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

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
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
45.8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
47.1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Falls, Saint-LĂ©onard, Drummond Area
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
41.6
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
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
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
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
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
50.0
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
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
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
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
49.8
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
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
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
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
40.7
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
54.4
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
42.0
41.4 - 42.6
43.1
42.5 - 43.6
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.9
44.7
49.0
Gender
Female
50.6
50.0 - 51.2
53.2
52.6 - 53.7
53.2
52.6 - 53.8
51.4
n/a
n/a
Male
42.2
41.6 - 42.8
41.6
41.0 - 42.1
41.9
41.3 - 42.5
38.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
70.7
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
51.2 - 52.4
54.4
53.8 - 54.9
55.0
54.4 - 55.6
53.4
57.1
n/a
Male
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+
63.4
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
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
46.7
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
62.0
60.5 - 63.5
63.7
62.3 - 65.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
49.6
48.6 - 50.6
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 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

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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