Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having been bullied at school in the last 2 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
48.2
47.8 - 48.6
48.8
48.4 - 49.2
46.3
50.9
52.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
46.7
46.0 - 47.4
47.6
46.9 - 48.4
47.0
52.1
52.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
50.3
49.5 - 51.2
50.0
49.1 - 50.8
46.2
51.4
52.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
48.9
48.1 - 49.8
49.9
49.1 - 50.8
45.9
48.6
52.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
49.9
48.2 - 51.5
50.5
48.9 - 52.1
49.0
50.8
54.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
48.6
46.2 - 51.1
48.7
46.3 - 51.1
42.9
53.6
51.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
44.7
43.3 - 46.0
46.6
45.1 - 48.0
44.7
50.9
49.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
47.9
46.2 - 49.7
46.8
45.0 - 48.5
45.1
50.2
53.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
46.3
44.2 - 48.3
49.7
47.6 - 51.9
46.8
51.7
54.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
46.0
43.9 - 48.2
51.0
48.6 - 53.4
47.6
57.5
57.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
49.5
46.2 - 52.8
46.5
43.4 - 49.6
40.3
51.3
53.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
41.6
38.1 - 45.2
42.9
39.2 - 46.6
41.3
47.7
43.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
47.3
43.6 - 50.9
51.9
48.0 - 55.7
46.7
57.0
48.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
40.5
38.6 - 42.5
37.4
35.5 - 39.4
40.7
53.5
49.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
57.1
52.3 - 62.0
54.2
49.1 - 59.2
52.7
54.0
60.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
48.5
46.2 - 50.9
49.5
47.3 - 51.7
49.2
51.8
53.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
46.1
44.0 - 48.1
45.5
43.4 - 47.6
43.6
47.5
50.1
Fredericton
47.0
45.8 - 48.2
49.1
47.8 - 50.4
44.0
46.3
47.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
53.9
56.6
56.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
55.7
53.0 - 58.5
54.3
51.6 - 56.9
52.1
51.7
60.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
51.1
45.3 - 56.9
60.4
54.5 - 66.3
51.1
56.4
54.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
39.8
35.6 - 44.1
44.5
39.8 - 49.1
39.4
45.3
39.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
55.1
51.2 - 59.0
53.6
49.5 - 57.6
48.6
50.8
54.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
47.3
45.5 - 49.2
45.8
43.9 - 47.6
43.6
48.7
52.6
Moncton
46.8
45.8 - 47.8
47.5
46.4 - 48.6
46.0
49.1
50.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
51.3
47.2 - 55.3
51.3
47.3 - 55.4
50.7
49.8
54.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
52.9
47.7 - 58.0
55.7
50.2 - 61.1
58.1
63.3
62.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
57.2
52.9 - 61.6
55.2
50.6 - 59.8
46.9
61.9
47.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
51.1
49.0 - 53.2
51.0
48.9 - 53.1
48.5
52.7
57.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
55.6
51.7 - 59.4
58.7
54.9 - 62.5
54.9
50.0
57.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.8
48.3 - 51.4
48.5
47.0 - 50.1
45.1
49.2
51.5
Riverview and Coverdale
50.9
48.5 - 53.2
52.1
49.9 - 54.4
51.2
54.2
51.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
53.3
50.0 - 56.7
53.2
49.6 - 56.7
49.6
49.3
51.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
49.4
48.1 - 50.6
50.0
48.8 - 51.3
45.1
51.6
51.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
53.8
50.7 - 56.8
55.3
52.5 - 58.2
52.6
55.2
53.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
42.5
39.8 - 45.2
45.8
42.7 - 48.9
50.3
53.8
58.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
41.6
38.1 - 45.0
43.6
39.9 - 47.2
41.4
42.7
46.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
53.7
50.3 - 57.2
54.6
50.9 - 58.4
50.1
56.0
57.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
49.0
46.1 - 52.0
50.8
48.0 - 53.6
45.3
47.5
54.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
52.7
49.9 - 55.5
48.9
46.3 - 51.5
50.9
55.5
50.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
45.6
42.8 - 48.4
45.1
42.2 - 48.0
44.8
55.9
48.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
50.9
50.0 - 51.9
51.5
50.6 - 52.5
50.1
50.8
51.9
Anglophone North School District
50.9
49.5 - 52.3
50.1
48.7 - 51.5
45.2
50.6
53.0
Anglophone South School District
50.5
49.7 - 51.4
49.8
49.0 - 50.7
46.5
51.0
52.1
Anglophone West School District
49.7
48.9 - 50.6
50.3
49.4 - 51.1
46.7
48.2
51.8
Anglophone sector
50.4
49.9 - 50.9
50.4
49.9 - 50.9
47.2
50.0
52.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
44.3
42.9 - 45.6
46.2
44.8 - 47.6
44.8
52.4
48.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
48.5
46.8 - 50.3
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
48.6
51.5
54.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
39.8
38.8 - 40.8
42.1
40.9 - 43.2
41.5
54.0
53.4
Francophone sector
42.7
42.0 - 43.4
44.7
43.9 - 45.5
43.9
53.0
51.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
55.6
55.0 - 56.2
56.5
55.9 - 57.1
53.7
59.8
56.6
Grades 9 to 12
43.1
42.5 - 43.6
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.9
44.7
49.0
Gender
Female
53.2
52.6 - 53.7
53.2
52.6 - 53.8
51.4
n/a
n/a
Male
41.6
41.0 - 42.1
41.9
41.3 - 42.5
38.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
70.9
68.1 - 73.7
71.9
70.2 - 73.7
68.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
54.4
53.8 - 54.9
55.0
54.4 - 55.6
53.4
57.1
n/a
Male
41.5
41.0 - 42.1
42.0
41.5 - 42.6
38.4
44.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
64.9
63.8 - 66.0
63.8
62.9 - 64.7
60.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
60.2
58.7 - 61.7
59.7
57.9 - 61.4
54.1
57.1
60.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
44.8
43.7 - 45.9
43.9
42.7 - 45.1
39.1
44.3
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
63.7
62.3 - 65.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
48.9
47.9 - 49.8
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 report having been bullied 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". This indicators is based on respondents who answered all following 7 questions about being bullied: 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

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_BUVAO_1

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