Citizens with a preference for English or French who reported they had always received servicesin their preferred official language during their interactions with a specialist in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
87.0
84.7 - 89.3
89.9
88.3 - 91.5
88.6
86.9 - 90.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
82.6
77.3 - 87.8
86.6
82.7 - 90.6
86.6
83.1 - 90.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
96.5
93.0 - 100.0
97.8
96.3 - 99.3
96.5
93.7 - 99.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
89.7
85.7 - 93.7
97.1
95.3 - 99.0
92.5
89.6 - 95.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
89.4
82.5 - 96.4
83.9
77.5 - 90.3
81.0
73.4 - 88.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
82.1
72.8 - 91.4
70.8
61.1 - 80.6
71.8
63.6 - 80.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
73.3
63.9 - 82.8
70.0
61.7 - 78.4
75.9
68.3 - 83.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
88.2
80.7 - 95.7
91.4
85.6 - 97.1
90.0
83.3 - 96.7
Age
18-64
85.6
82.7 - 88.4
89.4
87.2 - 91.5
87.7
85.4 - 90.0
65 and over
91.0
87.6 - 94.3
91.1
88.8 - 93.4
90.6
88.2 - 93.0
Gender
Female
88.3
85.4 - 91.1
88.8
86.7 - 91.0
88.7
86.6 - 90.9
Male
85.4
81.7 - 89.2
91.5
88.9 - 94.0
88.2
85.3 - 91.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
81.8
72.2 - 91.3
92.7
85.7 - 99.7
93.4
88.3 - 98.6
Language
Most comfortable in English
95.1
93.2 - 96.9
97.7
96.9 - 98.6
95.4
94.0 - 96.8
Most comfortable in French
70.1
64.0 - 76.2
68.6
63.4 - 73.9
70.5
65.5 - 75.6
Comfortable in both English and French
62.2
47.3 - 77.2
64.3
49.9 - 78.6
66.4
52.0 - 80.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
76.3
61.7 - 90.8
93.5
83.4 - 100.0
S
Immigrant
Immigrants
81.6
73.6 - 89.6
90.2
84.1 - 96.2
88.9
81.9 - 95.9
Education level
High school or less
86.5
82.2 - 90.8
89.7
86.8 - 92.7
90.3
87.0 - 93.6
Postsecondary
87.2
84.4 - 89.9
90.1
88.1 - 92.1
87.8
85.8 - 89.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
87.5
81.2 - 93.7
90.9
86.3 - 95.4
89.5
85.0 - 94.1
Household income
Less than $30,000
85.4
79.6 - 91.2
88.6
84.4 - 92.7
89.2
85.1 - 93.2
$30,000 to less than $60,000
85.2
80.0 - 90.4
86.9
82.9 - 91.0
86.7
82.7 - 90.8
$60,000 or more
88.2
85.2 - 91.3
91.4
89.2 - 93.5
88.4
86.0 - 90.8
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
76.1
67.9 - 84.2
89.1
82.2 - 96.1
85.4
77.3 - 93.6
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 with a preference for English or French who reported they had always received servicesin their preferred official language during their interactions with a specialist in the last 12 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey and Primary Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have a preference between English or French when receiving health services and who had a consultation with a specialist in the last 12 months. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: During your interaction(s) with the specialist, how often did you receive the services in the language you preferred?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_LINSP_1

Charts

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