Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported eating at a breakfast or snack program at school at least once in the last week

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
61.8
59.5 - 64.1
52.9
52.2 - 53.6
51.6
50.9 - 52.3
51.8
51.1 - 52.6
n/a
34.6
35.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
57.2
52.6 - 61.8
50.3
49.0 - 51.5
47.8
46.6 - 49.1
49.2
47.8 - 50.6
n/a
30.5
33.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
62.8
58.5 - 67.1
47.7
46.3 - 49.2
47.1
45.7 - 48.5
46.2
44.8 - 47.7
n/a
30.3
28.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
66.8
62.5 - 71.0
61.3
60.0 - 62.7
60.9
59.5 - 62.3
62.1
60.6 - 63.5
n/a
40.0
41.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
52.7
49.9 - 55.6
47.8
45.0 - 50.7
45.6
42.4 - 48.7
n/a
31.8
31.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
66.8
62.4 - 71.3
65.2
61.0 - 69.4
64.1
59.8 - 68.4
57.6
53.1 - 62.1
n/a
77.7
54.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
56.2
50.0 - 62.5
41.5
39.0 - 44.0
40.8
38.0 - 43.5
41.7
39.0 - 44.4
n/a
30.8
35.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
68.7
62.9 - 74.4
64.2
61.3 - 67.2
65.1
62.2 - 68.1
65.1
61.9 - 68.2
n/a
44.5
49.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
50.6
40.7 - 60.5
36.7
33.1 - 40.2
36.0
32.2 - 39.7
31.0
26.9 - 35.0
n/a
32.3
36.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
65.3
55.2 - 75.3
60.4
56.3 - 64.4
53.9
50.0 - 57.8
50.3
45.3 - 55.4
45.9
28.3
41.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
66.0
63.2 - 68.8
60.2
54.5 - 65.8
62.0
56.2 - 67.9
54.2
48.2 - 60.1
n/a
75.4
26.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
67.2
57.3 - 77.2
48.4
42.3 - 54.6
37.4
31.7 - 43.2
34.8
29.0 - 40.5
n/a
24.1
17.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
68.0
58.7 - 77.2
71.9
65.7 - 78.1
66.6
60.3 - 73.0
62.0
55.2 - 68.8
n/a
79.3
63.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
61.4
51.8 - 70.9
41.5
38.5 - 44.4
44.2
41.3 - 47.1
46.7
43.2 - 50.2
n/a
27.1
26.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
85.4
77.9 - 92.9
79.9
74.5 - 85.3
82.8
77.9 - 87.7
85.2
80.4 - 89.9
70.4
68.1
54.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
46.2
42.2 - 50.2
48.8
44.8 - 52.8
38.7
34.1 - 43.4
37.3
30.7
23.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
72.4
69.1 - 75.7
65.2
61.8 - 68.6
66.0
62.5 - 69.5
63.8
60.0 - 67.7
43.0
53.8
49.0
Fredericton
62.5
56.3 - 68.7
58.2
56.1 - 60.3
52.2
50.0 - 54.4
55.9
53.7 - 58.2
n/a
26.5
25.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
55.6
50.6 - 60.7
29.9
24.0 - 35.9
49.8
43.5 - 56.1
28.5
23.0 - 34.0
n/a
18.0
9.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
63.2
58.6 - 67.9
48.5
43.7 - 53.3
53.3
48.4 - 58.2
34.9
44.1
56.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
78.5
70.6 - 86.4
78.3
69.2 - 87.4
75.4
66.6 - 84.2
77.1
67.9 - 86.2
n/a
56.9
93.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
49.4
41.6 - 57.1
42.3
34.6 - 50.0
45.1
37.3 - 52.9
n/a
10.1
26.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
87.1
85.5 - 88.8
79.8
73.4 - 86.1
85.2
80.2 - 90.3
80.2
74.5 - 86.0
76.7
75.9
57.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
67.1
61.2 - 73.0
64.2
61.1 - 67.4
64.8
61.7 - 67.9
64.8
61.6 - 68.1
n/a
44.1
48.1
Moncton
51.5
45.0 - 58.1
47.2
45.4 - 49.0
41.2
39.3 - 43.0
46.8
44.8 - 48.8
n/a
28.7
22.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
71.5
54.8 - 88.2
71.5
65.7 - 77.2
74.8
69.0 - 80.7
56.8
50.3 - 63.3
n/a
49.0
50.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
80.0
71.9 - 88.1
64.0
54.6 - 73.3
68.8
59.0 - 78.6
68.4
56.3 - 80.5
57.2
48.3
53.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
60.6
47.6 - 73.6
49.3
45.0 - 53.5
54.7
50.5 - 58.9
47.5
43.1 - 51.9
83.0
45.9
76.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
66.4
56.9 - 75.9
59.6
56.0 - 63.2
65.5
62.0 - 69.0
72.1
