Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported eating vegetables or fruits 5 times or more the day before the survey

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
57.3
55.5 - 59.0
52.3
51.9 - 52.7
49.1
48.7 - 49.5
43.4
43.0 - 43.8
45.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
59.0
56.2 - 61.9
54.7
54.0 - 55.4
50.9
50.2 - 51.6
45.2
44.4 - 45.9
47.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
56.9
53.1 - 60.8
51.8
50.9 - 52.7
47.9
47.1 - 48.8
42.4
41.6 - 43.2
45.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
56.6
52.3 - 60.9
51.4
50.6 - 52.3
49.1
48.3 - 49.9
43.5
42.7 - 44.3
46.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
57.1
55.5 - 58.8
51.6
50.0 - 53.3
45.5
44.0 - 47.1
48.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
56.7
50.8 - 62.6
47.4
45.1 - 49.6
46.7
44.3 - 49.1
38.1
35.8 - 40.4
40.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
55.5
50.6 - 60.4
50.2
48.8 - 51.5
47.9
46.6 - 49.3
42.4
41.0 - 43.8
42.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
50.6
46.9 - 54.4
44.2
42.6 - 45.9
44.6
42.9 - 46.3
38.7
37.0 - 40.3
41.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
53.6
45.0 - 62.1
49.5
47.5 - 51.6
46.4
44.3 - 48.4
40.1
38.1 - 42.2
44.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
52.8
46.6 - 59.1
46.7
44.5 - 48.9
44.6
42.5 - 46.8
38.9
36.6 - 41.2
41.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
57.5
48.7 - 66.3
48.3
45.3 - 51.2
45.9
42.7 - 49.1
37.3
34.4 - 40.3
41.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
56.8
48.7 - 64.8
52.9
49.4 - 56.4
48.3
44.8 - 51.9
45.9
42.3 - 49.5
37.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
55.4
48.9 - 62.0
46.1
42.6 - 49.6
47.9
44.3 - 51.4
39.3
35.6 - 42.9
38.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
62.7
54.1 - 71.2
56.4
54.5 - 58.3
54.5
52.6 - 56.5
49.4
47.4 - 51.3
54.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
52.0
45.3 - 58.7
42.3
37.5 - 47.1
43.4
38.6 - 48.1
35.1
30.5 - 39.8
39.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
57.1
54.8 - 59.4
50.7
48.3 - 53.0
47.5
45.3 - 49.7
51.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
56.5
50.5 - 62.5
51.1
49.1 - 53.1
47.7
45.7 - 49.7
43.1
41.1 - 45.1
43.5
Fredericton
58.5
51.4 - 65.7
52.8
51.6 - 54.1
52.0
50.9 - 53.2
45.9
44.6 - 47.1
50.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
51.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
59.3
56.2 - 62.4
61.5
58.7 - 64.2
53.0
50.3 - 55.7
44.0
41.4 - 46.6
46.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
50.4
50.4 - 50.4
47.3
40.3 - 54.3
43.5
38.0 - 49.0
41.2
35.5 - 47.0
38.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
46.5
42.2 - 50.8
51.8
47.6 - 56.1
41.4
36.9 - 45.9
41.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.5
46.4 - 60.5
46.6
42.8 - 50.5
38.9
35.2 - 42.6
41.6
37.7 - 45.5
39.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
50.9
46.8 - 55.0
44.3
42.6 - 46.0
44.5
42.7 - 46.3
38.8
37.0 - 40.5
41.4
Moncton
60.1
55.7 - 64.5
57.1
56.1 - 58.1
51.8
50.7 - 52.8
46.7
45.6 - 47.8
48.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
45.7
39.7 - 51.8
43.7
39.8 - 47.5
40.8
36.9 - 44.7
40.8
37.0 - 44.7
38.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
48.1
46.0 - 50.2
43.7
38.5 - 48.8
45.0
40.0 - 50.0
37.6
32.5 - 42.8
42.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
61.6
57.1 - 66.2
58.3
53.4 - 63.2
56.8
52.5 - 61.1
46.9
42.5 - 51.4
40.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
54.0
40.6 - 67.4
51.4
49.2 - 53.6
47.8
45.7 - 49.8
41.9
39.9 - 43.9
45.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
52.9
42.6 - 63.2
50.7
46.9 - 54.6
39.6
35.9 - 43.3
33.1
29.5 - 36.7
36.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
60.6
53.4 - 67.8
54.0
52.4 - 55.6
49.4
47.9 - 50.9
46.6
45.1 - 48.1
50.8
Riverview and Coverdale
59.0
49.2 - 68.9
53.8
51.7 - 56.0
52.7
50.5 - 55.0
44.7
42.5 - 46.9
48.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
59.0
51.1 - 66.9
52.3
49.2 - 55.5
47.5
44.3 - 50.8
41.3
37.9 - 44.7
51.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
55.7
49.5 - 61.9
52.5
51.1 - 53.8
47.6
46.4 - 48.9
41.3
40.1 - 42.5
41.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.8
51.3 - 52.4
46.3
