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

Table

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
47.3
45.5 - 49.1
47.3
46.9 - 47.7
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
45.2
41.2 - 49.2
45.8
45.1 - 46.5
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
47.7
44.6 - 50.8
48.8
47.8 - 49.7
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
45.5 - 52.3
49.4
48.6 - 50.3
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
S
46.4
44.8 - 48.1
49.9
48.2 - 51.5
50.5
48.9 - 52.1
49.0
50.8
54.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
50.9
48.1 - 53.7
43.7
41.4 - 46.0
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
45.3
42.9 - 47.6
43.7
42.3 - 45.0
44.7
43.3 - 46.0
46.6
45.1 - 48.0
44.7
50.9
49.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
50.7
47.0 - 54.4
49.3
47.7 - 51.0
47.9
46.2 - 49.7
46.8
45.0 - 48.5
45.1
50.2
53.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
47.4
44.2 - 50.6
47.1
45.0 - 49.1
46.3
44.2 - 48.3
49.7
47.6 - 51.9
46.8
51.7
54.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.4
32.7 - 52.1
45.8
43.6 - 48.1
46.0
43.9 - 48.2
51.0
48.6 - 53.4
47.6
57.5
57.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
51.1
47.3 - 54.9
40.8
37.8 - 43.8
49.5
46.2 - 52.8
46.5
43.4 - 49.6
40.3
51.3
53.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
39.6
37.3 - 41.9
34.3
31.0 - 37.7
41.6
38.1 - 45.2
42.9
39.2 - 46.6
41.3
47.7
43.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
50.6
46.6 - 54.6
47.7
44.2 - 51.3
47.3
43.6 - 50.9
51.9
48.0 - 55.7
46.7
57.0
48.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
36.2
32.6 - 39.9
35.8
33.9 - 37.6
40.5
38.6 - 42.5
37.4
35.5 - 39.4
40.7
53.5
49.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
58.5
53.9 - 63.1
57.8
52.8 - 62.7
57.1
52.3 - 62.0
54.2
49.1 - 59.2
52.7
54.0
60.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
45.6
43.3 - 47.9
48.5
46.2 - 50.9
49.5
47.3 - 51.7
49.2
51.8
53.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
49.1
42.5 - 55.7
47.6
45.6 - 49.6
46.1
44.0 - 48.1
45.5
43.4 - 47.6
43.6
47.5
50.1
Fredericton
45.9
41.3 - 50.6
47.6
46.3 - 48.8
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
n/a
n/a
53.9
56.6
56.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
46.0
36.9 - 55.1
48.8
45.9 - 51.6
55.7
53.0 - 58.5
54.3
51.6 - 56.9
52.1
51.7
60.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
62.9
62.9 - 62.9
59.7
52.7 - 66.8
51.1
45.3 - 56.9
60.4
54.5 - 66.3
51.1
56.4
54.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
44.0
39.7 - 48.3
39.8
35.6 - 44.1
44.5
39.8 - 49.1
39.4
45.3
39.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
55.5
47.9 - 63.0
57.1
53.2 - 60.9
55.1
51.2 - 59.0
53.6
49.5 - 57.6
48.6
50.8
54.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
50.0
46.3 - 53.7
48.7
46.9 - 50.5
47.3
45.5 - 49.2
45.8
43.9 - 47.6
43.6
48.7
52.6
Moncton
45.7
39.6 - 51.8
45.7
44.7 - 46.8
46.8
45.8 - 47.8
47.5
46.4 - 48.6
46.0
49.1
50.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
49.3
38.0 - 60.6
47.1
43.2 - 51.0
51.3
47.2 - 55.3
51.3
47.3 - 55.4
50.7
49.8
54.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
58.2
46.9 - 69.4
55.5
50.3 - 60.7
52.9
47.7 - 58.0
55.7
50.2 - 61.1
58.1
63.3
62.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
53.5
53.5 - 53.5
52.7
47.8 - 57.6
57.2
52.9 - 61.6
55.2
50.6 - 59.8
46.9
61.9
47.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
53.6
50.4 - 56.9
51.4
49.2 - 53.6
51.1
49.0 - 53.2
51.0
48.9 - 53.1
48.5
52.7
57.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
52.2
44.3 - 60.2
55.7
51.8 - 59.6
55.6
51.7 - 59.4
58.7
54.9 - 62.5
54.9
50.0
57.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
44.4
40.6 - 48.2
46.6
45.0 - 48.2
49.8
48.3 - 51.4
48.5
47.0 - 50.1
45.1
49.2
51.5
Riverview and Coverdale
51.2
42.4 - 60.0
49.9
47.8 - 52.1
50.9
48.5 - 53.2
52.1
49.9 - 54.4
51.2
54.2
51.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
