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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported they are 17 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
13.2
11.1 - 15.3
12.7
12.4 - 13.0
12.6
12.3 - 12.9
12.9
12.6 - 13.2
13.4
14.3
14.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
12.7
8.6 - 16.8
12.3
11.8 - 12.8
11.9
11.5 - 12.4
11.9
11.5 - 12.4
12.7
13.8
13.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13.8
9.5 - 18.1
13.2
12.6 - 13.9
12.8
12.3 - 13.4
13.5
12.9 - 14.1
13.8
14.1
14.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
13.2
8.4 - 18.1
12.4
11.8 - 13.0
12.5
11.9 - 13.1
13.1
12.4 - 13.7
13.4
14.3
14.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
12.5
11.3 - 13.7
12.6
11.4 - 13.9
13.5
12.3 - 14.6
12.9
13.5
15.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
15.0
7.9 - 22.2
12.0
10.5 - 13.5
13.5
11.8 - 15.1
14.0
12.2 - 15.9
15.8
15.1
15.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
12.9
7.1 - 18.7
13.5
12.5 - 14.5
12.8
11.8 - 13.8
13.0
12.0 - 14.1
13.6
15.9
16.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
12.6
6.1 - 19.1
14.0
12.8 - 15.2
14.5
13.2 - 15.7
14.1
12.9 - 15.4
14.8
15.8
18.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.9
4.3 - 23.6
15.0
13.5 - 16.6
13.4
11.9 - 14.9
14.5
12.8 - 16.1
13.4
16.5
12.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
16.0
6.9 - 25.2
13.2
11.6 - 14.9
13.7
12.1 - 15.2
12.2
10.6 - 13.9
13.0
14.7
15.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.7
4.2 - 25.3
12.4
10.4 - 14.3
12.3
10.1 - 14.6
14.8
12.2 - 17.3
16.3
16.1
10.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
12.2
1.0 - 23.4
12.3
9.8 - 14.8
12.8
10.2 - 15.3
12.0
9.4 - 14.6
15.2
17.1
18.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
15.5
7.0 - 24.0
11.5
8.9 - 14.0
15.0
12.5 - 17.5
13.1
10.5 - 15.6
15.2
13.5
20.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.3
0.0 - 27.5
13.1
11.7 - 14.5
11.9
10.5 - 13.3
12.3
10.8 - 13.7
12.3
12.5
11.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
8.5
4.4 - 12.7
9.1
5.8 - 12.4
12.7
9.6 - 15.8
12.9
9.3 - 16.5
9.9
12.9
9.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
12.2
10.5 - 13.9
14.1
12.2 - 16.0
13.7
12.0 - 15.3
12.3
14.7
14.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
14.3
5.4 - 23.2
14.2
12.8 - 15.7
14.0
12.5 - 15.5
12.2
10.7 - 13.6
16.2
12.8
17.1
Fredericton
13.2
5.5 - 21.0
12.6
11.7 - 13.5
12.7
11.8 - 13.6
14.2
13.1 - 15.2
13.4
16.3
13.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0.0
0.0
0.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
17.6
16.8 - 18.5
12.5
10.6 - 14.5
11.2
9.3 - 13.0
13.1
11.3 - 14.9
12.5
11.1
15.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
10.2
10.2 - 10.2
13.9
7.4 - 20.5
16.3
12.2 - 20.5
9.3
6.0 - 12.7
18.7
18.3
14.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
13.8
10.6 - 17.0
10.6
8.0 - 13.2
13.6
10.2 - 16.9
16.8
10.7
17.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.1
5.7 - 20.6
12.7
10.0 - 15.4
11.0
8.6 - 13.3
14.1
11.2 - 16.9
11.5
10.3
17.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
12.6
5.5 - 19.7
14.2
12.9 - 15.4
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
14.3
13.0 - 15.6
15.1
16.1
17.8
Moncton
11.9
5.6 - 18.1
11.2
10.5 - 11.9
11.8
11.1 - 12.4
11.7
11.0 - 12.4
12.7
13.4
13.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
15.6
3.0 - 28.2
11.7
8.9 - 14.4
15.4
12.5 - 18.3
12.5
9.8 - 15.1
16.2
16.4
15.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
12.5
5.8 - 19.2
12.3
9.0 - 15.6
13.4
10.1 - 16.6
12.9
9.3 - 16.5
12.9
13.1
21.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
8.1
0.0 - 18.0
7.4
4.9 - 9.8
5.1
3.3 - 7.0
5.5
3.2 - 7.8
12.3
9.8
15.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.5
0.0 - 27.1
11.4
10.0 - 12.8
11.3
9.9 - 12.6
12.2
10.9 - 13.6
12.0
12.0
14.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
13.5
2.0 - 25.0
13.0
10.1 - 15.9
13.2
10.6 - 15.8
12.9
10.4 - 15.5
12.2
11.6
14.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
14.3
5.3 - 23.3
14.5
13.2 - 15.7
14.0