43.1 - 49.5
47.2
44.2 - 50.1
39.8
37.0 - 42.5
43.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
59.5
53.2 - 65.8
58.0
55.1 - 60.9
50.9
48.3 - 53.6
43.8
40.8 - 46.8
42.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
56.8
46.2 - 67.3
48.2
44.8 - 51.6
48.3
44.8 - 51.8
44.3
40.8 - 47.9
41.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
55.4
52.1 - 58.6
47.9
44.3 - 51.4
44.3
40.9 - 47.7
36.5
33.0 - 40.0
43.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
55.5
50.5 - 60.6
47.4
44.5 - 50.4
49.3
46.4 - 52.1
37.3
34.7 - 40.0
45.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.0
42.9 - 65.1
48.5
45.6 - 51.3
45.6
42.9 - 48.4
41.4
38.9 - 43.9
44.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
57.5
51.0 - 64.1
51.0
48.3 - 53.8
50.4
47.6 - 53.1
43.0
40.2 - 45.8
43.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
57.7
54.1 - 61.3
53.8
52.8 - 54.7
49.6
48.7 - 50.5
43.6
42.7 - 44.6
46.8
Anglophone North School District
49.9
46.6 - 53.1
44.1
42.8 - 45.5
42.2
40.8 - 43.5
36.0
34.7 - 37.3
38.9
Anglophone South School District
56.5
52.6 - 60.3
51.2
50.3 - 52.1
47.5
46.6 - 48.3
41.8
41.0 - 42.6
45.0
Anglophone West School District
55.7
51.5 - 59.8
51.2
50.4 - 52.1
48.0
47.2 - 48.9
43.1
42.3 - 43.9
45.6
Anglophone sector
55.8
53.7 - 57.8
51.0
50.5 - 51.5
47.6
47.1 - 48.0
42.0
41.5 - 42.5
45.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
57.4
52.9 - 62.0
50.1
48.8 - 51.4
49.3
48.0 - 50.6
43.0
41.6 - 44.3
43.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
56.9
55.1 - 58.6
52.6
50.8 - 54.3
46.5
44.8 - 48.2
49.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
63.0
59.4 - 66.6
58.5
57.5 - 59.6
55.3
54.3 - 56.3
49.2
48.1 - 50.4
51.0
Francophone sector
61.0
58.3 - 63.8
55.6
54.9 - 56.4
53.0
52.3 - 53.8
46.8
46.0 - 47.6
48.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
66.1
65.0 - 67.3
61.2
60.7 - 61.8
56.8
56.2 - 57.3
51.2
50.6 - 51.8
54.4
Grades 9 to 12
51.0
49.4 - 52.6
45.6
45.0 - 46.2
43.6
43.1 - 44.2
37.8
37.3 - 38.3
39.6
Gender
Female
55.8
53.6 - 57.9
50.2
49.6 - 50.8
46.8
46.2 - 47.4
41.1
40.5 - 41.7
43.5
Male
59.4
57.7 - 61.1
54.7
54.1 - 55.3
51.8
51.3 - 52.4
46.4
45.8 - 47.0
49.0
Non-binary
41.5
38.0 - 45.1
42.7
39.3 - 46.1
35.6
32.8 - 38.5
33.3
31.6 - 35.1
38.2
Sex at birth
Female
55.2
53.1 - 57.3
49.7
49.1 - 50.2
46.3
45.8 - 46.9
40.3
39.7 - 40.9
42.9
Male
59.6
57.9 - 61.2
55.1
54.5 - 55.7
52.1
51.5 - 52.6
46.5
45.9 - 47.1
49.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
44.5
42.1 - 47.0
42.4
41.2 - 43.6
39.8
38.7 - 40.8
35.5
34.7 - 36.4
38.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
55.9
53.3 - 58.5
51.2
49.8 - 52.7
47.0
45.5 - 48.4
41.2
39.5 - 42.8
45.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
62.1
59.8 - 64.3
58.5
57.5 - 59.6
52.7
51.6 - 53.8
46.9
45.8 - 48.1
49.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
52.3
50.1 - 54.5
48.3
46.9 - 49.8
46.1
44.7 - 47.6
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
62.9
60.8 - 65.0
59.0
58.1 - 60.0
54.4
53.4 - 55.3
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
68.7
66.6 - 70.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
47.9
46.0 - 49.7
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 vegetables or fruits 5 times or more the day before the survey.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator adds the responses to the following 2 individual questions: 'Yesterday, how many times did you eat or drink: Vegetables (for example, fresh, cooked, frozen or canned)?' and 'Yesterday, how many times did you eat or drink: Fruit (for example, fresh, frozen, canned or dried fruits; do not include fruit juice or fruit flavoured candies)?'. The response options for these 2 individual questions are: none, 1 serving, 2 servings, 3 servings, 4 servings, 5 servings and 6+ servings. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who have a total combined response of '5 or more servings' by the number of respondents who answered at least 1 of the 2 individual questions.

Notes

This indicator has replaced SH_EATFV_1 starting with the 2021-2022 edition of the questionnaire.

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_EHAFV_1

Charts

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