Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported spending 3 hours or more playing video games on most days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023
Province
New Brunswick
22.9
21.6 - 24.2
22.7
22.1 - 23.3
18.4
17.9 - 18.9
20.0
19.4 - 20.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
21.8
19.6 - 24.0
22.3
21.2 - 23.4
18.0
17.1 - 18.9
20.2
19.1 - 21.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.0
20.4 - 25.5
22.0
20.7 - 23.2
18.8
17.7 - 19.9
18.7
17.6 - 19.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
23.5
21.1 - 25.9
23.3
22.0 - 24.5
18.6
17.5 - 19.7
20.1
18.9 - 21.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
17.8
15.5 - 20.1
14.8
12.8 - 16.8
16.8
14.4 - 19.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
27.4
20.5 - 34.3
25.8
21.7 - 29.9
22.0
18.3 - 25.7
22.6
18.8 - 26.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
22.4
19.1 - 25.8
24.5
22.3 - 26.8
19.1
17.1 - 21.1
23.3
21.0 - 25.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.0
25.0 - 35.1
27.7
24.8 - 30.7
19.5
17.1 - 21.9
22.2
19.5 - 24.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.0
16.7 - 29.3
23.6
20.3 - 26.8
18.2
15.3 - 21.2
21.0
17.6 - 24.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.3
14.1 - 22.4
23.9
20.2 - 27.6
18.4
15.5 - 21.3
24.0
19.8 - 28.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
30.5
20.7 - 40.4
25.6
20.3 - 30.9
26.1
20.8 - 31.4
24.8
19.7 - 30.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.7
13.0 - 24.4
22.7
17.3 - 28.1
14.4
10.4 - 18.4
25.6
20.4 - 30.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
23.2
13.1 - 33.2
26.1
19.8 - 32.5
16.9
12.0 - 21.8
19.7
14.2 - 25.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
19.5
13.9 - 25.2
20.4
18.0 - 22.9
16.7
14.6 - 18.8
16.7
14.2 - 19.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
22.0
16.4 - 27.5
20.7
14.9 - 26.4
17.8
13.1 - 22.5
24.6
19.0 - 30.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
14.8
11.9 - 17.7
15.1
12.3 - 18.0
13.6
10.4 - 16.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
25.9
18.9 - 33.0
21.9
18.7 - 25.0
16.0
13.4 - 18.6
18.5
15.4 - 21.5
Fredericton
20.8
17.8 - 23.8
22.2
20.4 - 24.1
18.3
16.7 - 20.0
18.9
17.2 - 20.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
18.0
16.2 - 19.8
20.7
15.3 - 26.2
15.2
10.8 - 19.6
15.2
10.8 - 19.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
19.0
14.9 - 23.0
14.5
11.2 - 17.9
18.7
14.9 - 22.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
22.4
19.0 - 25.8
28.9
18.6 - 39.3
16.4
8.9 - 23.8
21.4
12.4 - 30.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
27.0
19.5 - 34.4
14.3
9.0 - 19.6
20.2
13.9 - 26.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.4
27.2 - 35.5
27.2
19.8 - 34.6
22.9
17.2 - 28.6
25.0
18.8 - 31.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
29.0
23.6 - 34.4
26.2
23.1 - 29.2
18.5
16.0 - 20.9
21.5
18.8 - 24.2
Moncton
23.4
20.4 - 26.5
22.3
20.8 - 23.9
18.0
16.7 - 19.4
19.5
17.9 - 21.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
32.4
29.2 - 35.5
29.1
22.9 - 35.4
22.6
17.2 - 28.0
16.4
11.5 - 21.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
37.1
19.0 - 55.1
42.1
31.7 - 52.5
31.9
22.0 - 41.8
29.9
18.4 - 41.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
18.0
17.0 - 19.0
19.7
16.2 - 23.3
15.1
12.2 - 18.1
22.4
18.7 - 26.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
27.5
24.0 - 30.9
27.1
23.7 - 30.5
22.0
19.0 - 25.0
20.5
17.5 - 23.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
28.7
18.0 - 39.4
30.5
22.7 - 38.2
20.6
14.8 - 26.4
24.7
18.1 - 31.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
17.7
13.8 - 21.5
19.0
16.9 - 21.2
14.7
12.9 - 16.5
16.0
14.1 - 17.9
Riverview and Coverdale
22.5
21.1 - 23.9
21.2
17.6 - 24.7
20.9
17.8 - 24.0
26.0
22.4 - 29.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
14.3
