Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported spend less than 30 minutes reading (not for school) on most days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
25.5
24.9 - 26.1
26.6
25.9 - 27.2
25.9
25.2 - 26.6
n/a
29.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.2
25.1 - 27.4
26.1
25.0 - 27.2
25.9
24.6 - 27.2
n/a
27.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.8
22.5 - 25.1
25.3
24.1 - 26.6
24.2
22.9 - 25.5
n/a
30.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
24.5
23.3 - 25.8
25.6
24.3 - 26.8
25.3
23.9 - 26.6
n/a
28.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
30.6
27.9 - 33.3
31.8
29.0 - 34.5
31.3
28.2 - 34.3
n/a
37.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
25.4
21.3 - 29.4
27.9
23.7 - 32.2
28.3
24.0 - 32.6
n/a
34.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.7
22.4 - 26.9
30.0
27.4 - 32.6
29.3
26.7 - 31.9
n/a
32.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
29.4
26.5 - 32.4
29.0
26.1 - 31.9
24.3
21.5 - 27.2
n/a
27.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.2
19.9 - 26.5
30.5
26.8 - 34.1
28.8
24.7 - 32.9
n/a
32.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
30.7
26.7 - 34.6
26.0
22.5 - 29.5
32.3
27.4 - 37.2
23.0
24.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
23.5
18.3 - 28.7
30.2
24.4 - 36.1
26.3
20.8 - 31.8
n/a
33.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.7
22.9 - 34.4
33.0
27.2 - 38.7
31.3
25.5 - 37.0
n/a
33.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
27.8
21.4 - 34.3
25.1
19.1 - 31.1
30.8
24.2 - 37.5
n/a
34.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
28.2
25.4 - 30.9
24.9
22.3 - 27.5
25.7
22.4 - 28.9
n/a
30.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.7
22.5 - 34.8
30.7
24.3 - 37.0
26.5
20.5 - 32.6
27.3
36.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
29.4
25.7 - 33.1
33.2
29.3 - 37.0
27.6
23.1 - 32.1
28.4
36.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.5
23.2 - 29.8
27.0
23.6 - 30.5
25.2
21.6 - 28.7
30.1
30.2
Fredericton
24.0
22.1 - 25.9
23.5
21.5 - 25.4
23.9
21.9 - 25.9
n/a
27.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
31.9
25.8 - 37.9
23.5
17.9 - 29.1
27.3
21.8 - 32.9
n/a
27.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
33.3
28.4 - 38.1
31.3
26.7 - 35.9
35.7
30.8 - 40.7
34.6
39.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
30.5
20.3 - 40.6
24.8
15.3 - 34.2
20.1
11.1 - 29.0
n/a
35.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
28.7
21.5 - 35.8
27.8
20.5 - 35.0
30.2
22.7 - 37.6
n/a
38.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
20.4
13.7 - 27.1
19.1
13.3 - 24.9
24.2
17.6 - 30.7
32.5
29.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28.1
25.1 - 31.2
28.0
25.0 - 31.0
24.1
21.2 - 27.1
n/a
26.5
Moncton
23.7
22.1 - 25.3
26.5
24.8 - 28.2
24.8
23.0 - 26.7
n/a
27.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.7
20.8 - 32.6
23.6
17.8 - 29.5
23.8
18.1 - 29.5
n/a
29.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
39.6
30.0 - 49.2
40.0
28.9 - 51.1
27.1
14.6 - 39.7
31.1
39.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.6
19.9 - 27.4
29.6
25.6 - 33.5
29.2
25.0 - 33.3
18.4
28.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.7
20.4 - 27.0
27.3
23.9 - 30.7
25.8
22.5 - 29.2
n/a
26.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.9
17.8 - 32.0
29.1
22.1 - 36.1
28.9
21.7 - 36.1
n/a
30.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.4
22.1 - 26.8
23.7
21.4 - 25.9
24.3
22.0 - 26.7
n/a
33.4
Riverview and Coverdale
24.5
20.9 - 28.1
24.3
20.8 - 27.7
26.7
23.1 - 30.4
32.1
22.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.1
27.4 - 38.9
27.9
22.5 - 33.3
26.5
21.0 - 32.0
30.3
24.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.8
20.8 - 24.7
25.9
24.0 - 27.9
22.4
20.5 - 24.4
n/a
27.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.6
22.4 - 32.8
26.1
20.9 - 31.4
22.6
17.1 - 28.0
n/a
21.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.9
23.3 - 34.5
28.6
23.9 - 33.4
28.8
23.0 - 34.6
n/a
34.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.9
18.8 - 31.0
27.4
21.3 - 33.4
35.8
28.9 - 42.7
31.8
35.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
20.7
15.5 - 25.9
25.3
20.4 - 30.2
26.9
20.9 - 32.8
n/a
31.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.7
19.2 - 28.2
26.9
22.0 - 31.7
27.7
23.0 - 32.5
20.0
30.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
24.5
20.5 - 28.4
27.1
23.2 - 31.0
24.7
21.0 - 28.5
22.2
34.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.6
20.0 - 29.1
28.6
22.5 - 34.8
25.2
20.3 - 30.1
26.4
30.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
25.5
24.0 - 26.9
25.7
24.2 - 27.1
24.1
22.6 - 25.7
n/a
25.8
Anglophone North School District
25.8
23.4 - 28.1
26.2
23.8 - 28.5
25.6
23.2 - 28.1
n/a
27.5
Anglophone South School District
23.6
22.3 - 24.9
25.2
23.9 - 26.5
24.2
22.9 - 25.6
n/a
30.1
Anglophone West School District
24.7
23.4 - 25.9
25.0
23.7 - 26.3
24.9
23.5 - 26.2
n/a
28.8
Anglophone sector
24.6
23.9 - 25.4
25.4
24.6 - 26.1
24.6
23.8 - 25.3
n/a
28.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
26.2
24.0 - 28.5
31.4
28.8 - 33.9
30.1
27.6 - 32.6
n/a
32.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
31.1
28.1 - 34.1
33.4
30.4 - 36.4
33.5
30.1 - 36.9
n/a
38.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
27.4
25.8 - 29.1
27.5
25.8 - 29.1
27.2
25.3 - 29.1
n/a
30.9
Francophone sector
27.7
26.5 - 28.9
29.5
28.2 - 30.7
29.1
27.7 - 30.4
n/a
32.8
Grades
Grade 4
26.1
25.2 - 27.0
26.3
25.4 - 27.2
25.5
24.5 - 26.4
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
25.0
24.1 - 25.8
26.8
25.9 - 27.7
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
26.1
25.1 - 27.0
27.5
26.6 - 28.4
26.1
25.1 - 27.0
n/a
28.9
Male
25.4
24.5 - 26.3
26.0
25.1 - 26.9
25.9
24.9 - 26.9
n/a
30.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
24.6
21.8 - 27.4
23.9
21.1 - 26.6
23.3
20.3 - 26.3
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
22.4
21.0 - 23.9
21.8
20.2 - 23.4
22.7
20.8 - 24.7
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 students in grades 4 and 5 who reported spend less than 30 minutes reading (not for school) on most days.

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 "less than 30 min" 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. e) Reading (not for school)

Notes

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SE_DAA05_2

Charts

Maps