Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported eating breakfast daily

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017 Academic Year 2013-2014
Province
New Brunswick
49.6
47.6 - 51.7
50.0
49.3 - 50.7
50.5
49.8 - 51.2
51.0
50.3 - 51.7
n/a
69.8
70.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
53.0
49.6 - 56.4
51.0
49.8 - 52.2
53.8
52.5 - 55.0
52.0
50.6 - 53.4
n/a
73.6
73.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
48.2
44.4 - 52.0
50.1
48.7 - 51.6
49.5
48.1 - 50.9
52.8
51.4 - 54.3
n/a
67.2
68.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
45.7
41.5 - 49.9
47.3
45.9 - 48.6
46.4
45.0 - 47.8
47.5
46.0 - 48.9
n/a
67.6
67.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
56.0
53.2 - 58.9
52.5
49.7 - 55.3
56.7
53.6 - 59.8
n/a
78.0
76.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
44.1
36.0 - 52.3
47.0
42.6 - 51.4
51.9
47.4 - 56.4
42.6
38.2 - 47.1
n/a
61.4
64.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
52.3
46.1 - 58.4
54.9
52.4 - 57.3
54.9
52.3 - 57.6
53.9
51.2 - 56.6
n/a
69.8
68.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
39.6
36.7 - 42.5
42.7
39.6 - 45.7
44.6
41.5 - 47.6
45.9
42.7 - 49.1
n/a
67.3
66.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
53.4
44.5 - 62.3
55.2
51.6 - 58.8
53.5
49.7 - 57.4
52.8
48.5 - 57.1
n/a
69.6
71.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
45.7
36.0 - 55.3
48.8
44.7 - 52.9
60.0
56.2 - 63.7
51.0
46.1 - 56.0
62.5
69.8
64.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
44.0
33.1 - 54.9
47.8
42.0 - 53.5
53.9
47.9 - 59.9
41.3
35.5 - 47.2
n/a
65.3
77.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
53.5
34.8 - 72.2
53.3
47.3 - 59.3
56.8
51.0 - 62.6
55.9
50.0 - 61.8
n/a
70.8
58.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
44.4
32.0 - 56.7
46.0
39.2 - 52.7
49.4
42.6 - 56.2
44.3
37.4 - 51.1
n/a
58.8
59.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
58.6
49.6 - 67.6
55.7
52.9 - 58.5
54.9
52.0 - 57.7
58.7
55.3 - 62.1
n/a
79.5
84.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
29.9
23.1 - 36.6
26.2
20.4 - 32.0
29.8
24.0 - 35.7
36.6
30.3 - 42.9
54.0
61.6
62.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
57.6
53.7 - 61.5
58.1
54.2 - 62.0
55.5
50.7 - 60.3
72.6
78.7
80.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
41.4
34.3 - 48.5
41.8
38.3 - 45.3
45.9
42.3 - 49.6
42.9
39.1 - 46.8
55.1
64.0
64.0
Fredericton
51.7
46.1 - 57.3
53.6
51.5 - 55.7
51.0
48.8 - 53.1
51.6
49.4 - 53.8
n/a
73.1
74.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
54.5
43.9 - 65.1
56.0
49.8 - 62.1
52.4
46.2 - 58.6
51.1
45.1 - 57.2
n/a
73.6
76.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
51.8
47.0 - 56.5
45.6
40.9 - 50.3
54.2
49.4 - 59.0
70.5
74.1
64.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
36.6
27.4 - 45.8
43.2
32.5 - 53.9
47.1
37.0 - 57.3
50.6
39.9 - 61.3
n/a
61.6
76.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
61.5
53.9 - 69.0
49.2
41.6 - 56.9
65.7
58.2 - 73.1
n/a
83.8
64.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.4
18.8 - 44.0
30.3
23.3 - 37.3
31.7
25.2 - 38.1
25.7
19.4 - 32.0
56.8
57.3
35.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
38.2
35.4 - 41.1
43.9
40.7 - 47.1
43.4
40.2 - 46.6
47.5
44.2 - 50.8
n/a
67.3
68.8
Moncton
53.7
49.1 - 58.2
51.4
49.6 - 53.2
54.3
52.5 - 56.2
52.2
50.2 - 54.2
n/a
72.1
75.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
42.8
30.9 - 54.8
39.6
33.4 - 45.8
42.4
35.8 - 48.9
47.0
40.6 - 53.5
n/a
53.6
58.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
49.2
44.6 - 53.9
32.3
23.4 - 41.2
58.5
47.7 - 69.4
27.6
16.7 - 38.5
60.8
67.2
54.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
51.8
45.3 - 58.2
51.1
46.9 - 55.4
50.1
45.9 - 54.2
49.9
45.5 - 54.3
58.3
70.4
67.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
41.6
32.8 - 50.4
46.8
43.2 - 50.4
45.1
41.5 - 48.7
