Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported eating breakfast daily

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
36.6
34.4 - 38.7
35.6
35.3 - 36.0
36.2
41.2
45.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
41.5
37.3 - 45.7
39.8
39.1 - 40.5
40.4
45.7
50.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
33.8
30.5 - 37.1
34.0
33.3 - 34.8
33.2
38.5
42.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
32.6
28.4 - 36.8
32.7
31.9 - 33.5
34.0
37.8
42.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
36.8
35.2 - 38.3
36.9
50.0
52.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
34.5
25.7 - 43.4
30.0
27.8 - 32.2
33.4
34.0
46.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
41.6
35.7 - 47.5
38.8
37.5 - 40.2
40.0
44.9
50.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
28.8
23.7 - 34.0
29.2
27.7 - 30.8
30.4
34.5
37.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
41.4
30.3 - 52.5
40.2
38.2 - 42.2
39.7
43.3
52.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
33.5
25.1 - 41.9
33.2
31.2 - 35.2
35.5
41.6
44.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
33.8
19.8 - 47.7
30.3
27.4 - 33.3
33.0
35.7
50.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
38.3
28.0 - 48.6
36.1
32.7 - 39.5
39.0
45.3
53.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
35.7
29.1 - 42.2
29.7
26.4 - 32.9
34.1
31.6
43.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
52.8
43.3 - 62.4
48.2
46.2 - 50.2
48.7
58.1
64.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.8
17.2 - 32.4
21.4
17.4 - 25.4
25.7
26.5
30.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
38.4
36.1 - 40.6
36.5
51.6
54.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.9
22.4 - 31.4
29.8
28.0 - 31.7
26.9
35.6
38.3
Fredericton
37.6
30.8 - 44.4
37.0
35.9 - 38.1
39.2
42.7
51.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
45.0
53.8
61.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
34.1
31.3 - 36.8
32.7
30.2 - 35.2
34.9
46.1
48.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.8
26.8 - 26.8
26.4
21.5 - 31.3
29.1
36.6
45.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
41.1
36.8 - 45.3
44.0
47.4
50.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
21.5
14.3 - 28.7
21.5
18.4 - 24.6
25.4
33.3
29.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
28.1
22.8 - 33.5
28.7
27.1 - 30.4
30.1
33.8
36.8
Moncton
43.3
37.3 - 49.4
41.4
40.4 - 42.4
40.9
45.5
50.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
22.3
14.6 - 30.0
27.0
23.6 - 30.5
26.3
31.6
35.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
35.8
32.9 - 38.7
33.2
28.4 - 38.0
32.6
40.2
44.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
42.9
40.1 - 45.7
37.1
32.9 - 41.3
35.1
33.1
32.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
28.4
18.3 - 38.6
31.0
29.1 - 32.9
32.3
34.9
37.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
20.6
19.7 - 21.6
18.0
15.2 - 20.9
21.2
25.4
36.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
34.7
27.5 - 41.8
37.4
36.0 - 38.9
36.4
43.0
49.2
Riverview and Coverdale
35.0
22.5 - 47.5
39.0
36.8 - 41.3
39.8
43.5
49.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
33.8
27.3 - 40.2
33.0
29.9 - 36.0
38.8
41.2
51.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
34.2
29.0 - 39.4
33.2
32.0 - 34.3
32.5
36.0
40.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
29.9
23.5 - 36.4
31.0
28.3 - 33.7
31.4
36.2
38.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
42.2
33.8 - 50.6
37.2
34.6 - 39.8
40.7
46.1
55.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
44.7
36.0 - 53.3
39.0
35.6 - 42.4
38.6
46.8
47.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
28.3
26.2 - 30.3
29.0
25.9 - 32.1
27.0
29.5
34.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
33.5
29.8 - 37.2
31.5
28.9 - 34.2
30.6
37.5
39.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.9
21.8 - 39.9
32.5
29.9 - 35.1
30.1
38.9
40.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
42.0
33.0 - 51.1
37.9
35.2 - 40.6
42.1
46.6
49.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
36.4
32.9 - 39.8
38.2
37.3 - 39.1
37.8
42.3
47.1
Anglophone North School District
26.5
23.1 - 30.0
27.0
25.8 - 28.2
29.0
31.0
37.0
Anglophone South School District
33.3
30.1 - 36.4
33.7
32.9 - 34.5
33.1
38.0
42.3
Anglophone West School District
30.7
27.0 - 34.4
31.6
30.8 - 32.4
32.8
36.5
41.1
Anglophone sector
32.5
30.6 - 34.4
33.4
32.9 - 33.8
33.6
37.7
42.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
43.5
38.8 - 48.3
39.0
37.7 - 40.3
40.8
45.8
52.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
38.5
36.8 - 40.2
37.5
51.5
53.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
50.6
46.0 - 55.3
43.7
42.8 - 44.7
45.2
52.5
58.3
Francophone sector
46.9
43.2 - 50.6
41.4
40.7 - 42.1
42.4
50.1
55.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
45.4
43.1 - 47.7
43.1
42.5 - 43.7
43.8
50.5
55.4
Grades 9 to 12
30.4
27.9 - 32.9
30.3
29.8 - 30.8
30.5
34.7
39.5
Gender
Female
31.0
28.7 - 33.2
30.1
29.6 - 30.6
31.4
n/a
n/a
Male
43.2
40.9 - 45.6
42.1
41.6 - 42.7
42.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
22.8
19.8 - 25.8
24.0
21.5 - 26.6
20.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
30.3
28.1 - 32.4
29.3
28.8 - 29.8
29.9
35.8
n/a
Male
43.3
41.0 - 45.6
42.5
41.9 - 43.0
43.0
46.7
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
23.3
21.6 - 25.1
24.3
23.3 - 25.2
27.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
26.9
24.0 - 29.7
25.0
23.8 - 26.3
26.2
31.3
32.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
44.1
41.8 - 46.3
44.0
42.9 - 45.1
43.0
45.4
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
32.9
30.5 - 35.2
33.7
32.3 - 35.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
40.8
38.5 - 43.0
40.1
39.1 - 41.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
43.5
40.8 - 46.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
27.8
25.6 - 29.9
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 eating breakfast daily.

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 "7+ times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-2 times, 3-4 times, 5-6 times or 7+ times" to the question: In the last 7 days, how many times did you: c) Eat breakfast?

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_EAT12_1

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