Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported having used any type of drugs to get high in the last 12 months (excluding tobacco, alcohol and cannabis)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
30.0
29.5 - 30.4
29.4
29.0 - 29.8
24.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
28.9
28.2 - 29.6
28.7
28.0 - 29.4
23.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
30.2
29.3 - 31.1
28.9
28.1 - 29.7
26.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
30.9
30.0 - 31.8
29.1
28.3 - 30.0
24.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
31.6
29.9 - 33.3
33.7
32.0 - 35.3
21.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.8
26.5 - 31.0
28.8
26.5 - 31.2
23.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
29.9
28.5 - 31.2
32.7
31.3 - 34.2
27.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.1
28.5 - 31.8
26.9
25.3 - 28.6
21.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
30.4
28.4 - 32.4
29.3
27.2 - 31.4
26.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
28.2
26.1 - 30.4
26.5
24.2 - 28.7
26.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
28.0
25.1 - 30.9
27.9
24.9 - 30.8
26.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
29.5
26.0 - 33.0
36.1
32.2 - 40.0
26.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
29.8
26.3 - 33.3
30.3
26.5 - 34.1
18.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
25.0
23.3 - 26.8
28.1
26.2 - 30.0
20.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
37.3
32.0 - 42.6
31.7
26.4 - 37.1
23.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
32.1
29.8 - 34.5
35.8
33.6 - 38.1
21.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.2
26.3 - 30.1
28.7
26.7 - 30.8
22.8
Fredericton
30.3
29.0 - 31.6
29.1
27.8 - 30.3
23.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
30.0
27.1 - 32.8
27.7
25.1 - 30.3
21.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
31.2
24.4 - 38.1
34.6
28.4 - 40.7
21.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
33.4
28.9 - 37.9
40.5
35.6 - 45.5
24.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.0
26.2 - 33.8
30.5
26.6 - 34.5
24.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
29.9
28.2 - 31.6
27.1
25.3 - 28.8
22.3
Moncton
30.0
28.9 - 31.0
28.3
27.2 - 29.4
22.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
32.4
28.4 - 36.3
28.7
24.8 - 32.6
26.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
32.4
27.2 - 37.6
25.8
20.6 - 30.9
16.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.9
30.1 - 41.7
30.2
25.4 - 35.1
28.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
32.1
29.9 - 34.3
29.5
27.4 - 31.6
28.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
35.4
31.3 - 39.5
27.1
23.4 - 30.7
26.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
29.9
28.3 - 31.5
28.4
26.9 - 29.9
25.0
Riverview and Coverdale
28.1
26.1 - 30.2
28.7
26.5 - 30.9
25.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.1
29.9 - 36.3
34.4
30.6 - 38.1
19.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
30.0
28.6 - 31.3
29.1
27.9 - 30.3
28.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
33.1
29.9 - 36.3
34.8
31.8 - 37.9
26.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.5
21.8 - 27.3
26.6
23.9 - 29.4
22.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
27.4
24.1 - 30.7
32.2
28.4 - 36.0
25.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
32.1
28.5 - 35.6
31.1
27.3 - 34.9
28.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
32.5
29.5 - 35.6
23.7
21.0 - 26.4
24.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
29.0
26.2 - 31.9
32.3
29.6 - 34.9
29.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
30.8
28.0 - 33.5
37.4
34.3 - 40.4
30.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
31.5
30.5 - 32.4
30.1
29.1 - 31.0
24.2
Anglophone North School District
32.0
30.7 - 33.4
29.1
27.7 - 30.5
26.6
Anglophone South School District
30.5
29.6 - 31.5
29.0
28.2 - 29.9
27.2
Anglophone West School District
31.0
30.2 - 31.9
29.3
28.4 - 30.1
24.9
Anglophone sector
31.1
30.6 - 31.6
29.4
28.9 - 29.9
25.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
29.2
27.9 - 30.5
32.2
30.8 - 33.6
24.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
31.9
30.0 - 33.7
34.3
32.6 - 36.1
21.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
23.6
22.6 - 24.6
25.9
24.8 - 27.0
19.7
Francophone sector
26.9
26.2 - 27.6
29.4
28.6 - 30.2
21.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
32.1
31.4 - 32.8
29.8
29.1 - 30.5
18.8
Grades 9 to 12
28.9
28.3 - 29.4
29.2
28.7 - 29.7
27.2
Gender
Female
31.1
30.5 - 31.7
29.8
29.2 - 30.4
n/a
Male
28.4
27.8 - 29.0
28.3
27.7 - 28.9
n/a
Non-binary
36.4
32.8 - 40.0
34.2
32.3 - 36.2
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
31.1
30.5 - 31.7
30.0
29.4 - 30.6
24.4
Male
28.4
27.8 - 29.0
28.5
27.9 - 29.1
24.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
32.2
31.0 - 33.4
31.2
30.3 - 32.1
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.5
34.0 - 37.1
35.6
33.8 - 37.4
34.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
30.2
29.1 - 31.3
28.7
27.6 - 29.9
22.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
35.8
34.3 - 37.4
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
32.6
31.6 - 33.6
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 7 to 12 who reported having used any type of drugs to get high in the last 12 months (excluding tobacco, alcohol and cannabis).

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 "1 time, 2 times or 3 or more times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1 time, 2 times or 3 or more times". This indicator is based on respondents who answered at least 1 of the following 12 questions on drug use: Have you ever taken any of the following drugs in the last 12 months to get high? a) LSD and other hallucinogens (e.g., PCP, magic mushrooms, mescaline, peyote, Salvia), b) Pain Relievers (e.g., Fentanyl, Percodan, Percs, Demerol, Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Oxy, Oxyneo, OC, APO, Codeine, Morphine), c) Amphetamines (speed), d) Ecstasy, MDMA (E, Xtc, Adam, X), e) Cocaine (coke, crack, snow, rock), f) Cough and cold medicines, g) Stimulants (e.g., Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall), h) Sedatives / tranquillizers (e.g., Valium, Ativan, Xanax, GHB), i) Methamphetamines / Crystal methamphetamine (ice) and l) Other?

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_DROAL_1

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