Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported being physically active for at least 60 minutes per day in the last 7 days

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
28.2
26.8 - 29.7
21.9
21.3 - 22.4
n/a
23.2
35.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.9
22.0 - 27.8
20.7
19.7 - 21.7
n/a
22.5
34.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
31.3
29.4 - 33.1
23.7
22.5 - 24.9
n/a
24.6
36.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
31.0
28.8 - 33.3
23.8
22.6 - 25.0
n/a
24.3
40.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
18.8
16.6 - 21.0
n/a
19.6
25.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.5
27.9 - 35.2
19.0
15.5 - 22.6
n/a
28.0
30.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
25.6
20.9 - 30.3
16.8
14.8 - 18.8
n/a
17.9
30.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.8
28.2 - 33.4
24.4
21.8 - 27.0
n/a
26.4
32.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
23.8
16.3 - 31.3
18.8
15.8 - 21.8
n/a
23.1
33.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.4
12.8 - 23.9
21.8
18.6 - 24.9
19.7
17.2
28.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.1
27.1 - 37.2
20.8
15.9 - 25.7
n/a
31.7
16.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
25.2
16.0 - 34.3
15.8
11.5 - 20.1
n/a
16.1
28.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.8
24.9 - 36.6
16.7
11.7 - 21.8
n/a
25.5
35.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
18.1
13.8 - 22.5
14.2
12.2 - 16.2
n/a
22.9
38.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.5
24.2 - 32.7
22.4
17.1 - 27.8
26.2
23.9
37.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
18.3
15.3 - 21.3
27.6
20.8
26.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
33.7
29.3 - 38.1
24.1
21.0 - 27.3
21.5
26.8
43.5
Fredericton
28.9
26.1 - 31.8
23.9
22.1 - 25.7
n/a
23.0
41.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
36.5
27.2 - 45.7
32.0
26.2 - 37.9
n/a
24.0
37.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
16.2
12.7 - 19.7
15.6
16.8
24.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
25.8
12.4 - 39.2
24.4
15.7 - 33.1
n/a
23.7
51.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
27.3
20.5 - 34.1
n/a
21.5
22.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.3
24.2 - 36.3
28.5
22.2 - 34.8
26.4
19.6
26.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
30.8
28.2 - 33.5
24.7
22.0 - 27.5
n/a
27.0
34.6
Moncton
26.0
22.0 - 29.9
21.8
20.3 - 23.3
n/a
23.1
35.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
37.2
31.7 - 42.6
29.1
23.1 - 35.1
n/a
31.3
36.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
30.4
21.4 - 39.4
20.8
12.0 - 29.5
20.6
20.3
24.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.2
30.2 - 40.2
18.5
15.3 - 21.8
36.5
21.3
37.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
28.4
20.2 - 36.6
23.9
20.8 - 27.0
n/a
27.7
40.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
39.4
27.9 - 50.8
26.3
19.9 - 32.7
n/a
14.6
36.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
33.0
28.6 - 37.4
23.1
21.0 - 25.3
n/a
27.3
42.3
Riverview and Coverdale
34.2
26.3 - 42.0
23.1
19.9 - 26.4
18.8
27.7
33.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.0
27.6 - 38.5
24.7
19.8 - 29.6
21.5
25.0
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
30.8
28.5 - 33.1
23.6
21.8 - 25.4
n/a
24.3
33.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
29.5
24.7 - 34.2
26.8
21.8 - 31.8
n/a
26.0
39.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.5
19.9 - 29.2
18.3
14.4 - 22.2
n/a
16.7
31.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.8
11.4 - 38.1
12.8
8.4 - 17.2
19.1
9.1
23.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
25.7
19.7 - 31.7
21.6
17.1 - 26.1
n/a
21.3
32.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
32.5
25.0 - 40.0
19.7
15.7 - 23.8
15.8
22.5
31.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
28.7
25.8 - 31.6
25.8
22.1 - 29.5
26.0
22.6
34.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
30.4
26.0 - 34.9
16.5
12.0 - 20.9
20.1
16.0
29.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
29.5
26.3 - 32.7
23.7
22.4 - 25.1
n/a
26.4
35.5
Anglophone North School District
31.5
27.6 - 35.3
25.5
23.2 - 27.8
n/a
27.8
32.3
Anglophone South School District
31.4
29.4 - 33.4
23.9
22.7 - 25.1
n/a
24.6
37.5
Anglophone West School District
32.2
30.4 - 34.1
24.3
23.1 - 25.5
n/a
24.2
39.3
Anglophone sector
31.2
29.9 - 32.4
24.1
23.5 - 24.8
n/a
25.2
37.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
25.2
21.6 - 28.8
15.2
13.3 - 17.0
n/a
17.1
29.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
18.7
16.3 - 21.1
n/a
20.2
26.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
18.8
16.1 - 21.5
16.6
15.3 - 17.9
n/a
19.1
33.2
Francophone sector
21.2
18.8 - 23.5
16.5
15.6 - 17.5
n/a
18.7
30.6
Grades
Grade 4
28.1
26.3 - 29.9
22.0
21.2 - 22.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
28.3
26.6 - 30.1
21.8
20.9 - 22.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
24.0
22.1 - 25.9
17.1
16.3 - 17.8
n/a
19.1
32.0
Male
32.0
30.5 - 33.6
26.3
25.5 - 27.2
n/a
27.2
38.4
Non-binary
35.8
25.7 - 46.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
33.0
28.8 - 37.1
29.8
27.0 - 32.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
25.7
23.0 - 28.5
20.3
18.9 - 21.7
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 being physically active for at least 60 minutes per day in the last 7 days. This indicator is based on the Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth.

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 days" by the number of respondents who answered "none, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, 5 days, 6 days or 7 days" to the question: Being very physically active means doing activities that make you breathe hard and sweat, such as running, biking, playing sports, skating, dancing, swimming, etc. Last week, on how many days were you very physically active for a total of 60 minutes (1 hour: it can be done at 5-10 minutes at one time, or all at once)?

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_PHY01_1

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