Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported they are 16 years old

Table

Unit %

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
14.5
14.2 - 14.8
14.4
14.2 - 14.7
14.3
14.0 - 14.5
14.3
14.8
15.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.0
13.5 - 14.5
14.3
13.8 - 14.7
14.3
13.7 - 14.8
13.6
15.0
15.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.4
13.7 - 15.0
15.1
14.5 - 15.7
14.4
13.9 - 15.0
14.7
14.4
14.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.3
13.7 - 14.9
14.0
13.4 - 14.5
13.9
13.3 - 14.4
14.3
14.1
15.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
16.0
14.8 - 17.2
13.9
12.7 - 15.0
13.8
12.7 - 14.9
14.5
15.1
15.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
19.0
17.2 - 20.8
15.0
13.3 - 16.7
14.9
13.3 - 16.6
14.8
15.7
13.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.2
13.2 - 15.1
14.5
13.5 - 15.5
14.1
13.1 - 15.0
14.1
15.9
15.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
14.7
13.5 - 15.9
15.2
14.0 - 16.4
15.6
14.4 - 16.8
15.5
15.1
19.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.3
12.9 - 15.7
15.8
14.3 - 17.3
14.0
12.6 - 15.5
14.1
14.9
9.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
15.1
13.6 - 16.7
14.2
12.7 - 15.6
17.0
15.1 - 18.8
13.5
15.5
17.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
19.6
17.2 - 22.0
15.9
13.5 - 18.3
15.1
12.9 - 17.3
15.6
16.9
12.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
14.2
11.8 - 16.6
13.4
11.0 - 15.9
13.2
10.7 - 15.8
11.0
15.8
16.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
18.1
15.4 - 20.8
13.8
11.4 - 16.2
14.7
12.2 - 17.2
13.6
13.9
14.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.9
13.6 - 16.2
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
13.8
12.5 - 15.1
12.6
14.3
14.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
10.1
6.7 - 13.5
9.8
7.0 - 12.7
12.1
8.7 - 15.6
15.0
12.7
13.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
16.6
14.9 - 18.3
13.9
12.2 - 15.5
14.6
13.0 - 16.1
13.7
15.1
15.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
14.9
13.5 - 16.4
14.3
12.8 - 15.7
15.8
14.3 - 17.3
15.2
13.8
19.2
Fredericton
14.5
13.6 - 15.4
14.3
13.5 - 15.2
14.0
13.1 - 14.9
14.7
15.1
14.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.2
14.2 - 18.3
13.9
12.0 - 15.8
12.8
11.0 - 14.5
16.3
13.4
14.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
12.8
8.5 - 17.0
15.1
11.2 - 19.0
16.4
12.0 - 20.8
9.3
15.1
11.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.2
10.3 - 16.0
13.9
10.9 - 16.8
13.1
10.0 - 16.2
13.2
17.3
17.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.3
10.7 - 15.9
13.3
10.7 - 16.0
10.7
8.3 - 13.1
14.5
11.2
14.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
14.8
13.5 - 16.0
15.4
14.1 - 16.7
15.6
14.3 - 16.9
15.5
15.6
18.3
Moncton
13.9
13.2 - 14.6
14.0
13.3 - 14.7
14.2
13.4 - 14.9
14.2
15.6
15.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
17.3
14.4 - 20.2
14.5
11.7 - 17.4
16.0
13.0 - 19.0
13.1
13.5
13.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.2
10.6 - 17.7
13.3
10.1 - 16.5
15.5
11.9 - 19.2
15.0
11.2
35.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
7.6
3.6 - 11.7
9.7
6.6 - 12.7
6.4
4.2 - 8.6
10.2
12.1
15.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
14.9
13.3 - 16.4
13.3
12.0 - 14.7
12.9
11.5 - 14.3
13.2
13.4
14.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.3
11.6 - 16.9
16.0
12.9 - 19.0
15.9
13.0 - 18.8
13.4
11.8
17.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
15.2
14.0 - 16.5
14.9
13.8 - 15.9
15.1
14.0 - 16.2
14.7
14.2
13.9