10.0 - 18.6
23.3
18.0 - 28.5
20.6
16.0 - 25.1
19.7
14.9 - 24.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
26.1
22.2 - 30.0
22.3
20.3 - 24.2
20.1
18.4 - 21.8
21.4
19.5 - 23.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
22.5
10.0 - 35.1
23.3
18.3 - 28.3
14.8
10.9 - 18.8
18.8
14.0 - 23.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.5
13.0 - 36.1
24.0
18.6 - 29.5
16.9
13.2 - 20.6
24.2
18.9 - 29.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
27.0
21.4 - 32.7
33.7
26.8 - 40.5
23.7
18.2 - 29.3
19.9
14.6 - 25.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
32.4
22.3 - 42.4
27.1
21.3 - 32.8
27.6
22.7 - 32.4
22.3
17.0 - 27.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
25.8
18.3 - 33.3
25.9
21.3 - 30.5
23.8
19.3 - 28.2
21.8
17.6 - 26.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
19.1
14.4 - 23.8
23.7
19.7 - 27.6
17.5
14.4 - 20.7
14.3
11.4 - 17.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
20.4
16.3 - 24.5
22.2
17.8 - 26.5
21.1
16.6 - 25.6
26.9
21.7 - 32.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
25.2
22.8 - 27.5
23.9
22.4 - 25.3
19.8
18.5 - 21.0
20.6
19.2 - 22.0
Anglophone North School District
30.3
26.3 - 34.3
28.4
25.9 - 30.8
19.8
17.8 - 21.9
22.5
20.2 - 24.7
Anglophone South School District
23.2
20.5 - 25.9
22.2
20.9 - 23.5
18.7
17.6 - 19.8
18.6
17.4 - 19.7
Anglophone West School District
23.6
21.1 - 26.1
23.7
22.4 - 25.0
19.1
18.0 - 20.1
20.6
19.4 - 21.8
Anglophone sector
24.6
23.1 - 26.0
23.7
23.0 - 24.5
19.2
18.6 - 19.8
20.1
19.4 - 20.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
21.0
18.6 - 23.4
23.7
21.5 - 25.9
20.3
18.3 - 22.3
23.7
21.4 - 25.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
17.8
15.3 - 20.2
12.8
10.7 - 14.8
14.8
12.3 - 17.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
18.0
16.0 - 20.0
19.3
17.8 - 20.7
15.8
14.5 - 17.0
19.3
17.8 - 20.9
Francophone sector
19.1
17.3 - 20.9
20.2
19.1 - 21.3
16.5
15.6 - 17.5
19.8
18.6 - 20.9
Grades
Grade 4
23.8
22.1 - 25.4
23.0
22.1 - 23.9
18.7
17.9 - 19.4
19.8
19.0 - 20.7
Grade 5
22.0
20.5 - 23.6
22.5
21.6 - 23.3
18.2
17.4 - 18.9
20.2
19.4 - 21.0
Gender
Female
11.4
10.3 - 12.6
10.6
10.0 - 11.2
8.4
7.8 - 8.9
9.9
9.2 - 10.5
Male
34.1
32.3 - 35.9
34.6
33.6 - 35.6
27.8
27.0 - 28.7
29.6
28.6 - 30.5
Non-binary
23.1
12.7 - 33.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.9
24.5 - 33.2
29.4
26.4 - 32.3
21.6
19.2 - 24.1
25.8
22.8 - 28.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
23.5
20.9 - 26.2
23.2
21.7 - 24.6
18.4
17.0 - 19.8
16.2
14.6 - 17.8
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 students in grades 4 and 5 who reported spending 3 hours or more playing video games on most days. This indicator is based on the Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 4-5

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "3 hours or more" by the number of respondents who answered "none, less than 30 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 min, 2 hours or 3 hours or more" to the question: On most days, how much time do you spend. c) Playing video games

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

The 2019-2020 edition of this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the number of schools that participated in 2019-2020 is much lower than other editions of the survey, results at the provincial level were deemed not representative of the total student population. Therefore, survey results for New Brunswick, health zones and demographic groups are not available for the 2019-2020 edition. However, 2019-2020 results are available for communities in which the number of participating schools was deemed sufficient to be representative of the student population in that community.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SE_DAA03_1

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