52.2
46.2 - 58.3
53.3
50.1 - 56.5
53.3
50.0 - 56.7
53.2
49.6 - 56.7
49.6
49.3
51.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
47.5
42.5 - 52.6
49.2
47.8 - 50.6
49.4
48.1 - 50.6
50.0
48.8 - 51.3
45.1
51.6
51.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
53.3
48.7 - 57.8
55.3
52.1 - 58.5
53.8
50.7 - 56.8
55.3
52.5 - 58.2
52.6
55.2
53.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
40.0
25.7 - 54.4
43.5
40.5 - 46.4
42.5
39.8 - 45.2
45.8
42.7 - 48.9
50.3
53.8
58.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
41.9
38.3 - 45.6
41.6
38.3 - 45.0
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
56.1
50.4 - 61.8
53.0
49.5 - 56.6
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
50.7
38.2 - 63.2
47.8
44.7 - 50.8
49.0
46.1 - 52.0
50.8
48.0 - 53.6
45.3
47.5
54.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
48.7
44.8 - 52.6
51.3
48.3 - 54.2
52.7
49.9 - 55.5
48.9
46.3 - 51.5
50.9
55.5
50.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
47.1
45.3 - 48.9
44.6
41.8 - 47.3
45.6
42.8 - 48.4
45.1
42.2 - 48.0
44.8
55.9
48.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
50.7
45.8 - 55.5
50.0
49.0 - 50.9
50.9
50.0 - 51.9
51.5
50.6 - 52.5
50.1
50.8
51.9
Anglophone North School District
51.6
49.5 - 53.7
51.6
50.2 - 52.9
50.9
49.5 - 52.3
50.1
48.7 - 51.5
45.2
50.6
53.0
Anglophone South School District
48.1
44.9 - 51.2
49.2
48.3 - 50.1
50.5
49.7 - 51.4
49.8
49.0 - 50.7
46.5
51.0
52.1
Anglophone West School District
50.6
47.2 - 54.0
49.7
48.8 - 50.5
49.7
48.9 - 50.6
50.3
49.4 - 51.1
46.7
48.2
51.8
Anglophone sector
49.9
48.0 - 51.9
49.8
49.3 - 50.3
50.4
49.9 - 50.9
50.4
49.9 - 50.9
47.2
50.0
52.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
45.7
43.6 - 47.8
42.1
40.8 - 43.4
44.3
42.9 - 45.6
46.2
44.8 - 47.6
44.8
52.4
48.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
45.4
43.6 - 47.2
48.5
46.8 - 50.3
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
48.6
51.5
54.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.1
33.3 - 38.9
38.1
37.1 - 39.2
39.8
38.8 - 40.8
42.1
40.9 - 43.2
41.5
54.0
53.4
Francophone sector
40.5
37.7 - 43.4
40.7
39.9 - 41.4
42.7
42.0 - 43.4
44.7
43.9 - 45.5
43.9
53.0
51.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
54.0
52.0 - 55.9
54.4
53.8 - 55.0
55.6
55.0 - 56.2
56.5
55.9 - 57.1
53.7
59.8
56.6
Grades 9 to 12
42.6
40.8 - 44.5
42.0
41.4 - 42.6
43.1
42.5 - 43.6
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.9
44.7
49.0
Gender
Female
50.8
48.7 - 53.0
50.6
50.0 - 51.2
53.2
52.6 - 53.7
53.2
52.6 - 53.8
51.4
n/a
n/a
Male
42.1
40.3 - 43.8
42.2
41.6 - 42.8
41.6
41.0 - 42.1
41.9
41.3 - 42.5
38.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
70.9
66.6 - 75.2
70.7
67.5 - 73.9
70.9
68.1 - 73.7
71.9
70.2 - 73.7
68.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
51.8
49.7 - 54.0
51.8
51.2 - 52.4
54.4
53.8 - 54.9
55.0
54.4 - 55.6
53.4
57.1
n/a
Male
42.2
40.5 - 44.0
42.3
41.7 - 42.8
41.5
41.0 - 42.1
42.0
41.5 - 42.6
38.4
44.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
63.9
61.1 - 66.7
63.4
62.2 - 64.6
64.9
63.8 - 66.0
63.8
62.9 - 64.7
60.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
56.9
54.3 - 59.5
57.5
56.1 - 59.0
60.2
58.7 - 61.7
59.7
57.9 - 61.4
54.1
57.1
60.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
46.4
43.3 - 49.5
46.7
45.6 - 47.7
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
62.4
60.0 - 64.8
62.0
60.5 - 63.5
63.7
62.3 - 65.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
49.0
46.0 - 52.0
49.6
48.6 - 50.6
48.9
47.9 - 49.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
43.2
40.8 - 45.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
54.5
52.3 - 56.6
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 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

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_BUVAO_1

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