12.9 - 15.1
14.2
13.1 - 15.4
13.8
13.1
12.3
Riverview and Coverdale
12.7
0.0 - 26.6
13.7
12.2 - 15.3
12.7
11.1 - 14.4
13.7
12.1 - 15.4
11.6
13.3
14.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.9
0.0 - 28.2
14.6
12.2 - 16.9
10.7
8.6 - 12.8
9.2
7.1 - 11.2
13.1
15.8
19.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.3
7.9 - 20.7
12.5
11.5 - 13.4
13.0
12.1 - 13.8
14.1
13.2 - 15.0
13.8
16.1
16.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
13.7
12.2 - 15.1
13.7
11.6 - 15.8
8.8
7.2 - 10.5
12.2
10.2 - 14.2
13.2
13.2
14.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
12.3
0.0 - 24.6
12.2
10.0 - 14.3
11.9
10.1 - 13.8
12.0
10.0 - 14.0
12.9
16.4
12.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
11.2
0.8 - 21.7
12.1
9.8 - 14.3
10.6
8.2 - 12.9
11.1
8.9 - 13.3
13.9
15.6
16.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
13.8
11.1 - 16.5
12.8
10.2 - 15.3
10.8
8.6 - 13.0
10.2
7.8 - 12.6
14.1
12.9
13.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
12.5
1.6 - 23.4
13.3
11.3 - 15.4
12.1
10.2 - 13.9
11.8
9.9 - 13.7
12.9
13.3
16.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
13.6
0.1 - 27.2
13.4
11.3 - 15.6
13.7
11.7 - 15.7
14.4
12.5 - 16.4
16.7
13.8
16.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.5
0.2 - 24.9
12.4
10.6 - 14.2
13.1
11.3 - 14.9
12.3
10.5 - 14.2
12.6
14.0
18.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
12.5
7.2 - 17.8
12.3
11.6 - 12.9
11.7
11.1 - 12.3
12.1
11.5 - 12.8
13.1
13.7
14.2
Anglophone North School District
14.0
8.7 - 19.4
14.2
13.3 - 15.2
13.7
12.7 - 14.6
14.7
13.7 - 15.8
15.8
17.0
17.3
Anglophone South School District
13.9
9.4 - 18.3
13.5
12.8 - 14.1
12.9
12.3 - 13.5
13.5
12.9 - 14.1
13.8
14.5
15.0
Anglophone West School District
13.5
8.4 - 18.5
12.7
12.1 - 13.3
12.6
12.0 - 13.2
13.3
12.7 - 14.0
13.6
14.5
14.9
Anglophone sector
13.4
10.8 - 16.0
13.0
12.6 - 13.3
12.6
12.3 - 12.9
13.3
12.9 - 13.6
13.8
14.6
15.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.1
7.9 - 18.2
12.8
11.8 - 13.7
13.1
12.1 - 14.0
12.2
11.3 - 13.2
13.3
14.9
16.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
12.2
10.9 - 13.5
12.7
11.4 - 14.1
13.6
12.4 - 14.9
13.0
13.2
15.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
12.2
6.5 - 18.0
11.4
10.7 - 12.1
12.1
11.4 - 12.8
11.4
10.7 - 12.2
11.8
12.9
12.9
Francophone sector
12.7
9.0 - 16.3
12.0
11.4 - 12.5
12.5
12.0 - 13.0
12.1
11.5 - 12.6
12.5
13.6
14.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
S
0.0
0.0
S
S
0.0
S
Grades 9 to 12
22.4
21.9 - 23.0
21.7
21.2 - 22.2
21.4
20.9 - 21.8
22.0
21.6 - 22.5
23.2
24.5
24.9
Gender
Female
13.5
11.4 - 15.6
13.1
12.6 - 13.5
12.4
12.0 - 12.8
13.2
12.8 - 13.7
14.3
n/a
n/a
Male
13.1
10.9 - 15.3
12.5
12.1 - 12.9
12.9
12.5 - 13.3
12.9
12.4 - 13.3
13.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
13.4
9.8 - 17.1
13.4
11.0 - 15.9
18.2
15.9 - 20.6
12.8
11.4 - 14.1
10.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
13.4
11.2 - 15.5
12.9
12.5 - 13.3
12.4
12.0 - 12.8
13.0
12.5 - 13.4
13.7
14.6
n/a
Male
13.0
10.8 - 15.2
12.5
12.1 - 12.9
12.8
12.4 - 13.2
12.9
12.5 - 13.3
13.1
14.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
17.3
14.7 - 20.0
17.1
16.1 - 18.1
16.7
15.8 - 17.6
13.9
13.2 - 14.5
13.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
13.1
11.1 - 15.1
13.7
12.6 - 14.7
13.1
12.0 - 14.2
12.1
10.9 - 13.3
12.2
12.4
17.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.1
9.5 - 14.8
11.1
10.4 - 11.8
12.3
11.6 - 13.1
14.6
13.8 - 15.5
15.8
16.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
14.5
11.7 - 17.3
14.3
13.3 - 15.4
14.2
13.1 - 15.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
12.0
9.3 - 14.7
11.3
10.7 - 12.0
11.8
11.1 - 12.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
11.9
9.6 - 14.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
13.5
11.1 - 15.8
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 17 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 "17 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_8

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