Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that, on average, they spend 2 hours or more a day playing games on an electronic device on weekdays

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
43.8
43.4 - 44.2
45.5
45.1 - 45.9
42.6
42.2 - 43.0
47.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
41.8
41.1 - 42.5
44.4
43.7 - 45.1
40.9
40.2 - 41.6
46.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
43.9
43.0 - 44.8
45.5
44.6 - 46.3
42.8
41.9 - 43.6
46.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
44.9
44.0 - 45.7
45.3
44.5 - 46.1
42.9
42.0 - 43.7
46.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
43.3
41.7 - 44.9
46.0
44.3 - 47.6
41.6
40.0 - 43.2
47.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.4
47.1 - 51.7
48.9
46.5 - 51.3
46.3
43.9 - 48.6
54.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
45.1
43.7 - 46.4
46.7
45.4 - 48.1
46.2
44.8 - 47.6
49.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
46.4
44.8 - 48.1
48.5
46.8 - 50.2
45.3
43.6 - 47.0
50.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
42.3
40.3 - 44.3
44.1
42.1 - 46.1
43.2
41.2 - 45.3
47.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
45.7
43.5 - 47.9
47.9
45.8 - 50.1
42.6
40.3 - 44.9
47.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
50.2
47.2 - 53.2
49.1
45.9 - 52.3
47.0
43.9 - 50.1
52.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
47.5
44.1 - 51.0
48.3
44.8 - 51.8
48.6
45.0 - 52.3
51.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
48.2
44.7 - 51.8
48.7
45.1 - 52.2
45.2
41.5 - 48.9
56.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
33.1
31.4 - 34.9
39.8
37.9 - 41.7
34.2
32.4 - 36.1
42.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
50.6
45.7 - 55.5
50.3
45.5 - 55.1
51.7
46.7 - 56.6
54.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
43.0
40.7 - 45.3
46.2
43.9 - 48.5
41.9
39.8 - 44.1
47.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
44.1
42.2 - 46.1
45.0
43.0 - 47.0
43.3
41.3 - 45.4
45.5
Fredericton
41.5
40.2 - 42.7
42.3
41.2 - 43.4
38.7
37.5 - 39.9
43.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
43.0
40.2 - 45.8
44.4
41.7 - 47.1
39.2
36.6 - 41.7
45.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
51.7
44.6 - 58.8
56.1
50.6 - 61.6
57.8
52.0 - 63.6
59.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
45.1
40.9 - 49.4
49.1
44.8 - 53.3
47.1
42.4 - 51.7
49.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
53.1
49.3 - 56.9
55.1
51.3 - 58.8
55.6
51.6 - 59.5
55.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
46.3
44.5 - 48.0
48.1
46.3 - 49.9
45.2
43.4 - 47.0
50.1
Moncton
40.9
39.9 - 42.0
43.9
42.9 - 44.9
40.8
39.7 - 41.8
45.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
47.5
43.6 - 51.3
46.7
42.8 - 50.6
41.7
37.8 - 45.6
45.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
48.2
43.0 - 53.4
51.8
46.8 - 56.8
46.4
41.1 - 51.7
48.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
45.7
40.8 - 50.6
43.2
39.0 - 47.5
41.6
37.2 - 46.0
56.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
50.3
48.2 - 52.5
52.7
50.7 - 54.8
49.2
47.2 - 51.3
51.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
49.5
45.7 - 53.4
45.6
41.8 - 49.3
46.9
43.2 - 50.7
47.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
37.9
36.4 - 39.5
41.2
39.7 - 42.7
38.0
36.5 - 39.5
43.4
Riverview and Coverdale
45.2
43.1 - 47.4
44.9
42.7 - 47.2
44.5
42.2 - 46.7
49.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
43.9
40.7 - 47.0
47.7
44.4 - 50.9
46.5
43.0 - 50.0
41.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
47.8
46.4 - 49.1
47.9
46.6 - 49.1
44.7
43.5 - 45.9
48.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
47.1
43.9 - 50.3
46.2
43.3 - 49.2
39.5
36.7 - 42.2
45.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
46.4
43.5 - 49.3
44.6
42.0 - 47.3
41.8
38.9 - 44.7
48.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
50.4
47.0 - 53.8
52.4
48.9 - 55.8
49.7
46.1 - 53.3
55.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
47.4
43.9 - 50.9
46.3
42.9 - 49.7
43.6
40.0 - 47.2
45.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
43.8
40.8 - 46.7
42.2
39.4 - 45.0
44.3
41.5 - 47.1
44.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
42.1
39.3 - 45.0
46.6
43.9 - 49.4
43.1
40.6 - 45.6
45.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
45.1
42.4 - 47.9
47.1
44.4 - 49.9
47.7
44.8 - 50.5
50.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
44.3
43.4 - 45.3
45.9
45.0 - 46.9
43.6
42.6 - 44.5
47.4
Anglophone North School District
47.7
46.3 - 49.0
48.3
46.9 - 49.7
45.4
44.0 - 46.8
50.7
Anglophone South School District
44.2
43.3 - 45.1
45.6
44.8 - 46.4
43.0
42.1 - 43.8
46.7
Anglophone West School District
44.8
44.0 - 45.7
45.9
45.0 - 46.7
43.0
42.2 - 43.8
46.7
Anglophone sector
44.9
44.4 - 45.3
46.1
45.6 - 46.5
43.4
42.9 - 43.9
47.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
45.4
44.1 - 46.7
47.9
46.6 - 49.2
46.8
45.4 - 48.1
51.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
43.1
41.4 - 44.9
45.5
43.8 - 47.2
41.0
39.4 - 42.7
46.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
37.7
36.7 - 38.8
41.2
40.2 - 42.2
37.0
35.9 - 38.1
43.4
Francophone sector
41.1
40.3 - 41.8
44.0
43.2 - 44.7
40.7
40.0 - 41.5
46.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
49.5
48.9 - 50.1
50.6
50.0 - 51.1
48.2
47.6 - 48.8
52.9
Grades 9 to 12
39.6
39.0 - 40.1
41.8
41.3 - 42.3
38.7
38.1 - 39.2
42.7
Gender
Female
30.2
29.6 - 30.7
29.9
29.3 - 30.4
28.1
27.6 - 28.7
31.2
Male
56.5
55.9 - 57.1
59.8
59.2 - 60.3
54.8
54.2 - 55.4
60.5
Non-binary
56.7
53.3 - 60.1
53.1
50.1 - 56.1
52.8
51.0 - 54.7
56.2
Sex at birth
Female
31.4
30.9 - 31.9
31.3
30.8 - 31.8
30.3
29.8 - 30.8
33.8
Male
56.9
56.3 - 57.4
60.0
59.5 - 60.6
55.2
54.6 - 55.7
60.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
49.4
48.2 - 50.6
47.9
46.8 - 49.0
46.2
45.3 - 47.1
50.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
50.9
49.4 - 52.4
52.1
50.6 - 53.6
49.0
47.3 - 50.7
54.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
38.3
37.3 - 39.3
39.4
38.4 - 40.5
34.3
33.2 - 35.4
37.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
56.8
55.3 - 58.2
54.3
52.9 - 55.8
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
39.8
38.9 - 40.8
41.6
40.6 - 42.5
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 that, on average, they spend 2 hours or more a day playing games on an electronic device on weekdays.

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 "about 2 hours a day or about 3 or more hours a day" by the number of respondents who answered "none at all, about half an hour a day, about 1 hour a day, about 2 hours a day or about 3 or more hours a day" to the question: Playing games on an electronic device (not including moving or fitness games): Weekdays

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_GAMED_1

Charts

Maps