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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having an evening meal together with family, friends or guardians every day

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
49.3
47.1 - 51.5
44.1
43.7 - 44.4
44.5
46.2
49.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
51.4
47.9 - 55.0
45.9
45.2 - 46.6
45.4
46.3
50.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
45.0
41.2 - 48.8
39.1
38.3 - 39.9
39.8
41.8
45.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
46.6
42.0 - 51.3
41.1
40.3 - 41.9
42.4
45.0
48.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
60.7
59.1 - 62.3
60.4
65.5
65.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
52.4
43.5 - 61.4
46.1
43.7 - 48.5
46.0
45.2
55.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
57.8
51.4 - 64.3
51.6
50.2 - 53.0
52.0
53.5
55.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
43.9
38.3 - 49.5
38.4
36.8 - 40.1
38.5
39.2
41.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
51.8
42.4 - 61.3
48.3
46.3 - 50.3
48.1
51.5
51.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
49.4
42.1 - 56.6
42.3
40.2 - 44.4
42.5
45.6
47.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
52.3
38.0 - 66.5
46.9
43.7 - 50.1
44.8
45.2
58.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
60.2
50.0 - 70.3
54.1
50.6 - 57.7
55.0
55.6
59.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
52.7
46.5 - 58.8
44.9
41.4 - 48.5
47.8
45.3
52.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
59.5
50.6 - 68.3
55.3
53.4 - 57.2
54.4
56.4
58.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
44.8
40.1 - 49.5
38.6
33.9 - 43.2
39.9
43.5
45.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
62.2
59.9 - 64.4
60.3
65.1
65.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
47.2
40.7 - 53.8
40.9
39.0 - 42.9
41.7
45.4
45.4
Fredericton
46.8
38.8 - 54.8
41.8
40.7 - 42.9
42.8
45.1
53.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
47.2
55.4
59.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
56.6
54.7 - 58.5
57.5
54.8 - 60.1
58.8
62.1
63.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
43.2
43.2 - 43.2
44.0
38.5 - 49.5
39.5
42.7
47.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
63.5
59.4 - 67.6
65.1
71.0
66.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
36.9
28.4 - 45.4
31.9
28.4 - 35.4
40.8
42.8
42.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
43.0
37.3 - 48.7
38.0
36.3 - 39.7
37.7
38.1
41.1
Moncton
51.1
45.5 - 56.7
45.6
44.6 - 46.6
44.8
45.8
49.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
43.7
35.5 - 52.0
39.3
35.4 - 43.1
39.1
43.8
48.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
52.4
50.5 - 54.4
42.0
37.1 - 47.0
44.4
48.9
49.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
55.6
53.2 - 58.1
50.2
45.9 - 54.6
39.2
41.8
42.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
47.9
37.6 - 58.3
43.8
41.8 - 45.9
45.2
46.4
44.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
44.8
42.0 - 47.6
30.0
26.6 - 33.5
38.9
43.6
48.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
43.3
36.8 - 49.8
38.2
36.8 - 39.7
39.2
42.2
47.5
Riverview and Coverdale
48.0
39.1 - 56.9
42.1
39.9 - 44.3
43.3
40.5
45.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
48.1
37.0 - 59.2
41.9
38.7 - 45.1
41.0
41.3
48.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
44.8
38.8 - 50.8
39.1
37.9 - 40.2
38.8
41.1
43.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
42.9
39.1 - 46.7
40.4
37.5 - 43.3
40.0
39.4
43.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
55.9
46.5 - 65.3
48.4
45.7 - 51.0
48.0
50.6
55.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
65.7
57.5 - 74.0
55.8
52.3 - 59.2
55.5
61.9
60.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
45.3
38.6 - 52.1
35.4
32.1 - 38.6
37.4
34.7
40.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
47.8
40.8 - 54.8
40.8
38.0 - 43.6
43.5
41.6
48.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
45.1
31.9 - 58.2
39.7
37.0 - 42.4
43.2
43.8
49.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
62.5
52.5 - 72.4
53.4
50.7 - 56.1
55.4
51.5
55.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
47.5
43.9 - 51.2
42.3
41.4 - 43.3
41.8
42.5
46.6
Anglophone North School District
42.9
38.6 - 47.1
37.3
36.0 - 38.6
37.9
37.8
42.7
Anglophone South School District
44.7
40.8 - 48.5
38.6
37.8 - 39.4
39.5
41.2
45.5
Anglophone West School District
45.5
41.2 - 49.8
40.3
39.5 - 41.1
41.8
44.3
47.8
Anglophone sector
45.5
43.3 - 47.6
39.9
39.5 - 40.4
40.6
42.1
46.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
60.3
55.3 - 65.3
53.4
52.1 - 54.7
53.4
55.0
58.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
62.8
61.1 - 64.5
61.9
67.3
67.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
58.1
53.7 - 62.5
52.4
51.4 - 53.4
51.4
53.4
56.1
Francophone sector
59.0
55.9 - 62.0
54.5
53.8 - 55.2
54.0
56.5
59.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
59.9
58.4 - 61.5
53.4
52.9 - 54.0
54.4
56.5
60.2
Grades 9 to 12
42.1
40.1 - 44.1
37.3
36.8 - 37.8
37.1
38.9
42.8
Gender
Female
47.5
45.2 - 49.8
42.4
41.8 - 43.0
43.8
n/a
n/a
Male
52.0
49.7 - 54.2
46.3
45.7 - 46.8
46.7
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
34.6
30.8 - 38.5
32.6
29.8 - 35.3
32.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
46.8
44.6 - 49.1
41.8
41.2 - 42.3
42.4
45.4
n/a
Male
52.0
49.8 - 54.3
46.5
45.9 - 47.1
46.8
47.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
37.4
35.5 - 39.4
34.2
33.2 - 35.3
37.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
45.2
42.4 - 47.9
39.5
38.1 - 41.0
40.9
41.8
44.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
56.0
53.4 - 58.5
53.6
52.5 - 54.7
52.1
54.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
43.6
41.0 - 46.2
39.7
38.3 - 41.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
54.9
52.6 - 57.3
50.8
49.9 - 51.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
53.4
50.8 - 56.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
43.0
40.6 - 45.3
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 an evening meal together with family, friends or guardians every day.

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 "every day" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1 day a week, 2 days a week, 3 days a week, 4 days a week, 5 days a week, 6 days a week or every day" to the question: How often do you have an evening meal together with family, friend(s) or guardian(s)?

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_EAT11_1

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