Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported spending some time 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
79.4
78.8 - 80.0
78.3
77.7 - 78.8
80.1
79.5 - 80.8
n/a
79.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
80.7
79.6 - 81.7
79.3
78.2 - 80.3
81.7
80.6 - 82.9
n/a
79.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
79.6
78.4 - 80.8
79.1
77.9 - 80.3
80.8
79.6 - 82.0
n/a
80.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
80.9
79.7 - 82.0
79.2
78.0 - 80.3
82.4
81.2 - 83.5
n/a
82.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
77.9
75.4 - 80.4
76.2
73.6 - 78.7
74.2
71.4 - 77.1
n/a
78.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.5
67.3 - 75.7
71.8
67.6 - 76.0
70.3
66.0 - 74.6
n/a
68.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
74.1
71.8 - 76.4
73.4
71.0 - 75.9
73.4
70.8 - 75.9
n/a
75.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
77.7
75.0 - 80.4
76.5
73.7 - 79.2
78.7
75.9 - 81.4
n/a
71.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
76.2
72.9 - 79.5
78.8
75.6 - 82.1
78.2
74.5 - 81.9
n/a
77.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
74.3
70.6 - 78.0
72.2
68.7 - 75.8
71.7
67.1 - 76.3
72.2
65.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
69.8
64.2 - 75.4
75.8
70.3 - 81.2
71.7
66.0 - 77.3
n/a
74.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
73.4
67.8 - 79.0
68.3
62.6 - 74.0
71.6
66.0 - 77.3
n/a
80.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
73.7
67.4 - 80.0
67.0
60.4 - 73.5
68.5
61.8 - 75.3
n/a
64.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
83.9
81.6 - 86.2
80.1
77.7 - 82.5
82.2
79.4 - 85.0
n/a
84.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
75.9
70.0 - 81.8
74.3
68.3 - 80.3
71.8
65.7 - 78.0
74.8
76.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
78.9
75.6 - 82.2
81.8
78.6 - 85.0
76.9
72.7 - 81.1
78.1
79.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
74.7
71.4 - 77.9
73.1
69.7 - 76.5
75.2
71.7 - 78.8
85.3
82.1
Fredericton
84.1
82.5 - 85.7
82.6
81.0 - 84.3
85.2
83.6 - 86.9
n/a
84.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
76.9
71.4 - 82.4
75.1
69.4 - 80.8
81.4
76.6 - 86.2
n/a
89.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
79.9
75.8 - 84.0
73.6
69.2 - 78.0
75.4
71.0 - 79.8
83.8
81.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
73.4
63.7 - 83.1
68.4
58.3 - 78.6
77.5
68.1 - 86.9
n/a
72.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
69.1
61.8 - 76.5
61.5
53.6 - 69.3
64.6
56.8 - 72.4
n/a
66.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
83.3
77.0 - 89.6
74.5
68.0 - 80.9
74.4
67.8 - 81.0
71.8
84.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
79.0
76.3 - 81.8
77.2
74.4 - 80.0
79.5
76.7 - 82.3
n/a
70.0
Moncton
81.0
79.5 - 82.5
80.6
79.1 - 82.1
83.5
81.9 - 85.0
n/a
79.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
79.2
73.8 - 84.6
77.1
71.4 - 82.8
80.6
75.2 - 85.9
n/a
72.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
67.0
57.8 - 76.1
67.7
57.0 - 78.3
67.8
55.1 - 80.6
68.7
81.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
86.3
83.2 - 89.3
82.3
79.0 - 85.6
88.6
85.7 - 91.5
74.6
80.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
77.9
74.7 - 81.1
76.4
73.2 - 79.6
82.4
79.5 - 85.3
n/a
79.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
65.0
57.1 - 72.8
75.2
68.6 - 81.9
82.3
76.3 - 88.2
n/a
79.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
83.8
81.8 - 85.8
83.5
81.5 - 85.4
84.3
82.3 - 86.3
n/a
84.4
Riverview and Coverdale
81.7
78.2 - 85.2
77.1
73.7 - 80.5
81.6
78.4 - 84.8
87.2
83.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
82.1
77.5 - 86.8
82.7
78.2 - 87.3
86.2
81.8 - 90.6
85.5
80.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
79.5
77.5 - 81.4
77.7
75.9 - 79.6
79.7
77.7 - 81.6
n/a
76.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
72.2
67.0 - 77.5
82.7
78.2 - 87.3
81.3
76.2 - 86.4
n/a
72.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
85.5
81.3 - 89.6
79.4
75.2 - 83.6
78.8
73.6 - 84.0
n/a
76.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
63.4
56.7 - 70.1
64.8
58.3 - 71.4
69.2
62.3 - 76.0
70.3
67.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
68.6
62.8 - 74.4
75.4
70.6 - 80.2
81.2
76.2 - 86.3
n/a
79.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
76.1
71.6 - 80.6
77.0
72.4 - 81.7
75.9
71.3 - 80.4
65.1
80.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
78.1
74.3 - 82.0
77.7
74.1 - 81.4
79.2
75.6 - 82.7
76.9
83.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
77.6
73.2 - 82.0
72.8
67.3 - 78.3
70.6
65.3 - 75.9
71.8
71.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
80.8
79.5 - 82.1
79.0
77.6 - 80.3
82.5
81.2 - 83.9
n/a
79.5
Anglophone North School District
77.6
75.4 - 79.8
77.0
74.7 - 79.3
78.7
76.5 - 81.0
n/a
73.9
Anglophone South School District
79.4
78.1 - 80.6
79.2
78.0 - 80.4
81.1
79.9 - 82.3
n/a
80.7
Anglophone West School District
80.2
79.0 - 81.3
78.8
77.6 - 80.0
82.0
80.8 - 83.2
n/a
82.3
Anglophone sector
79.8
79.1 - 80.5
78.8
78.1 - 79.5
81.5
80.8 - 82.2
n/a
80.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
72.6
70.3 - 74.9
72.2
69.9 - 74.6
70.8
68.2 - 73.3
n/a
73.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
78.6
76.0 - 81.3
75.4
72.6 - 78.1
74.6
71.5 - 77.7
n/a
77.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
81.3
79.9 - 82.7
79.8
78.3 - 81.2
80.7
79.1 - 82.3
n/a
78.4
Francophone sector
78.4
77.3 - 79.6
77.0
75.9 - 78.2
76.9
75.7 - 78.2
n/a
76.9
Grades
Grade 4
80.2
79.3 - 81.0
77.2
76.3 - 78.0
80.4
79.5 - 81.3
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
78.8
77.9 - 79.6
79.4
78.6 - 80.2
79.9
79.0 - 80.7
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
84.9
84.1 - 85.6
83.1
82.3 - 83.9
84.6
83.8 - 85.4
n/a
85.2
Male
74.3
73.4 - 75.2
73.6
72.7 - 74.5
75.8
74.8 - 76.7
n/a
73.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
76.4
73.6 - 79.2
74.1
71.3 - 76.8
77.4
74.4 - 80.5
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
82.1
80.8 - 83.5
81.4
79.9 - 82.8
86.2
84.6 - 87.7
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 spending some time 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, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 min, 2 hours or 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. 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_6

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