Students in grades 6 to 12 who report most often speaking French at home

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
17.2
16.9 - 17.5
17.4
18.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
21.3
20.6 - 21.9
20.2
22.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
1.0
0.9 - 1.2
0.8
1.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
1.1
1.0 - 1.3
2.5
2.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
62.8
61.3 - 64.3
65.7
69.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.7
29.5 - 33.9
31.9
33.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
63.2
61.9 - 64.6
65.3
65.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
10.2
9.2 - 11.3
10.3
10.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
40.3
38.3 - 42.3
43.5
44.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
39.6
37.3 - 41.9
37.6
43.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
32.8
29.9 - 35.7
32.0
34.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
85.4
82.8 - 87.9
85.7
83.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.3
26.9 - 33.7
31.6
32.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
58.3
56.4 - 60.2
58.9
62.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
0.0
0.0
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
70.2
68.2 - 72.2
72.6
73.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
0.6
0.3 - 0.9
0.4
S
Fredericton
0.9
0.7 - 1.1
3.4
3.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
44.4
41.8 - 47.0
45.6
40.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
0.0
S
0.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
82.9
79.5 - 86.4
84.9
86.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
0.0
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
5.9
5.1 - 6.8
4.7
5.7
Moncton
11.4
10.7 - 12.1
10.7
10.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
S
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
46.6
41.3 - 51.8
56.3
49.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
0.0
0.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
3.3
2.6 - 4.1
3.7
3.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
S
S
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
0.4
0.2 - 0.7
0.5
0.3
Riverview and Coverdale
0.5
0.2 - 0.8
S
S
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
1.0
0.3 - 1.6
S
0.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
1.7
1.4 - 2.0
1.4
1.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
1.0
0.4 - 1.6
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
48.5
45.5 - 51.4
43.6
53.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
81.1
78.4 - 83.8
82.1
88.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
0.0
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
0.7
0.2 - 1.1
S
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
0.5
0.2 - 0.9
0.0
S
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
80.1
77.8 - 82.3
83.5
81.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
0.8
0.6 - 1.0
0.6
0.4
Anglophone North School District
1.4
1.1 - 1.8
1.4
1.3
Anglophone South School District
0.4
0.3 - 0.5
0.3
0.3
Anglophone West School District
0.8
0.7 - 1.0
0.7
0.7
Anglophone sector
0.8
0.7 - 0.8
0.6
0.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
71.3
70.1 - 72.5
73.6
74.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
71.1
69.6 - 72.6
73.6
77.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
48.2
47.1 - 49.3
46.2
50.4
Francophone sector
59.4
58.6 - 60.1
59.7
63.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
17.3
16.8 - 17.8
18.2
18.2
Grades 9 to 12
17.2
16.8 - 17.6
16.9
18.5
Gender
Woman/Girl
18.3
17.8 - 18.7
18.7
n/a
Man/Boy
17.9
17.4 - 18.3
18.0
n/a
Non-binary
6.4
5.4 - 7.3
6.3
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
17.1
16.6 - 17.5
17.3
18.4
Male
17.5
17.0 - 17.9
17.6
18.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
9.7
9.2 - 10.2
10.1
n/a
Heterosexual
18.7
18.4 - 19.1
18.8
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
9.8
9.2 - 10.3
10.1
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
18.8
18.4 - 19.1
18.8
n/a
Race
White
17.6
17.2 - 17.9
17.1
n/a
South Asian
2.4
1.2 - 3.6
2.2
n/a
Other
19.4
17.2 - 21.6
21.3
n/a
Middle Eastern
4.6
3.3 - 6.0
4.4
n/a
Latino
6.0
4.3 - 7.6
6.2
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
3.9
3.1 - 4.6
4.0
n/a
Black
15.6
14.3 - 17.0
13.7
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
9.6
8.6 - 10.6
10.0
7.8
Non-Indigenous
18.1
17.8 - 18.5
17.5
19.5
Food poverty
Food poverty
15.7
14.6 - 16.7
18.2
n/a
No food poverty
17.5
17.2 - 17.8
17.7
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
7.8
7.2 - 8.5
6.9
7.5
Non-immigrants
18.5
18.2 - 18.9
18.6
19.4
Special needs
Has a special need
13.5
13.1 - 14.0
14.2
n/a
No special need
19.3
18.9 - 19.7
19.2
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 report most often speaking French at home.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "French" 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_2

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