Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having bullied another student at school in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
11.3
10.5 - 12.2
12.1
11.8 - 12.4
9.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.4
8.9 - 11.9
11.0
10.6 - 11.5
9.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.0
10.5 - 13.5
13.7
13.1 - 14.3
10.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
11.4
9.4 - 13.3
12.5
12.0 - 13.0
9.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
12.7
11.7 - 13.8
10.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
11.9
10.4 - 13.4
13.4
11.8 - 15.1
10.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
9.6
8.8 - 10.3
9.1
8.4 - 9.9
9.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.2
11.6 - 14.8
12.5
11.4 - 13.6
9.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
9.4
8.2 - 10.6
9.6
8.4 - 10.8
9.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
12.2
8.1 - 16.4
12.2
10.8 - 13.6
9.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
12.8
11.8 - 13.8
13.4
11.2 - 15.6
9.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
9.5
7.9 - 11.2
5.8
4.1 - 7.5
6.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
10.4
8.8 - 12.0
13.5
11.0 - 16.0
12.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
6.5
5.8 - 7.2
5.5
4.6 - 6.4
5.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
16.3
12.3 - 20.2
16.5
12.9 - 20.1
11.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
13.2
11.6 - 14.7
10.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.1
10.9 - 15.3
12.5
11.1 - 13.8
9.4
Fredericton
9.6
7.0 - 12.1
10.9
10.2 - 11.6
8.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
12.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.1
13.5 - 18.6
13.5
11.6 - 15.3
10.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
19.0
19.0 - 19.0
15.8
11.7 - 20.0
17.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
8.9
6.4 - 11.3
6.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.6
10.9 - 20.3
19.2
16.2 - 22.2
10.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
12.7
11.1 - 14.3
12.3
11.1 - 13.5
9.7
Moncton
10.2
8.1 - 12.2
10.9
10.2 - 11.5
8.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
11.5
7.3 - 15.7
12.6
9.9 - 15.2
12.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
18.3
12.2 - 24.5
14.2
10.6 - 17.7
11.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
11.4
8.7 - 14.1
12.6
9.7 - 15.5
11.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
12.2
11.4 - 13.0
13.3
11.9 - 14.7
10.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
18.1
8.8 - 27.5
19.9
16.8 - 22.9
16.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
11.4
9.5 - 13.2
12.6
11.6 - 13.6
8.6
Riverview and Coverdale
11.9
7.8 - 16.0
12.1
10.6 - 13.6
11.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.2
10.9 - 15.5
15.4
13.1 - 17.8
13.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
10.6
8.6 - 12.6
13.1
12.3 - 13.9
9.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
15.3
14.6 - 16.0
17.8
15.5 - 20.1
16.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
8.5
4.2 - 12.7
10.3
8.7 - 12.0
10.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
9.2
6.6 - 11.8
9.8
7.7 - 11.9
10.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.9
12.3 - 21.5
18.3
15.6 - 20.9
15.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.6
9.0 - 18.3
13.1
11.2 - 15.1
10.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.1
12.2 - 20.0
17.4
15.3 - 19.5
11.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.2
9.5 - 10.8
10.0
8.4 - 11.6
8.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
12.3
10.6 - 14.1
13.3
12.7 - 13.9
11.7
Anglophone North School District
13.2
11.4 - 14.9
13.9
12.9 - 14.9
10.6
Anglophone South School District
12.1
10.5 - 13.7
13.9
13.3 - 14.5
10.1
Anglophone West School District
12.1
10.0 - 14.3
13.0
12.5 - 13.6
9.9
Anglophone sector
12.3
11.3 - 13.3
13.5
13.2 - 13.8
10.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
10.4
9.6 - 11.3
9.5
8.7 - 10.3
9.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
12.9
11.8 - 14.1
10.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
6.7
6.0 - 7.4
6.7
6.2 - 7.2
6.3
Francophone sector
8.9
7.5 - 10.2
8.6
8.2 - 9.0
7.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
13.0
12.0 - 14.0
14.1
13.7 - 14.5
11.4
Grades 9 to 12
10.1
9.2 - 11.1
10.7
10.3 - 11.0
8.5
Gender
Female
9.2
8.3 - 10.1
10.3
9.9 - 10.6
8.4
Male
12.8
11.9 - 13.6
13.3
12.9 - 13.7
10.3
Non-binary
23.1
19.9 - 26.4
18.8
16.5 - 21.1
13.1
Sex at birth
Female
9.5
8.6 - 10.4
10.7
10.3 - 11.0
8.7
Male
12.9
12.1 - 13.8
13.5
13.1 - 13.8
10.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
15.2
13.7 - 16.7
13.6
12.8 - 14.4
11.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
19.6
17.9 - 21.4
20.5
19.3 - 21.7
16.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
10.2
8.8 - 11.6
10.5
9.9 - 11.2
7.2
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
18.9
17.2 - 20.6
18.8
17.6 - 19.9
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
12.0
10.6 - 13.3
13.0
12.4 - 13.7
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
11.4
10.2 - 12.6
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
13.7
12.4 - 15.0
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 having bullied another student at school in the last 2 months.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: In the last two months, have you been bullied at school in the ways listed below: a) Physical attacks (for example, getting beaten up, pushed or kicked), b) Verbal attacks (for example, being called mean names, made fun of or teased in a hurtful way, threatened, or having lies told or rumours spread about you), c) Cyber-attacks (for example, receiving mean text messages or having rumours spread about you on the Internet or on social media), d) Exclusion (for example, being left out of things on purpose, being excluded from a group of friends or completely ignored), e) Someone stole from you or damaged your things, f) Someone made mean comments about your race, religion or personal features and g) Someone made sexual jokes, comments or gestures to you?

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

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_BUP08_1

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