Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having symptoms of anxiety or depression in the last 12 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
46.4
44.8 - 48.1
51.1
50.7 - 51.5
49.5
49.1 - 49.9
55.8
55.3 - 56.2
53.9
46.4
39.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
44.0
40.5 - 47.5
48.0
47.3 - 48.7
47.6
46.9 - 48.3
53.1
52.4 - 53.9
52.7
45.6
37.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
48.3
45.7 - 50.9
53.5
52.6 - 54.4
52.1
51.3 - 53.0
58.5
57.7 - 59.3
56.3
49.1
41.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
48.6
45.3 - 51.9
54.8
54.0 - 55.7
51.3
50.5 - 52.1
58.5
57.7 - 59.4
55.7
48.0
41.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
47.1
45.5 - 48.8
46.7
45.0 - 48.3
50.3
48.7 - 51.9
47.9
38.2
34.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
46.4
40.3 - 52.5
52.0
49.7 - 54.3
50.7
48.3 - 53.1
56.0
53.7 - 58.4
53.2
45.2
38.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
42.3
37.0 - 47.5
46.3
45.0 - 47.7
45.3
44.0 - 46.7
51.9
50.4 - 53.3
49.7
43.2
35.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
50.0
45.8 - 54.3
54.2
52.5 - 55.8
49.4
47.7 - 51.1
58.2
56.5 - 59.9
54.9
46.3
44.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
44.6
35.0 - 54.2
51.1
49.1 - 53.2
48.1
46.0 - 50.1
56.6
54.5 - 58.7
52.7
45.5
37.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
46.4
36.5 - 56.3
49.9
47.7 - 52.1
48.2
46.1 - 50.4
54.1
51.8 - 56.5
51.0
47.1
41.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
46.6
37.2 - 56.0
49.8
46.8 - 52.8
49.4
46.2 - 52.6
54.9
51.8 - 57.9
53.5
44.3
34.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
40.1
26.3 - 54.0
42.7
39.2 - 46.2
42.4
38.9 - 45.9
50.9
47.2 - 54.5
44.4
45.4
30.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
46.1
40.5 - 51.6
55.1
51.6 - 58.6
52.6
49.0 - 56.1
57.7
54.0 - 61.4
52.8
46.6
43.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
35.5
29.9 - 41.1
38.5
36.7 - 40.4
37.2
35.3 - 39.1
42.7
40.7 - 44.6
45.9
38.0
30.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
50.0
47.3 - 52.6
57.5
52.7 - 62.3
56.0
51.2 - 60.8
58.9
54.0 - 63.7
54.7
43.6
42.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
45.9
43.6 - 48.2
47.5
45.2 - 49.8
51.0
48.8 - 53.2
47.3
39.0
33.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
47.5
41.7 - 53.4
51.2
49.2 - 53.2
48.7
46.7 - 50.7
55.6
53.5 - 57.6
54.4
44.4
39.1
Fredericton
46.2
40.9 - 51.4
53.0
51.7 - 54.2
48.7
47.6 - 49.9
57.5
56.2 - 58.7
53.6
47.7
37.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
55.7
35.2
30.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
48.2
43.8 - 52.6
50.4
47.6 - 53.2
46.1
43.4 - 48.8
51.5
48.8 - 54.1
48.4
40.9
35.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
56.8
56.8 - 56.8
67.6
61.3 - 74.0
56.5
51.0 - 62.1
61.8
56.1 - 67.5
67.8
48.6
30.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
43.7
39.5 - 47.9
44.8
40.5 - 49.0
44.2
39.7 - 48.8
49.9
32.0
35.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
57.7
56.4 - 59.0
62.5
58.9 - 66.2
60.3
56.6 - 64.1
61.8
57.9 - 65.7
56.4
46.7
45.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
50.2
45.6 - 54.8
54.5
52.7 - 56.2
49.0
47.2 - 50.8
57.8
56.0 - 59.6
55.0
47.0
43.9
Moncton
44.8
39.0 - 50.5
47.9
46.9 - 48.9
48.3
47.3 - 49.3
54.3
53.2 - 55.4
53.1
45.1
38.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
54.1
49.3 - 59.0
57.0
53.1 - 60.8
55.6
51.6 - 59.5
59.9
56.0 - 63.8
60.9
48.9
39.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
48.6
46.9 - 50.4
51.3
46.1 - 56.5
52.2
47.2 - 57.3
61.3
56.0 - 66.5
53.8
39.8
46.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
39.3
35.8 - 42.9
50.1
45.2 - 55.0
44.0
39.7 - 48.4
50.8
46.3 - 55.3
50.4
47.1
37.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
54.0
46.5 - 61.5
59.1
57.0 - 61.2
56.6
54.5 - 58.6
61.8
59.8 - 63.8
60.2
54.9
50.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
55.3
50.4 - 60.1
64.3
60.6 - 68.0
62.4
58.7 - 66.1
68.9
65.4 - 72.4
64.2
45.9
40.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
45.3
40.7 - 49.9
50.4
48.8 - 52.0
49.2
47.7 - 50.7
54.6
53.1 - 56.1
53.5
45.7
38.6
Riverview and Coverdale
45.6
40.4 - 50.9
50.8
48.7 - 53.0
51.6
49.3 - 53.9
59.0
56.8 - 61.2
58.2
51.3
40.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
47.0
39.5 - 54.5
55.1
