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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported they are 12 years old

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Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
13.6
10.4 - 16.7
13.8
13.5 - 14.0
13.7
13.4 - 13.9
14.0
13.7 - 14.2
14.0
13.7
13.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.0
7.7 - 20.4
13.9
13.5 - 14.4
13.6
13.2 - 14.1
13.8
13.3 - 14.3
14.6
13.7
14.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13.0
7.0 - 19.0
13.9
13.4 - 14.5
13.3
12.7 - 13.8
13.4
12.9 - 14.0
14.1
13.7
12.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
13.6
6.4 - 20.8
14.0
13.5 - 14.6
14.4
13.8 - 14.9
14.8
14.2 - 15.4
14.1
14.3
14.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
13.6
12.6 - 14.7
13.6
12.6 - 14.6
14.6
13.6 - 15.7
13.1
14.1
12.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
13.5
2.5 - 24.5
10.9
9.6 - 12.2
12.8
11.4 - 14.3
12.6
11.0 - 14.2
11.8
12.5
13.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13.4
4.9 - 21.9
13.4
12.5 - 14.3
13.5
12.6 - 14.4
13.9
12.9 - 14.8
14.2
13.2
13.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.3
3.1 - 23.5
12.8
11.8 - 13.9
13.7
12.6 - 14.8
13.7
12.6 - 14.9
11.8
12.5
9.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
12.9
0.0 - 26.5
13.0
11.7 - 14.3
12.0
10.7 - 13.2
13.2
11.9 - 14.5
14.7
12.7
21.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
11.5
1.2 - 21.8
12.2
10.9 - 13.6
14.4
13.0 - 15.9
9.2
8.0 - 10.5
14.4
15.1
11.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
13.4
0.0 - 30.5
10.1
8.4 - 11.7
11.1
9.2 - 13.0
12.0
10.1 - 13.9
10.4
11.6
16.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.4
0.0 - 31.5
14.6
12.3 - 16.9
15.7
13.4 - 18.1
13.1
10.9 - 15.3
14.3
14.7
10.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
13.6
3.7 - 23.6
12.2
10.0 - 14.3
15.3
12.9 - 17.6
13.5
10.8 - 16.1
13.9
13.8
10.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
15.1
0.0 - 35.0
14.0
12.7 - 15.2
14.2
12.9 - 15.5
15.1
13.8 - 16.5
14.7
15.6
15.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.9
8.6 - 29.1
17.6
14.2 - 21.0
12.4
9.4 - 15.4
18.4
14.9 - 21.9
11.2
15.6
19.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
12.3
11.0 - 13.7
12.6
11.2 - 13.9
15.0
13.5 - 16.5
12.1
13.8
13.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.2
1.3 - 25.1
12.9
11.7 - 14.2
15.0
13.7 - 16.3
13.7
12.4 - 15.0
11.4
15.7
11.9
Fredericton
12.4
1.2 - 23.6
13.7
13.0 - 14.4
13.7
13.0 - 14.4
14.0
13.2 - 14.8
14.5
11.6
14.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
31.2
30.6
33.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
9.5
7.3 - 11.7
14.9
13.1 - 16.8
15.2
13.3 - 17.0
13.8
12.1 - 15.6
14.9
13.9
11.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
14.5
14.5 - 14.5
16.5
11.8 - 21.2
11.8
8.3 - 15.3
14.1
10.0 - 18.1
16.2
12.6
13.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
15.6
12.6 - 18.6
13.4
10.6 - 16.1
15.3
12.0 - 18.6
13.6
15.8
12.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
14.5
2.1 - 26.8
12.9
10.6 - 15.2
14.0
11.5 - 16.6
16.1
13.3 - 18.8
16.4
24.3
13.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
13.0
1.8 - 24.2
12.6
11.5 - 13.7
13.7
12.5 - 14.8
13.5
12.3 - 14.6
12.1
11.9
9.9
Moncton
14.8
4.5 - 25.2
13.9
13.3 - 14.6
13.6
13.0 - 14.3
14.1
13.4 - 14.8
14.5
13.0
14.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
10.7
0.0 - 21.7
12.8
10.4 - 15.1
12.0
9.7 - 14.3
12.2
9.8 - 14.6
13.6
14.5
14.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
16.0
11.8 - 20.1
15.4
11.9 - 19.0
14.1
10.7 - 17.5
16.0
11.9 - 20.1
9.4
18.0
8.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
25.8
13.5 - 38.1
18.4
15.1 - 21.7
24.7
21.1 - 28.4
24.0
20.3 - 27.6
15.7
13.6
13.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
15.2
0.0 - 34.5
15.4
14.0 - 16.8
15.1
13.7 - 16.5
16.2
14.8 - 17.6
14.7
17.2
14.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
15.3
0.0 - 36.6
13.6
11.1 - 16.1
13.8
11.4 - 16.2
14.5
12.0 - 16.9
15.3
16.7
13.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.5
0.9 - 26.0
12.8
11.9 - 13.8
12.4
11.5 - 13.3
13.2
12.2 - 14.1
13.9
14.7
14.9
Riverview and Coverdale
11.5
0.0 - 31.0
13.5
12.1 - 14.8
12.5
11.2 - 13.8
14.1
12.7 - 15.5
14.6
13.1
