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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
23.7
23.1 - 24.3
25.0
24.3 - 25.6
n/a
24.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
25.6
24.5 - 26.7
25.8
24.5 - 27.1
n/a
23.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.8
22.6 - 25.0
26.9
25.6 - 28.2
n/a
24.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
23.1
21.9 - 24.3
24.7
23.4 - 26.0
n/a
25.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
21.4
18.9 - 23.8
21.3
18.6 - 24.0
n/a
24.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.2
19.2 - 27.2
20.3
16.5 - 24.0
n/a
18.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
19.9
17.6 - 22.2
20.8
18.5 - 23.2
n/a
21.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.4
20.6 - 26.1
25.0
22.1 - 28.0
n/a
23.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
19.2
16.0 - 22.4
25.9
21.9 - 29.9
n/a
20.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
23.1
19.7 - 26.5
17.4
13.6 - 21.2
22.4
18.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.5
20.0 - 30.9
21.8
16.6 - 26.9
n/a
26.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
15.6
11.1 - 20.1
21.9
16.7 - 27.2
n/a
26.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
20.4
14.7 - 26.1
18.3
12.7 - 23.9
n/a
12.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
28.8
26.1 - 31.5
27.8
24.6 - 31.1
n/a
28.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
15.5
10.5 - 20.5
18.2
12.9 - 23.4
16.4
21.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
22.3
18.9 - 25.8
26.0
21.6 - 30.4
25.9
26.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.0
20.7 - 27.4
23.7
20.2 - 27.2
31.4
27.2
Fredericton
24.3
22.4 - 26.3
25.6
23.6 - 27.7
n/a
25.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
19.7
14.5 - 24.9
27.9
22.3 - 33.5
n/a
24.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
20.4
16.4 - 24.4
18.3
14.4 - 22.2
24.7
24.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
13.8
6.4 - 21.3
27.6
17.6 - 37.6
n/a
19.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
20.2
13.7 - 26.7
16.4
10.4 - 22.4
n/a
15.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.5
19.0 - 31.9
20.2
14.2 - 26.3
17.9
28.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
24.1
21.2 - 26.9
25.3
22.3 - 28.3
n/a
23.4
Moncton
24.4
22.8 - 26.1
25.9
24.1 - 27.8
n/a
22.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.9
20.9 - 33.0
26.6
20.7 - 32.5
n/a
21.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.7
6.8 - 22.6
21.6
10.3 - 32.8
17.7
27.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.9
20.2 - 27.6
26.6
22.6 - 30.7
20.5
24.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.4
16.4 - 22.4
23.3
20.1 - 26.5
n/a
27.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
18.8
12.7 - 24.8
29.7
22.5 - 36.9
n/a
26.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
26.6
24.2 - 28.9
28.2
25.7 - 30.6
n/a
25.9
Riverview and Coverdale
23.7
20.2 - 27.1
24.7
21.1 - 28.2
19.3
25.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
29.1
23.6 - 34.6
25.8
20.4 - 31.3
19.7
23.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.7
20.8 - 24.6
26.9
24.7 - 29.0
n/a
22.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
30.4
24.9 - 35.9
31.2
25.2 - 37.2
n/a
20.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.4
23.5 - 33.2
27.5
21.7 - 33.2
n/a
21.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.6
13.3 - 24.0
11.2
6.7 - 15.7
17.0
15.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.2
20.2 - 30.1
25.7
20.1 - 31.2
n/a
28.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.4
18.8 - 28.1
21.7
17.3 - 26.1
11.8
26.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
21.8
18.1 - 25.4
27.6
23.7 - 31.5
24.2
25.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.7
18.7 - 30.6
19.0
14.6 - 23.4
24.6
22.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
25.0
23.5 - 26.4
26.4
24.8 - 28.0
n/a
21.1
Anglophone North School District
24.1
21.8 - 26.4
24.8
22.4 - 27.2
n/a
22.6
Anglophone South School District
24.0
22.7 - 25.2
26.9
25.5 - 28.3
n/a
24.4
Anglophone West School District
23.3
22.0 - 24.5
24.6
23.3 - 26.0
n/a
25.5
Anglophone sector
24.0
23.3 - 24.7
25.8
25.1 - 26.6
n/a
23.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
20.0
17.8 - 22.2
19.1
16.9 - 21.3
n/a
21.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
21.2
18.5 - 23.8
21.0
18.1 - 23.9
n/a
24.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
25.0
23.4 - 26.6
25.5
23.7 - 27.3
n/a
26.6
Francophone sector
23.0
21.9 - 24.2
23.0
21.7 - 24.3
n/a
24.5
Grades
Grade 4
23.3
22.5 - 24.2
25.3
24.4 - 26.3
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
24.1
23.2 - 25.0
24.6
23.7 - 25.6
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
25.4
24.5 - 26.3
26.8
25.8 - 27.8
n/a
26.1
Male
22.5
21.7 - 23.4
23.8
22.8 - 24.7
n/a
22.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.1
17.5 - 22.7
25.2
22.2 - 28.3
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.2
25.5 - 28.9
27.4
25.4 - 29.4
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 spend about 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 "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_3

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