Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported eating breakfast at least 5 times a week

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
50.0
47.7 - 52.3
47.5
47.1 - 47.9
48.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
55.1
50.7 - 59.5
52.1
51.4 - 52.8
53.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
47.3
43.5 - 51.0
45.3
44.5 - 46.1
44.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
46.3
41.7 - 51.0
44.3
43.5 - 45.1
45.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
49.9
48.3 - 51.6
49.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
48.7
39.6 - 57.7
41.4
39.1 - 43.8
44.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
54.9
49.1 - 60.6
51.0
49.7 - 52.4
52.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
40.6
35.9 - 45.3
40.1
38.4 - 41.8
41.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
54.9
44.4 - 65.5
51.9
49.8 - 53.9
52.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
48.9
37.7 - 60.0
47.4
45.2 - 49.5
48.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
47.4
33.0 - 61.9
41.4
38.2 - 44.6
44.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
52.4
40.7 - 64.1
50.0
46.4 - 53.5
50.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
50.5
44.8 - 56.2
41.5
37.9 - 45.0
45.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
66.5
57.0 - 76.0
61.7
59.8 - 63.7
65.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
37.4
28.5 - 46.3
33.2
28.7 - 37.7
32.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
52.1
49.8 - 54.4
49.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
40.7
35.8 - 45.6
41.1
39.1 - 43.1
39.9
Fredericton
52.5
45.3 - 59.6
49.2
48.0 - 50.4
51.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
57.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
46.3
43.1 - 49.5
45.7
43.0 - 48.3
49.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
37.4
37.4 - 37.4
34.8
29.5 - 40.1
37.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
52.7
48.5 - 57.0
55.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.7
22.4 - 41.0
33.1
29.5 - 36.7
32.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
40.0
35.2 - 44.8
39.8
38.1 - 41.6
41.4
Moncton
56.9
50.5 - 63.4
53.3
52.3 - 54.3
53.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
31.7
22.9 - 40.5
38.3
34.5 - 42.2
34.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
46.5
41.8 - 51.2
42.5
37.4 - 47.5
41.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
56.3
51.6 - 60.9
52.7
48.4 - 57.1
43.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
42.0
30.9 - 53.1
40.4
38.3 - 42.4
41.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.2
28.2 - 30.1
27.0
23.7 - 30.4
33.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.2
40.6 - 57.8
51.2
49.7 - 52.7
49.6
Riverview and Coverdale
49.2
39.9 - 58.5
51.3
49.0 - 53.6
51.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
44.6
37.6 - 51.6
43.6
40.4 - 46.8
51.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
47.2
41.4 - 53.0
43.3
42.1 - 44.5
43.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
40.2
32.9 - 47.5
41.7
38.8 - 44.7
42.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
57.8
49.5 - 66.1
50.4
47.7 - 53.0
53.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
57.1
48.2 - 65.9
54.0
50.5 - 57.5
51.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
42.2
41.5 - 42.8
40.0
36.6 - 43.3
38.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
45.8
41.4 - 50.3
41.4
38.6 - 44.2
41.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
43.9
34.1 - 53.8
42.9
40.1 - 45.6
42.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
54.9
45.7 - 64.1
48.2
45.4 - 50.9
54.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
49.1
45.8 - 52.3
49.1
48.2 - 50.0
49.3
Anglophone North School District
38.9
35.2 - 42.5
37.5
36.2 - 38.9
39.7
Anglophone South School District
46.6
43.0 - 50.2
44.9
44.1 - 45.8
44.6
Anglophone West School District
44.3
40.0 - 48.5
42.8
41.9 - 43.6
44.0
Anglophone sector
45.6
43.5 - 47.7
44.4
44.0 - 44.9
45.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
57.0
52.4 - 61.5
51.3
50.0 - 52.7
53.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
51.7
49.9 - 53.4
50.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
65.8
61.7 - 69.9
58.5
57.6 - 59.5
60.2
Francophone sector
61.1
57.3 - 64.9
55.2
54.5 - 55.9
56.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
58.7
56.3 - 61.0
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
56.0
Grades 9 to 12
43.9
41.1 - 46.8
41.7
41.2 - 42.3
42.4
Gender
Female
44.3
41.9 - 46.7
42.0
41.5 - 42.6
43.4
Male
56.9
54.5 - 59.3
53.9
53.3 - 54.5
55.2
Non-binary
35.4
32.0 - 38.9
35.7
32.8 - 38.6
31.3
Sex at birth
Female
43.5
41.1 - 45.8
41.1
40.5 - 41.6
41.6
Male
57.0
54.6 - 59.4
54.3
53.7 - 54.9
55.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
35.6
33.6 - 37.6
35.3
34.3 - 36.4
37.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
37.5
34.5 - 40.5
35.0
33.6 - 36.4
35.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
57.9
55.7 - 60.2
55.9
54.8 - 57.0
55.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
44.8
42.4 - 47.2
44.0
42.5 - 45.4
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
54.7
52.5 - 57.0
51.7
50.8 - 52.7
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
58.1
55.6 - 60.6
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
39.1
36.8 - 41.5
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 at least 5 times a week.

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 "5-6 times or 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_2

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