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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
15.8
10.6 - 20.9
16.2
15.9 - 16.4
16.3
16.1 - 16.6
17.2
16.9 - 17.5
17.4
18.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.9
9.3 - 28.4
18.4
17.8 - 18.9
19.0
18.5 - 19.5
21.3
20.6 - 21.9
20.2
22.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
1.0
0.0 - 2.0
0.9
0.8 - 1.1
1.0
0.9 - 1.2
1.0
0.9 - 1.2
0.8
1.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
2.9
0.0 - 6.0
1.1
1.0 - 1.3
2.7
2.5 - 2.9
1.1
1.0 - 1.3
2.5
2.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
61.4
59.8 - 63.0
61.8
60.3 - 63.4
62.8
61.3 - 64.3
65.7
69.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
28.5
8.0 - 48.9
28.7
26.7 - 30.7
30.1
28.0 - 32.2
31.7
29.5 - 33.9
31.9
33.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
60.7
44.5 - 76.9
61.5
60.2 - 62.8
61.7
60.4 - 63.0
63.2
61.9 - 64.6
65.3
65.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
6.3
0.0 - 14.4
8.7
7.8 - 9.6
9.7
8.7 - 10.7
10.2
9.2 - 11.3
10.3
10.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
37.8
13.0 - 62.6
38.4
36.4 - 40.3
39.1
37.1 - 41.0
40.3
38.3 - 42.3
43.5
44.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.3
7.4 - 57.3
34.4
32.3 - 36.4
36.5
34.5 - 38.5
39.6
37.3 - 41.9
37.6
43.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
29.2
1.0 - 57.5
30.2
27.6 - 32.9
32.3
29.4 - 35.2
32.8
29.9 - 35.7
32.0
34.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
81.0
78.0 - 84.0
82.3
79.8 - 84.9
82.8
80.1 - 85.4
85.4
82.8 - 87.9
85.7
83.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
27.3
0.0 - 55.6
26.5
23.4 - 29.6
27.0
24.0 - 30.0
30.3
26.9 - 33.7
31.6
32.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
52.5
50.0 - 55.0
51.9
50.1 - 53.7
54.9
53.0 - 56.8
58.3
56.4 - 60.2
58.9
62.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
S
0.0
0.0
0.0
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
67.9
65.8 - 70.0
67.8
65.7 - 70.0
70.2
68.2 - 72.2
72.6
73.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
0.6
0.4 - 0.8
0.4
0.2 - 0.7
0.6
0.3 - 0.9
0.6
0.3 - 0.9
0.4
S
Fredericton
4.2
0.0 - 9.8
1.1
0.8 - 1.3
4.0
3.6 - 4.4
0.9
0.7 - 1.1
3.4
3.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
52.3
37.1 - 67.6
44.8
42.1 - 47.5
46.3
43.7 - 48.9
44.4
41.8 - 47.0
45.6
40.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
0.0
0.0
0.0
S
0.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
79.3
75.8 - 82.7
79.1
75.7 - 82.5
82.9
79.5 - 86.4
84.9
86.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
S
S
S
0.0
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
2.4
0.3 - 4.4
4.9
4.1 - 5.6
5.2
4.4 - 6.0
5.9
5.1 - 6.8
4.7
5.7
Moncton
12.3
1.3 - 23.3
10.8
10.2 - 11.4
10.5
9.9 - 11.1
11.4
10.7 - 12.1
10.7
10.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
0.0
S
S
S
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
43.8
23.4 - 64.2
45.5
40.5 - 50.5
47.8
42.9 - 52.7
46.6
41.3 - 51.8
56.3
49.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
S
S
S
0.0
0.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
3.5
0.0 - 7.8
2.8
2.1 - 3.4
3.1
2.4 - 3.7
3.3
2.6 - 4.1
3.7
3.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
S
S
S
S
S
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
0.6
0.4 - 0.9
0.3
0.1 - 0.5
0.5
0.3 - 0.7
0.4
0.2 - 0.7
0.5
0.3
Riverview and Coverdale
0.8
0.7 - 1.0
0.9
0.5 - 1.3
S
0.5
0.2 - 0.8
S
S
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
0.9
0.0 - 2.0
S
S
1.0
0.3 - 1.6
S
0.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
1.5
0.0 - 3.5
1.7
1.4 - 2.0
1.6
1.3 - 1.9
1.7
1.4 - 2.0
1.4
1.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
0.7
0.1 - 1.3
S
0.8
0.3 - 1.3
1.0
0.4 - 1.6
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
41.7
23.4 - 60.0
43.2
40.4 - 46.1
45.5
42.9 - 48.1
48.5
45.5 - 51.4
43.6
53.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
81.0
78.1 - 83.9
80.9
78.3 - 83.5
82.9
80.3 - 85.4
81.1
78.4 - 83.8
82.1
88.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
S
S
S
0.0
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
S
S
S
0.7
0.2 - 1.1
S
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
S
S
S
0.5
0.2 - 0.9
0.0
S
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
77.2
75.4 - 78.9
79.0
76.9 - 81.2
77.5
75.3 - 79.7
80.1
77.8 - 82.3
83.5
81.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
1.3
0.9 - 1.7
1.2
1.0 - 1.4
0.8
0.6 - 0.9
0.8
0.6 - 1.0
0.6
0.4
Anglophone North School District
1.7
0.9 - 2.5
1.7
1.4 - 2.1
1.4
1.1 - 1.8
1.4
1.1 - 1.8
1.4
1.3
Anglophone South School District
0.5
0.3 - 0.7
0.4
0.3 - 0.6
0.6
0.4 - 0.7
0.4
0.3 - 0.5
0.3
0.3
Anglophone West School District
1.2
0.6 - 1.8
0.9
0.7 - 1.1
0.9
0.7 - 1.0
0.8
0.7 - 1.0
0.7
0.7
Anglophone sector
1.1
0.8 - 1.3
0.9
0.9 - 1.0
0.8
0.7 - 0.9
0.8
0.7 - 0.8
0.6
0.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
68.6
62.6 - 74.7
69.7
68.5 - 70.9
70.0
68.9 - 71.2
71.3
70.1 - 72.5
73.6
74.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
70.8
69.3 - 72.4
70.0
68.4 - 71.6
71.1
69.6 - 72.6
73.6
77.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
42.4
35.7 - 49.1
43.7
42.7 - 44.7
44.2
43.2 - 45.1
48.2
47.1 - 49.3
46.2
50.4
Francophone sector
53.6
47.7 - 59.6
56.5
55.7 - 57.2
56.4
55.7 - 57.1
59.4
58.6 - 60.1
59.7
63.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
16.0
10.9 - 21.2
16.0
15.6 - 16.4
16.4
16.0 - 16.8
17.3
16.8 - 17.8
18.2
18.2
Grades 9 to 12
15.6
8.1 - 23.1
16.3
15.9 - 16.7
16.3
15.9 - 16.7
17.2
16.8 - 17.6
16.9
18.5
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 French 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 "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

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.

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NBHC code

SH_LAN03_2

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