Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported standing up to the bully or fighting back the last time they were bullied [among those who reported they have been bullied]

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
26.2
25.8 - 26.7
26.4
26.0 - 26.9
27.7
27.2 - 28.1
26.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.0
25.2 - 26.8
26.0
25.1 - 26.8
26.4
25.6 - 27.3
25.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.9
24.9 - 26.9
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
28.1
27.1 - 29.0
27.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
26.5
25.6 - 27.5
26.1
25.2 - 27.0
28.6
27.6 - 29.5
26.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.4
25.5 - 29.2
29.7
27.8 - 31.6
30.1
28.3 - 31.9
27.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.8
26.1 - 31.5
26.4
23.6 - 29.1
29.1
26.4 - 31.9
26.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
25.2
23.6 - 26.7
26.8
25.2 - 28.4
27.1
25.5 - 28.8
27.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.4
24.6 - 28.3
26.5
24.6 - 28.4
26.3
24.4 - 28.2
26.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
26.6
24.2 - 28.9
26.7
24.3 - 29.0
26.1
23.8 - 28.5
28.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
26.7
24.2 - 29.2
27.8
25.2 - 30.4
27.2
24.6 - 29.9
24.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
28.3
24.7 - 32.0
28.7
24.9 - 32.6
27.3
23.8 - 30.8
25.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
27.1
22.5 - 31.7
27.0
22.7 - 31.3
28.2
23.6 - 32.8
27.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
29.5
25.4 - 33.5
23.2
19.4 - 27.0
31.6
27.2 - 36.0
27.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
20.1
18.0 - 22.2
24.6
22.1 - 27.0
24.7
22.3 - 27.1
22.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
25.3
20.0 - 30.6
28.4
23.2 - 33.6
38.6
32.6 - 44.6
32.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
26.5
23.9 - 29.1
30.9
28.2 - 33.6
29.5
27.0 - 31.9
25.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.0
25.6 - 30.3
28.3
26.0 - 30.7
28.8
26.3 - 31.2
28.5
Fredericton
25.0
23.6 - 26.4
25.5
24.2 - 26.8
27.4
26.0 - 28.9
25.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.7
23.6 - 29.8
26.5
23.5 - 29.4
29.7
26.8 - 32.6
28.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
23.0
16.6 - 29.4
32.1
25.9 - 38.3
32.4
25.9 - 38.9
27.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
32.4
27.3 - 37.6
34.8
29.3 - 40.4
34.7
29.0 - 40.5
32.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.0
26.6 - 35.4
27.5
23.4 - 31.5
31.3
26.7 - 35.9
27.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
26.8
24.8 - 28.8
26.1
24.1 - 28.2
26.6
24.6 - 28.7
26.9
Moncton
26.5
25.2 - 27.7
26.9
25.7 - 28.0
27.2
26.0 - 28.5
25.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
32.6
28.2 - 37.0
26.0
21.6 - 30.5
30.3
25.8 - 34.8
27.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
23.2
18.0 - 28.4
29.5
24.0 - 35.0
24.1
18.5 - 29.7
27.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.9
18.8 - 29.1
26.4
21.6 - 31.1
26.4
21.6 - 31.3
23.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
28.1
25.7 - 30.5
24.0
21.8 - 26.2
28.9
26.5 - 31.3
27.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.3
20.4 - 28.3
28.1
23.9 - 32.3
28.3
24.2 - 32.4
29.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
25.6
23.8 - 27.4
23.2
21.6 - 24.8
25.8
24.0 - 27.5
24.3
Riverview and Coverdale
27.5
25.0 - 29.9
21.0
18.6 - 23.4
22.9
20.5 - 25.3
25.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.5
21.2 - 27.8
26.9
23.4 - 30.4
30.5
26.4 - 34.5
31.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
25.7
24.2 - 27.2
27.7
26.3 - 29.1
29.0
27.6 - 30.4
28.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
30.7
27.2 - 34.3
27.8
24.5 - 31.1
27.5
24.3 - 30.6
27.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.1
24.5 - 31.7
21.2
18.2 - 24.3
23.3
20.1 - 26.5
26.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
23.1
19.3 - 27.0
24.7
20.6 - 28.8
26.3
22.0 - 30.5
29.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
26.2
22.3 - 30.1
24.8
21.0 - 28.5
26.3
22.3 - 30.3
24.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.0
20.7 - 27.3
23.6
20.6 - 26.7
28.7
25.4 - 32.0
30.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
28.7
25.4 - 32.0
29.4
26.3 - 32.6
29.5
26.5 - 32.4
28.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
22.8
19.8 - 25.8
28.3
25.1 - 31.5
28.9
25.6 - 32.2
26.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
27.3
26.2 - 28.4
26.4
25.4 - 27.4
28.2
27.2 - 29.3
26.9
Anglophone North School District
29.0
27.4 - 30.5
28.4
26.8 - 29.9
28.5
26.9 - 30.1
26.4
Anglophone South School District
26.1
25.0 - 27.1
26.4
25.5 - 27.4
28.1
27.2 - 29.1
27.3
Anglophone West School District
26.6
25.7 - 27.6
26.3
25.3 - 27.2
28.8
27.8 - 29.8
27.3
Anglophone sector
26.9
26.4 - 27.5
26.6
26.1 - 27.1
28.4
27.9 - 29.0
27.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
24.5
23.0 - 26.0
26.0
24.5 - 27.6
27.0
25.4 - 28.6
27.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
27.0
25.0 - 29.0
29.8
27.7 - 31.8
29.6
27.7 - 31.5
26.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
22.8
21.6 - 24.1
24.2
23.0 - 25.4
23.3
22.0 - 24.6
23.6
Francophone sector
24.2
23.4 - 25.1
25.9
25.0 - 26.8
25.7
24.8 - 26.6
25.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
28.2
27.5 - 28.9
27.6
27.0 - 28.3
29.3
28.6 - 30.0
27.3
Grades 9 to 12
24.6
24.0 - 25.3
25.5
24.9 - 26.1
26.4
25.8 - 27.1
26.2
Gender
Female
20.7
20.1 - 21.3
20.6
20.0 - 21.2
21.3
20.6 - 21.9
19.6
Male
32.7
32.0 - 33.4
33.7
33.0 - 34.5
35.0
34.3 - 35.8
35.3
Non-binary
26.8
23.5 - 30.2
19.0
16.4 - 21.6
23.1
21.4 - 24.9
19.6
Sex at birth
Female
20.7
20.1 - 21.3
20.3
19.8 - 20.9
21.2
20.6 - 21.7
19.6
Male
33.0
32.3 - 33.7
33.9
33.1 - 34.6
35.4
34.7 - 36.1
35.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
22.5
21.3 - 23.7
21.5
20.5 - 22.6
24.5
23.6 - 25.4
22.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
30.4
28.7 - 32.0
31.1
29.5 - 32.8
35.9
33.9 - 37.8
30.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
26.5
25.2 - 27.7
27.6
26.2 - 29.0
26.8
25.4 - 28.3
27.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
26.8
25.3 - 28.3
26.8
25.3 - 28.3
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
28.3
27.2 - 29.5
28.6
27.4 - 29.8
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 standing up to the bully or fighting back the last time they were bullied [among those who reported they have been bullied].

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who have been bullied. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "I stood up to the bully or fought back" by the number of respondents who answered at least one of the following "I ignored it, I stood up to the bully or fought back, I tried talking to the bully, I told an adult at the school about it, I told my parents/guardians or another adult outside of school about it, I told another student about it, I called a helpline or other support service or I did something else" to the question: Think of the last time you were bullied. What did you do?

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_BUYSU_1

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