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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
25.0
24.3 - 25.6
n/a
24.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
25.8
24.5 - 27.1
n/a
23.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
26.9
25.6 - 28.2
n/a
24.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
24.7
23.4 - 26.0
n/a
25.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
21.3
18.6 - 24.0
n/a
24.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.3
16.5 - 24.0
n/a
18.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
20.8
18.5 - 23.2
n/a
21.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
25.0
22.1 - 28.0
n/a
23.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.9
21.9 - 29.9
n/a
20.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
17.4
13.6 - 21.2
22.4
18.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
21.8
16.6 - 26.9
n/a
26.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
21.9
16.7 - 27.2
n/a
26.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
18.3
12.7 - 23.9
n/a
12.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
27.8
24.6 - 31.1
n/a
28.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.2
12.9 - 23.4
16.4
21.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
26.0
21.6 - 30.4
25.9
26.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.7
20.2 - 27.2
31.4
27.2
Fredericton
25.6
23.6 - 27.7
n/a
25.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
27.9
22.3 - 33.5
n/a
24.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.3
14.4 - 22.2
24.7
24.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
27.6
17.6 - 37.6
n/a
19.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
16.4
10.4 - 22.4
n/a
15.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
20.2
14.2 - 26.3
17.9
28.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
25.3
22.3 - 28.3
n/a
23.4
Moncton
25.9
24.1 - 27.8
n/a
22.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.6
20.7 - 32.5
n/a
21.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
21.6
10.3 - 32.8
17.7
27.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.6
22.6 - 30.7
20.5
24.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.3
20.1 - 26.5
n/a
27.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.7
22.5 - 36.9
n/a
26.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
28.2
25.7 - 30.6
n/a
25.9
Riverview and Coverdale
24.7
21.1 - 28.2
19.3
25.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.8
20.4 - 31.3
19.7
23.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
26.9
24.7 - 29.0
n/a
22.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.2
25.2 - 37.2
n/a
20.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
27.5
21.7 - 33.2
n/a
21.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
11.2
6.7 - 15.7
17.0
15.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.7
20.1 - 31.2
n/a
28.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.7
17.3 - 26.1
11.8
26.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
27.6
23.7 - 31.5
24.2
25.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
19.0
14.6 - 23.4
24.6
22.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
26.4
24.8 - 28.0
n/a
21.1
Anglophone North School District
24.8
22.4 - 27.2
n/a
22.6
Anglophone South School District
26.9
25.5 - 28.3
n/a
24.4
Anglophone West School District
24.6
23.3 - 26.0
n/a
25.5
Anglophone sector
25.8
25.1 - 26.6
n/a
23.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
19.1
16.9 - 21.3
n/a
21.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
21.0
18.1 - 23.9
n/a
24.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
25.5
23.7 - 27.3
n/a
26.6
Francophone sector
23.0
21.7 - 24.3
n/a
24.5
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data was suppressed due to low respondent counts

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, Elementary Student Wellness Survey

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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