68.8 - 75.4
n/a
33.0
40.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
74.8
63.8 - 85.9
77.6
71.0 - 84.2
75.1
68.9 - 81.4
80.5
74.3 - 86.6
n/a
71.5
53.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
55.6
46.5 - 64.7
29.9
27.4 - 32.3
27.0
24.7 - 29.3
31.3
28.8 - 33.8
n/a
13.4
18.4
Riverview and Coverdale
63.0
58.8 - 67.3
62.0
57.8 - 66.1
57.1
53.2 - 60.9
54.6
50.6 - 58.6
20.3
31.4
38.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
71.6
66.0 - 77.1
72.6
67.3 - 77.8
72.9
67.7 - 78.1
72.9
67.4 - 78.3
68.8
39.1
89.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
63.9
57.3 - 70.4
53.5
51.3 - 55.8
53.6
51.4 - 55.8
48.5
46.2 - 50.8
n/a
37.0
30.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.4
40.2 - 64.6
44.5
38.8 - 50.1
52.3
46.5 - 58.0
41.9
35.7 - 48.1
n/a
32.3
35.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
59.6
51.9 - 67.4
46.8
40.8 - 52.9
55.2
50.1 - 60.3
44.1
37.9 - 50.4
n/a
35.1
42.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
52.2
41.6 - 62.9
35.0
28.6 - 41.4
30.4
24.3 - 36.6
61.8
55.2 - 68.4
45.8
32.3
61.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
79.6
68.4 - 90.9
73.6
68.3 - 79.0
72.9
67.9 - 77.8
70.8
65.1 - 76.5
n/a
55.2
53.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
60.8
52.8 - 68.8
50.6
45.4 - 55.8
56.7
51.5 - 61.9
63.9
59.0 - 68.9
70.0
49.7
45.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
71.3
61.7 - 81.0
62.0
57.7 - 66.2
52.3
48.0 - 56.5
56.7
52.5 - 60.9
32.5
26.6
29.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
63.9
58.9 - 69.0
50.3
45.2 - 55.3
56.3
50.3 - 62.3
48.6
42.9 - 54.2
47.1
32.2
35.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
61.8
56.1 - 67.6
59.9
58.3 - 61.5
54.7
53.1 - 56.3
53.9
52.2 - 55.7
n/a
33.3
32.1
Anglophone North School District
63.4
57.6 - 69.3
60.9
58.3 - 63.4
60.1
57.5 - 62.7
59.8
57.1 - 62.5
n/a
44.7
49.7
Anglophone South School District
62.7
58.2 - 67.2
47.6
46.1 - 49.1
46.6
45.2 - 48.1
46.1
44.6 - 47.6
n/a
30.4
28.5
Anglophone West School District
67.5
63.6 - 71.5
63.4
62.0 - 64.8
64.5
63.1 - 65.9
64.9
63.4 - 66.3
n/a
41.2
42.2
Anglophone sector
64.1
61.6 - 66.6
57.3
56.5 - 58.1
55.9
55.1 - 56.7
55.6
54.7 - 56.4
n/a
36.1
36.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
59.6
53.3 - 65.8
44.3
41.8 - 46.7
45.3
42.7 - 47.9
45.5
42.8 - 48.1
n/a
38.8
37.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
47.9
44.8 - 51.0
42.4
39.3 - 45.5
39.0
35.7 - 42.4
n/a
29.6
27.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
53.2
47.6 - 58.8
39.4
37.7 - 41.2
39.2
37.5 - 40.9
43.4
41.4 - 45.4
n/a
27.7
33.4
Francophone sector
56.5
52.0 - 61.0
42.2
40.9 - 43.4
41.4
40.1 - 42.7
43.2
41.8 - 44.7
n/a
31.4
33.4
Grades
Grade 4
64.6
62.2 - 67.1
55.2
54.2 - 56.2
51.8
50.8 - 52.8
51.6
50.5 - 52.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
59.1
56.1 - 62.0
50.8
49.8 - 51.8
51.4
50.4 - 52.3
52.1
51.1 - 53.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
62.4
59.5 - 65.3
53.0
52.0 - 54.0
52.3
51.3 - 53.4
53.3
52.2 - 54.4
n/a
35.0
36.0
Male
61.3
58.9 - 63.7
52.6
51.6 - 53.6
50.8
49.8 - 51.8
50.4
49.3 - 51.4
n/a
34.3
34.5
Non-binary
55.2
42.5 - 67.9
n/a
n/a
44.8
37.7 - 51.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
70.2
66.2 - 74.1
64.0
61.1 - 67.0
61.8
58.8 - 64.7
64.6
61.3 - 67.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
65.2
62.0 - 68.5
57.4
55.7 - 59.1
55.9
54.1 - 57.7
56.6
54.5 - 58.8
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 at a breakfast or snack program at school at least once in the last week.

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 "1 time, 2 times, 3 times, 4 times, 5 times, 6 times or 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 at a breakfast or snack program at school?

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

%

NBHC code

SE_EAT05_1

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