Citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they prefer to receive services in French

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
24.6
23.9 - 25.4
24.4
23.1 - 25.7
24.9
23.5 - 26.2
15.1
14.0 - 16.3
26.9
25.2 - 28.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.4
16.4 - 20.5
16.7
14.2 - 19.2
16.8
14.2 - 19.4
18.6
15.7 - 21.4
22.1
18.6 - 25.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
0.0
S
0.0
0.0
S
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
S
S
S
S
S
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
78.2
74.8 - 81.6
78.0
74.0 - 82.0
76.8
72.4 - 81.2
42.7
37.7 - 47.8
82.2
77.6 - 86.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
34.5
29.8 - 39.3
40.0
34.3 - 45.8
37.4
31.2 - 43.6
22.2
17.1 - 27.3
40.5
33.1 - 48.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
74.4
71.8 - 77.0
73.2
69.7 - 76.8
78.3
75.0 - 81.6
35.6
31.4 - 39.8
77.8
73.2 - 82.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.1
10.7 - 15.5
17.8
13.9 - 21.7
15.9
12.1 - 19.6
10.0
7.0 - 13.0
26.0
20.3 - 31.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
56.1
51.3 - 60.9
50.9
44.9 - 56.8
58.4
52.1 - 64.7
21.8
16.5 - 27.2
68.7
61.4 - 76.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
40.8
34.0 - 47.6
41.9
34.6 - 49.3
36.2
27.4 - 45.1
40.3
31.7 - 48.8
47.7
37.0 - 58.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
47.3
39.2 - 55.4
52.5
43.6 - 61.3
49.7
40.1 - 59.2
29.0
20.4 - 37.7
53.9
42.3 - 65.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
85.9
81.1 - 90.8
82.6
75.0 - 90.1
86.5
79.0 - 94.0
39.2
28.7 - 49.6
81.1
70.3 - 92.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.3
18.9 - 29.7
30.0
22.7 - 37.2
27.2
19.4 - 35.1
17.1
11.0 - 23.2
30.1
20.7 - 39.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
S
30.7
19.3 - 42.1
33.2
21.7 - 44.7
24.5
13.0 - 35.9
S
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
88.2
84.5 - 92.0
85.0
80.2 - 89.9
81.8
76.5 - 87.1
44.2
37.3 - 51.1
88.8
83.6 - 93.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
S
0.0
S
0.0
0.0
Fredericton
S
S
S
0.0
S
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
56.8
49.3 - 64.3
63.1
55.8 - 70.4
65.6
57.4 - 73.9
41.3
33.3 - 49.3
69.7
60.6 - 78.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
S
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
S
S
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
4.5
2.2 - 6.8
5.8
3.0 - 8.6
8.0
4.9 - 11.2
4.7
2.1 - 7.3
7.0
3.0 - 11.0
Moncton
7.2
4.5 - 9.9
8.0
5.0 - 11.0
9.0
5.7 - 12.3
7.6
4.4 - 10.8
14.2
9.4 - 19.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
61.6
51.8 - 71.5
54.2
42.3 - 66.2
20.7
13.6 - 27.8
71.3
60.4 - 82.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
S
S
S
S
S
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
S
S
0.0
S
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Riverview and Coverdale
S
S
0.0
S
0.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
S
S
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
0.0
S
0.0
0.0
S
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
0.0
S
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
36.3
28.7 - 44.0
26.9
17.7 - 36.2
34.1
26.4 - 41.9
43.6
33.8 - 53.5
51.2
39.1 - 63.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
95.0
91.4 - 98.6
96.7
92.9 - 100.0
97.4
94.2 - 100.0
47.9
37.6 - 58.2
90.4
82.4 - 98.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
85.7
81.1 - 90.3
94.3
90.4 - 98.3
92.1
88.1 - 96.2
54.7
44.1 - 65.3
88.6
79.4 - 97.8
Age
18-64
23.9
21.5 - 26.3
26.5
23.7 - 29.3
25.1
22.4 - 27.7
13.9
11.8 - 16.0
30.6
27.5 - 33.7
65 and over
24.8
23.9 - 25.7
23.6
22.1 - 25.0
24.8
23.2 - 26.3
15.7
14.4 - 17.1
25.1
23.1 - 27.0
Gender
Female
24.8
23.7 - 25.8
24.6
23.1 - 26.1
24.6
23.0 - 26.2
15.7
14.3 - 17.1
26.9
24.9 - 28.9
Male
22.9
21.0 - 24.8
24.0
21.6 - 26.4
25.5
23.0 - 27.9
13.9
11.8 - 16.0
26.8
23.6 - 30.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
0.4
0.2 - 0.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
91.4
90.0 - 92.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
15.0
11.7 - 18.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
26.2
14.7 - 37.8
26.7
14.6 - 38.8
S
25.6
16.8 - 34.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.2
7.0 - 17.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
26.3
25.3 - 27.4
25.6
24.0 - 27.2
27.2
25.6 - 28.8
15.6
14.3 - 16.9
29.1
27.2 - 31.1
Postsecondary
17.8
15.9 - 19.7
18.6
16.0 - 21.1
14.7
12.1 - 17.2
11.6
8.9 - 14.3
17.8
14.4 - 21.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
16.8
14.8 - 18.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
26.1
25.1 - 27.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
18.5
15.3 - 21.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving home care services from home support workers who reported that they prefer to receive services in French.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "French" by the number of respondents who answered "English, French or no preference" to the question: Under the Official Languages Act, you have the right to be served in either English or French. Of these two languages, which is your preference when receiving services?

Unit

%

NBHC code

HS_LOS02_2

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