Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported eating vegetables and fruits 5 times or more, on the day before the survey

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017 Academic Year 2013-2014
Province
New Brunswick
65.0
63.5 - 66.5
56.5
55.9 - 57.2
n/a
52.7
50.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
64.2
61.7 - 66.7
56.9
55.7 - 58.1
n/a
54.2
51.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
65.8
62.8 - 68.8
57.1
55.7 - 58.5
n/a
50.6
52.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
66.0
63.0 - 69.0
58.9
57.5 - 60.2
n/a
53.4
51.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
52.2
49.4 - 55.0
n/a
56.9
50.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
61.7
56.4 - 67.1
47.5
43.0 - 51.9
n/a
50.5
29.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
60.9
57.1 - 64.6
53.1
50.5 - 55.8
n/a
53.4
47.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
63.5
59.1 - 67.8
54.9
51.9 - 58.0
n/a
45.6
43.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
60.3
54.4 - 66.2
55.8
51.9 - 59.6
n/a
57.4
48.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
57.1
48.9 - 65.2
54.7
50.9 - 58.5
43.9
43.0
49.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
61.3
56.8 - 65.7
52.1
46.1 - 58.1
n/a
54.3
22.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
64.9
59.3 - 70.6
52.3
46.4 - 58.1
n/a
52.7
46.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
62.4
51.3 - 73.4
41.6
34.9 - 48.2
n/a
48.1
32.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
62.5
55.2 - 69.7
56.6
53.7 - 59.4
n/a
55.9
63.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
60.8
54.8 - 66.9
53.4
47.2 - 59.7
51.8
50.4
37.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
56.8
52.9 - 60.6
63.8
58.6
51.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
64.2
56.4 - 71.9
54.8
51.2 - 58.4
53.8
48.3
49.2
Fredericton
69.3
65.2 - 73.5
61.7
59.6 - 63.7
n/a
58.6
63.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
66.4
61.2 - 71.6
48.5
42.3 - 54.7
n/a
56.2
58.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
45.6
40.9 - 50.3
50.5
53.2
49.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
60.7
47.4 - 74.1
48.3
38.1 - 58.6
n/a
41.2
57.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
52.1
44.4 - 59.8
n/a
58.7
47.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
68.2
64.4 - 71.9
53.8
46.9 - 60.7
38.3
50.4
39.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
64.2
59.6 - 68.8
54.7
51.5 - 57.9
n/a
43.9
48.0
Moncton
66.3
63.2 - 69.5
56.3
54.4 - 58.1
n/a
53.1
50.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
55.4
47.0 - 63.8
60.1
53.6 - 66.6
n/a
48.3
39.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
58.0
46.7 - 69.3
57.4
46.8 - 67.9
47.6
60.9
20.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
70.0
60.2 - 79.8
61.0
57.0 - 65.1
59.1
54.3
42.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
62.1
60.4 - 63.8
58.4
54.9 - 62.0
n/a
49.9
46.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
52.9
45.3 - 60.5
47.2
40.0 - 54.4
n/a
42.4
42.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
69.0
62.9 - 75.2
62.7
60.2 - 65.1
n/a
56.5
59.7
Riverview and Coverdale
65.2
61.1 - 69.3
57.6
53.9 - 61.4
57.2
63.4
46.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
66.1
59.8 - 72.3
64.1
58.5 - 69.6
40.3
61.9
61.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
65.7
61.3 - 70.1
55.0
52.9 - 57.2
n/a
48.4
50.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
61.5
50.3 - 72.6
59.5
53.9 - 65.1
n/a
54.0
43.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
60.3
55.0 - 65.7
59.4
54.6 - 64.3
n/a
55.4
49.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
58.6
48.0 - 69.1
38.2
31.8 - 44.6
47.5
47.3
41.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
65.6
63.6 - 67.6
61.8
56.5 - 67.1
n/a
48.1
40.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
55.9
51.4 - 60.4
51.3
46.1 - 56.5
45.6
47.2
43.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
66.2
59.6 - 72.9
55.4
51.3 - 59.6
55.6
45.2
49.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
61.2
54.8 - 67.5
57.8
51.8 - 63.9
50.1
51.3
48.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
64.1
61.7 - 66.6
57.0
55.4 - 58.6
n/a
52.5
47.1
Anglophone North School District
62.0
57.6 - 66.3
53.3
50.7 - 55.9
n/a
47.4
48.4
Anglophone South School District
65.6
62.5 - 68.7
57.0
55.6 - 58.4
n/a
50.3
51.8
Anglophone West School District
65.6
62.5 - 68.6
57.9
56.5 - 59.3
n/a
52.7
50.6
Anglophone sector
64.8
63.2 - 66.4
56.9
56.1 - 57.7
n/a
51.3
50.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
60.7
57.3 - 64.0
51.8
49.2 - 54.4
n/a
52.2
43.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
51.9
48.9 - 55.0
n/a
56.9
51.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
65.8
61.7 - 70.0
58.4
56.7 - 60.1
n/a
57.5
58.0
Francophone sector
65.6
62.3 - 68.8
55.6
54.3 - 56.9
n/a
55.7
51.8
Grades
Grade 4
63.3
61.5 - 65.1
54.5
53.6 - 55.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
66.8
64.9 - 68.6
58.6
57.6 - 59.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
67.3
65.4 - 69.1
58.0
57.0 - 58.9
n/a
54.3
53.7
Male
63.3
61.5 - 65.1
55.1
54.2 - 56.1
n/a
51.1
47.5
Non-binary
57.9
46.2 - 69.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
65.4
61.9 - 68.9
58.3
55.3 - 61.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
66.0
64.0 - 68.0
56.0
54.2 - 57.7
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 vegetables and fruits 5 times or more, on the day before the survey.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 4-5

Calculations

This indicator adds the responses to the following 2 individual questions: 'Yesterday, how many times did you eat fruits fresh, cooked, frozen, canned or dried? (Do not count: fruit juice, fruit roll-ups or other fruit flavoured candies.)' and 'Yesterday, how many times did you eat vegetables, fresh, cooked, frozen or canned?'. The response options for these 2 individual questions are: 'none, 1 time, 2 times, 3 times, 4 times, 5 times, 6 times and 7+ times'. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who have a total of '5 times or more' by the number of respondents who answered at least 1 of the 2 individual questions.

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_EATFV_1

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