13.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
12.6
0.0 - 31.2
14.4
12.4 - 16.5
12.6
10.5 - 14.7
13.2
11.0 - 15.3
14.2
13.5
12.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
12.2
3.2 - 21.2
14.0
13.1 - 14.9
13.0
12.3 - 13.8
12.4
11.7 - 13.2
12.9
12.3
10.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
12.3
12.0 - 12.7
13.3
11.3 - 15.3
16.3
14.3 - 18.3
14.4
12.5 - 16.3
14.3
12.5
13.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.3
0.0 - 35.0
16.9
14.9 - 18.8
11.8
10.2 - 13.5
15.4
13.5 - 17.3
16.2
14.3
18.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
13.0
0.0 - 30.5
13.9
11.8 - 16.1
16.8
14.4 - 19.2
13.5
11.1 - 15.9
13.4
12.0
9.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
12.7
11.8 - 13.6
13.2
11.0 - 15.4
14.1
11.8 - 16.4
16.1
13.7 - 18.6
14.5
13.0
11.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
11.1
0.0 - 25.6
15.1
13.2 - 17.1
14.8
12.9 - 16.6
12.2
10.4 - 14.0
15.5
15.0
14.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.9
0.0 - 31.9
16.3
14.5 - 18.2
11.7
10.0 - 13.3
14.1
12.5 - 15.8
15.0
12.6
13.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
14.8
0.0 - 33.1
13.0
11.2 - 14.8
12.8
11.1 - 14.6
15.9
13.9 - 17.9
13.6
13.9
10.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
13.6
5.3 - 21.9
14.0
13.4 - 14.6
13.3
12.7 - 13.9
14.2
13.6 - 14.8
14.5
13.3
13.4
Anglophone North School District
12.6
4.4 - 20.8
11.5
10.7 - 12.3
12.4
11.6 - 13.2
11.8
11.0 - 12.7
11.7
11.3
11.7
Anglophone South School District
12.7
6.6 - 18.9
13.8
13.2 - 14.4
13.0
12.4 - 13.5
13.3
12.8 - 13.8
14.0
13.5
12.7
Anglophone West School District
13.6
6.1 - 21.1
13.5
13.0 - 14.0
14.1
13.6 - 14.6
14.5
13.9 - 15.0
13.8
13.6
13.9
Anglophone sector
13.2
9.4 - 17.1
13.5
13.2 - 13.8
13.3
13.0 - 13.6
13.7
13.4 - 14.0
13.8
13.3
13.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.5
5.9 - 21.0
13.4
12.6 - 14.3
13.9
13.0 - 14.7
14.3
13.4 - 15.3
14.0
14.0
12.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
14.2
13.1 - 15.3
13.7
12.6 - 14.8
14.7
13.5 - 15.9
13.4
13.9
12.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
15.4
6.7 - 24.1
15.2
14.5 - 15.9
15.3
14.6 - 16.0
14.7
13.9 - 15.5
15.3
16.1
15.7
Francophone sector
14.4
9.1 - 19.7
14.5
14.0 - 15.0
14.6
14.1 - 15.1
14.6
14.1 - 15.1
14.6
15.0
14.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
32.8
32.0 - 33.7
33.1
32.6 - 33.7
33.2
32.6 - 33.7
33.7
33.2 - 34.3
33.2
33.1
33.3
Grades 9 to 12
0.0
0.0 - 0.0
0.0
0.0 - 0.0
0.0
0.0 - 0.1
S
S
S
S
Gender
Female
13.3
10.1 - 16.4
13.7
13.3 - 14.0
13.5
13.1 - 13.8
13.8
13.4 - 14.2
13.5
n/a
n/a
Male
13.7
10.5 - 16.9
13.9
13.5 - 14.3
13.8
13.4 - 14.1
13.7
13.3 - 14.1
14.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
12.3
8.6 - 16.1
11.7
9.8 - 13.7
11.0
9.3 - 12.7
14.9
13.7 - 16.2
15.6
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
13.4
10.2 - 16.6
13.7
13.3 - 14.1
13.5
13.1 - 13.8
14.1
13.7 - 14.5
14.0
13.5
n/a
Male
13.8
10.6 - 16.9
13.9
13.5 - 14.3
13.9
13.5 - 14.3
13.7
13.4 - 14.1
14.0
13.9
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
11.7
8.3 - 15.2
11.1
10.4 - 11.8
10.9
10.3 - 11.6
13.7
13.1 - 14.3
15.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
11.9
8.5 - 15.2
12.2
11.4 - 13.1
12.3
11.4 - 13.2
13.1
12.0 - 14.1
13.3
15.2
11.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.8
9.1 - 18.5
14.4
13.7 - 15.1
13.2
12.5 - 13.9
12.6
11.9 - 13.4
11.1
11.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
12.7
9.4 - 16.0
12.8
11.9 - 13.7
13.5
12.6 - 14.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
14.2
9.7 - 18.7
14.2
13.6 - 14.8
14.2
13.5 - 14.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
14.2
10.5 - 17.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
13.7
10.4 - 17.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 6 to 12 who reported they are 12 years old.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "12 years" by the number of respondents who answered "10 years or younger, 11 years, 12 years, 13 years, 14 years, 15 years, 16 years, 17 years, 18 years or 19 years or older" to the question: How old are you today?

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), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

NBHC code

SH_AGE01_3

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