52.0 - 58.3
53.8
50.6 - 57.1
57.4
53.9 - 60.9
57.1
48.5
36.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
49.0
44.7 - 53.3
54.6
53.2 - 55.9
53.2
51.9 - 54.4
59.9
58.7 - 61.1
57.4
52.1
45.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.2
48.5 - 53.9
56.0
52.9 - 59.2
53.4
50.4 - 56.4
58.0
55.2 - 60.8
55.3
51.4
41.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
39.9
33.7 - 46.0
44.2
41.3 - 47.1
45.5
42.8 - 48.2
48.5
45.5 - 51.5
48.5
44.3
35.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
40.5
34.0 - 47.0
41.5
38.2 - 44.8
40.5
37.1 - 44.0
45.2
41.6 - 48.8
46.0
39.4
34.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
53.9
53.2 - 54.6
55.4
52.0 - 58.8
53.6
50.2 - 57.0
60.1
56.5 - 63.6
58.0
53.6
42.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
52.0
49.4 - 54.7
56.0
53.0 - 58.9
52.7
49.8 - 55.5
61.1
58.3 - 63.8
55.3
45.0
39.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
47.2
45.4 - 49.0
54.2
51.3 - 57.1
54.3
51.5 - 57.0
60.1
57.7 - 62.6
59.0
50.0
39.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
40.4
34.3 - 46.5
42.8
40.1 - 45.5
45.2
42.4 - 47.9
48.1
45.2 - 51.0
49.8
39.3
37.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
49.1
46.7 - 51.6
52.7
51.8 - 53.7
52.2
51.2 - 53.1
58.3
57.4 - 59.3
56.7
48.4
39.5
Anglophone North School District
52.9
49.2 - 56.5
57.9
56.6 - 59.2
54.8
53.4 - 56.2
61.8
60.5 - 63.2
58.6
51.8
44.9
Anglophone South School District
48.7
46.2 - 51.2
54.1
53.2 - 55.0
52.6
51.8 - 53.5
59.0
58.2 - 59.8
56.6
49.5
42.2
Anglophone West School District
50.0
47.1 - 53.0
55.3
54.5 - 56.2
52.4
51.6 - 53.2
59.2
58.4 - 60.0
56.5
48.4
41.3
Anglophone sector
49.7
48.2 - 51.2
54.6
54.1 - 55.1
52.7
52.2 - 53.2
59.2
58.8 - 59.7
56.8
49.2
41.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
40.5
36.9 - 44.0
44.1
42.8 - 45.4
42.9
41.5 - 44.2
49.7
48.4 - 51.1
47.5
40.2
34.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
44.8
43.0 - 46.6
45.0
43.3 - 46.8
48.1
46.4 - 49.8
47.1
37.4
33.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
35.2
32.8 - 37.7
39.4
38.3 - 40.4
39.4
38.4 - 40.3
44.7
43.5 - 45.8
45.7
39.8
34.2
Francophone sector
38.1
35.6 - 40.5
41.8
41.1 - 42.6
41.4
40.7 - 42.1
46.8
46.1 - 47.6
46.5
39.5
34.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
41.0
39.4 - 42.7
45.5
45.0 - 46.1
44.2
43.6 - 44.7
49.0
48.4 - 49.6
47.3
38.5
30.3
Grades 9 to 12
50.3
48.1 - 52.5
55.2
54.7 - 55.8
53.3
52.8 - 53.9
60.5
60.0 - 61.1
58.7
52.0
45.8
Gender
Female
55.4
53.3 - 57.6
59.3
58.8 - 59.9
59.4
58.9 - 60.0
65.4
64.8 - 65.9
64.0
n/a
n/a
Male
35.4
33.9 - 36.9
40.7
40.1 - 41.3
37.5
37.0 - 38.1
43.4
42.8 - 44.0
39.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
73.9
71.1 - 76.7
81.0
78.4 - 83.7
77.8
75.3 - 80.3
85.4
84.1 - 86.7
86.0
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
56.9
54.8 - 59.0
60.7
60.2 - 61.3
61.0
60.4 - 61.5
67.5
67.0 - 68.1
66.7
56.3
n/a
Male
35.1
33.7 - 36.6
40.6
40.1 - 41.2
37.3
36.8 - 37.9
43.4
42.8 - 43.9
40.1
36.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
75.3
73.6 - 76.9
77.6
76.6 - 78.6
77.3
76.4 - 78.2
78.0
77.2 - 78.7
76.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
58.3
55.7 - 60.9
64.8
63.4 - 66.2
62.5
61.1 - 64.0
68.9
67.4 - 70.5
64.5
55.5
52.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
42.9
40.9 - 44.9
47.9
46.9 - 49.0
46.0
44.9 - 47.1
52.4
51.2 - 53.6
50.3
43.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
62.8
60.8 - 64.9
65.4
64.0 - 66.8
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
44.6
42.6 - 46.6
49.2
48.3 - 50.2
47.3
46.3 - 48.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
40.3
38.3 - 42.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
54.3
52.4 - 56.3
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 symptoms of anxiety or depression in the last 12 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 at least 1 of the following 2 questions about depression and anxiety: During the last 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities? And during the last 12 months, did you ever feel nervous, anxious or on edge or you were unable to stop or control worrying almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?

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_DEPAN_1

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