Riverview and Coverdale
13.6
12.1 - 15.0
14.9
13.3 - 16.5
13.9
12.3 - 15.5
16.4
15.3
16.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.4
11.2 - 15.7
14.3
12.1 - 16.6
16.0
13.4 - 18.6
10.7
12.2
15.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.0
13.1 - 15.0
16.1
15.2 - 17.0
15.2
14.3 - 16.1
16.3
15.9
16.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
14.5
12.4 - 16.6
15.2
13.1 - 17.3
10.1
8.4 - 11.7
13.1
14.4
14.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.6
9.8 - 13.4
13.7
11.9 - 15.5
14.6
12.5 - 16.7
11.3
14.0
11.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
13.5
11.0 - 16.0
14.9
12.4 - 17.3
14.9
12.3 - 17.5
15.1
21.6
19.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
15.4
12.9 - 17.9
14.3
12.0 - 16.7
12.5
10.1 - 14.9
11.8
15.8
12.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.9
12.0 - 15.9
15.2
13.1 - 17.2
13.7
11.8 - 15.7
13.9
12.4
16.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
13.1
11.1 - 15.1
14.2
12.4 - 16.0
13.7
11.9 - 15.5
13.0
13.4
14.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
14.3
12.4 - 16.2
12.5
10.7 - 14.2
14.2
12.2 - 16.1
15.5
15.1
17.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
13.9
13.2 - 14.5
14.3
13.7 - 15.0
14.2
13.5 - 14.9
14.3
14.8
15.3
Anglophone North School District
16.0
15.0 - 17.0
16.4
15.4 - 17.4
15.1
14.1 - 16.0
16.0
16.4
16.3
Anglophone South School District
14.5
13.8 - 15.1
15.3
14.7 - 15.9
14.5
13.9 - 15.1
14.7
14.8
15.0
Anglophone West School District
14.7
14.1 - 15.3
14.3
13.7 - 14.8
14.1
13.6 - 14.7
14.5
14.2
15.5
Anglophone sector
14.6
14.2 - 14.9
14.8
14.5 - 15.2
14.4
14.0 - 14.7
14.7
14.8
15.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.9
14.0 - 15.8
13.7
12.8 - 14.6
14.4
13.5 - 15.4
13.7
15.3
16.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
16.1
14.8 - 17.4
13.6
12.4 - 14.8
13.8
12.6 - 14.9
14.6
15.0
15.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
13.1
12.4 - 13.8
13.2
12.5 - 13.9
13.7
13.0 - 14.5
12.5
14.2
14.2
Francophone sector
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
13.4
12.9 - 13.9
13.9
13.4 - 14.5
13.3
14.7
15.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
S
S
S
S
S
S
Grades 9 to 12
24.7
24.3 - 25.2
24.6
24.1 - 25.0
24.3
23.9 - 24.8
24.7
25.2
25.7
Gender
Female
14.7
14.2 - 15.1
15.0
14.6 - 15.5
14.4
14.0 - 14.9
14.9
n/a
n/a
Male
14.6
14.1 - 15.0
14.3
13.9 - 14.7
14.2
13.8 - 14.6
14.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
15.0
12.6 - 17.5
15.1
13.0 - 17.3
15.5
14.1 - 16.9
14.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
14.6
14.2 - 15.0
14.8
14.4 - 15.2
14.3
13.9 - 14.7
14.6
15.1
n/a
Male
14.4
14.0 - 14.8
14.2
13.8 - 14.6
14.2
13.8 - 14.6
14.1
14.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
17.2
16.2 - 18.1
17.1
16.2 - 17.9
15.2
14.5 - 15.8
14.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
14.8
13.8 - 15.9
14.3
13.3 - 15.4
13.7
12.5 - 14.8
13.4
13.6
15.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
14.7
13.9 - 15.4
14.8
14.0 - 15.6
16.6
15.7 - 17.4
17.1
18.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
14.5
13.5 - 15.6
13.7
12.7 - 14.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
13.6
12.9 - 14.2
13.8
13.2 - 14.5
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 16 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 "16 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

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.

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NBHC code

SH_AGE01_7

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