuche/Pages/Nous-joindre.aspx
  8. ↑ http://www.tracadie-sheila.ca/index.php/en/town-hall/mayor-and-town-council
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