Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported most often speaking English at home

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
65.1
64.7 - 65.4
65.6
65.2 - 66.0
66.2
65.9 - 66.6
68.1
67.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
54.6
53.9 - 55.3
55.0
54.3 - 55.7
54.6
53.9 - 55.4
58.2
58.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
87.0
86.4 - 87.6
87.8
87.3 - 88.3
89.4
88.9 - 89.9
91.8
91.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
87.0
86.4 - 87.5
84.8
84.2 - 85.3
88.6
88.0 - 89.1
87.9
87.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
12.4
11.3 - 13.4
11.3
10.3 - 12.3
11.3
10.3 - 12.3
10.6
8.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
47.9
45.6 - 50.1
47.8
45.5 - 50.1
46.2
43.8 - 48.5
48.1
45.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
18.5
17.5 - 19.5
17.5
16.5 - 18.5
17.6
16.5 - 18.7
17.9
17.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
77.5
76.2 - 78.8
77.7
76.3 - 79.1
76.6
75.1 - 78.0
78.5
78.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
37.4
35.5 - 39.3
35.3
33.4 - 37.2
36.1
34.0 - 38.1
36.2
34.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
38.2
36.1 - 40.2
36.1
34.0 - 38.1
33.9
31.7 - 36.0
35.2
32.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
46.6
43.7 - 49.5
45.7
42.5 - 48.8
45.1
42.1 - 48.1
49.3
46.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
2.0
1.1 - 3.0
1.4
0.6 - 2.2
1.6
0.7 - 2.5
1.7
3.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
49.6
46.2 - 53.1
50.7
47.3 - 54.1
47.7
44.0 - 51.3
46.3
42.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
10.4
9.3 - 11.5
11.1
9.9 - 12.3
9.2
8.1 - 10.4
9.6
8.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
98.8
97.8 - 99.8
98.9
98.0 - 99.8
97.4
95.9 - 98.8
99.0
97.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
7.5
6.4 - 8.7
6.0
5.0 - 7.1
5.8
4.8 - 6.8
5.9
3.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
91.9
90.8 - 93.0
92.0
90.8 - 93.1
91.4
90.3 - 92.5
94.1
91.9
Fredericton
81.3
80.3 - 82.2
77.6
76.7 - 78.5
84.2
83.3 - 85.0
82.3
82.4
Grand Falls, Saint-LĂ©onard, Drummond Area
23.6
21.2 - 25.9
22.5
20.2 - 24.8
22.8
20.6 - 25.0
22.9
33.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
92.5
88.5 - 96.5
93.9
91.3 - 96.5
92.7
89.6 - 95.7
96.2
96.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
2.3
1.0 - 3.5
2.8
1.4 - 4.2
2.6
1.1 - 4.1
S
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
93.5
91.6 - 95.3
95.4
93.8 - 97.0
96.2
94.7 - 97.6
98.4
93.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
83.4
82.2 - 84.7
84.3
83.0 - 85.5
83.1
81.7 - 84.5
86.1
85.4
Moncton
57.7
56.8 - 58.7
58.9
58.0 - 59.9
60.8
59.7 - 61.8
65.7
67.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
97.3
96.1 - 98.6
95.9
94.4 - 97.5
97.0
95.7 - 98.3
96.8
96.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.9
16.9 - 25.0
22.2
18.0 - 26.4
21.2
17.0 - 25.4
16.2
16.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
93.1
90.6 - 95.5
92.4
90.2 - 94.7
94.1
92.0 - 96.2
97.0
96.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
90.3
89.1 - 91.5
90.1
88.9 - 91.3
90.2
89.0 - 91.4
91.2
89.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
93.2
91.2 - 95.1
93.4
91.5 - 95.2
94.2
92.5 - 95.9
95.2
94.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
92.9
92.1 - 93.7
93.4
92.7 - 94.1
94.6
93.9 - 95.3
95.0
94.2
Riverview and Coverdale
86.6
85.2 - 88.0
88.4
87.0 - 89.8
90.8
89.5 - 92.0
92.7
92.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
93.8
92.3 - 95.2
94.0
92.5 - 95.5
92.6
90.7 - 94.4
94.1
95.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
80.6
79.6 - 81.7
82.1
81.3 - 83.0
84.2
83.3 - 85.1
88.0
86.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
96.3
95.2 - 97.4
93.1
91.7 - 94.6
93.8
92.4 - 95.1
96.3
94.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
23.7
21.4 - 26.0
22.6
20.4 - 24.7
19.5
17.3 - 21.7
20.6
19.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
3.1
2.0 - 4.2
2.4
1.3 - 3.4
3.5
2.2 - 4.7
3.5
1.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
91.6
89.6 - 93.5
91.3
89.4 - 93.2
93.1
91.3 - 95.0
93.8
92.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
91.0
89.4 - 92.6
92.9
91.5 - 94.3
93.6
92.2 - 94.9
95.5
95.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
93.4
92.0 - 94.8
92.7
91.3 - 94.1
93.4
92.2 - 94.6
95.2
95.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
3.5
2.5 - 4.5
3.8
2.8 - 4.8
2.8
1.9 - 3.7
2.2
2.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
77.9
77.1 - 78.6
78.7
78.0 - 79.4
81.9
81.2 - 82.6
86.1
86.8
Anglophone North School District
85.5
84.6 - 86.4
86.0
85.1 - 86.9
85.7
84.8 - 86.7
88.8
87.6
Anglophone South School District
88.7
88.1 - 89.3
89.3
88.8 - 89.8
91.1
90.6 - 91.6
93.1
92.5
Anglophone West School District
86.8
86.2 - 87.4
87.9
87.3 - 88.4
88.8
88.3 - 89.3
90.9
90.3
Anglophone sector
84.8
84.5 - 85.2
85.8
85.5 - 86.1
87.5
87.2 - 87.8
90.2
89.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
6.4
5.8 - 7.0
6.5
5.8 - 7.1
6.6
6.0 - 7.3
6.4
5.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
4.1
3.5 - 4.8
3.6
3.0 - 4.3
3.4
2.8 - 4.0
3.1
2.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
19.2
18.4 - 20.0
20.6
19.8 - 21.4
17.9
17.1 - 18.8
19.8
19.9
Francophone sector
12.6
12.1 - 13.1
13.4
13.0 - 13.9
11.9
11.4 - 12.4
12.6
11.8
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
64.9
64.3 - 65.4
65.5
64.9 - 66.0
66.1
65.5 - 66.7
67.5
66.8
Grades 9 to 12
65.2
64.7 - 65.7
65.7
65.2 - 66.2
66.3
65.8 - 66.8
68.6
68.5
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 most often speaking English at home.

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 "English" by the number of respondents who answered "English, French, equally both French and English, Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey or an other language(s)" to the question: What language do you speak at home most or all of the time?

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

%

NBHC code

SH_LAN03_1

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