50.1
46.5 - 53.7
n/a
66.0
70.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
21.2
14.4 - 28.1
32.8
25.5 - 40.0
28.5
21.9 - 35.2
36.7
29.3 - 44.1
n/a
55.3
59.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
55.7
52.3 - 59.0
57.4
54.7 - 60.0
57.1
54.6 - 59.7
59.6
57.1 - 62.2
n/a
75.7
74.5
Riverview and Coverdale
50.3
44.4 - 56.2
49.6
45.5 - 53.8
52.2
48.3 - 56.1
47.2
43.2 - 51.1
70.8
72.7
67.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
45.9
39.5 - 52.4
42.2
36.6 - 47.8
48.6
42.8 - 54.4
46.2
40.1 - 52.2
38.7
79.4
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
48.0
40.8 - 55.2
49.7
47.5 - 51.9
50.0
47.8 - 52.2
52.6
50.3 - 54.9
n/a
63.6
69.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.6
46.3 - 58.8
50.3
44.8 - 55.9
45.6
39.9 - 51.3
47.1
41.0 - 53.2
n/a
73.8
68.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
46.5
35.8 - 57.1
46.7
40.8 - 52.6
49.6
44.6 - 54.7
45.1
39.1 - 51.2
n/a
73.4
73.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
58.6
45.9 - 71.4
56.9
50.2 - 63.5
61.0
54.5 - 67.4
48.2
41.5 - 55.0
70.9
70.2
60.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
36.9
33.1 - 40.7
34.4
28.7 - 40.0
29.7
24.7 - 34.8
38.1
32.1 - 44.1
n/a
54.3
55.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
39.9
29.3 - 50.4
41.2
36.3 - 46.2
40.5
35.4 - 45.7
45.8
40.8 - 50.8
46.1
66.0
54.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
41.8
36.6 - 47.0
45.4
41.1 - 49.8
43.8
39.7 - 48.0
50.2
46.0 - 54.3
58.1
63.1
65.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
44.3
38.2 - 50.4
54.1
49.1 - 59.1
52.7
46.5 - 58.8
57.6
52.0 - 63.2
70.0
69.3
71.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
48.9
46.1 - 51.7
46.3
44.7 - 47.8
47.7
46.1 - 49.3
47.9
46.2 - 49.6
n/a
69.8
71.0
Anglophone North School District
38.8
36.2 - 41.4
40.2
37.7 - 42.7
42.2
39.6 - 44.8
44.5
41.8 - 47.2
n/a
63.5
60.7
Anglophone South School District
47.7
43.8 - 51.7
49.9
48.5 - 51.4
49.5
48.1 - 51.0
52.5
51.0 - 53.9
n/a
66.8
68.0
Anglophone West School District
44.4
40.7 - 48.1
45.7
44.3 - 47.1
43.9
42.5 - 45.3
45.9
44.4 - 47.4
n/a
66.8
66.1
Anglophone sector
46.1
44.1 - 48.1
46.6
45.8 - 47.4
46.5
45.7 - 47.3
48.4
47.6 - 49.3
n/a
67.2
67.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
53.8
48.3 - 59.3
56.9
54.5 - 59.3
57.8
55.3 - 60.4
52.3
49.7 - 54.9
n/a
69.2
68.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
59.6
56.6 - 62.6
58.1
55.1 - 61.1
61.2
57.9 - 64.5
n/a
79.3
79.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
58.8
54.4 - 63.2
58.4
56.7 - 60.1
61.3
59.6 - 63.0
57.9
56.0 - 59.8
n/a
78.6
79.6
Francophone sector
58.1
55.0 - 61.2
58.2
56.9 - 59.5
59.9
58.6 - 61.2
56.9
55.5 - 58.3
n/a
75.8
76.0
Grades
Grade 4
50.1
47.8 - 52.3
51.3
50.3 - 52.3
50.6
49.7 - 51.6
52.1
51.0 - 53.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
49.2
46.7 - 51.7
48.7
47.8 - 49.7
50.4
49.4 - 51.3
49.9
48.9 - 50.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
50.0
47.8 - 52.2
49.6
48.6 - 50.6
50.4
49.4 - 51.4
51.1
50.1 - 52.2
n/a
70.8
71.5
Male
49.7
47.4 - 51.9
51.1
50.1 - 52.1
51.3
50.4 - 52.3
51.7
50.6 - 52.7
n/a
69.0
68.5
Non-binary
45.2
33.7 - 56.7
n/a
n/a
36.6
29.7 - 43.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
41.0
36.9 - 45.0
43.9
40.9 - 46.9
42.5
39.5 - 45.5
40.6
37.3 - 43.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
49.0
46.7 - 51.4
47.1
45.5 - 48.8
47.5
45.7 - 49.3
49.4
47.2 - 51.5
n/a
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 eating breakfast daily.

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 "7+ times" by the number of respondents who answered "none, 1 time, 2 times, 3 times, 4 times, 5 times, 6 times or 7+ times" to the question: Last week, how many times did you eat breakfast?

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SE_EAT04_1

Charts

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