Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported most often speaking French 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
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
18.4
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
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
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
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
28.7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
0.0
0.0
0.0
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
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
0.4
0.2 - 0.7
0.6
0.3 - 0.9
0.6
0.3 - 0.9
0.4
S
Fredericton
1.1
0.8 - 1.3
4.0
3.6 - 4.4
0.9
0.7 - 1.1
3.4
3.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
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
0.0
0.0
0.0
S
0.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
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
0.0
S
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
4.9
4.1 - 5.6
5.2
4.4 - 6.0
5.9
5.1 - 6.8
4.7
5.7
Moncton
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
0.0
S
S
S
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
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
0.0
0.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
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
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
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
0.9
0.5 - 1.3
S
0.5
0.2 - 0.8
S
S
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
S
1.0
0.3 - 1.6
S
0.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
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
S
0.8
0.3 - 1.3
1.0
0.4 - 1.6
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
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
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
0.0
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
S
S
0.7
0.2 - 1.1
S
S
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
S
S
0.5
0.2 - 0.9
0.0
S
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
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
1.2
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
1.4 - 2.1
1.4
1.1 - 1.8
1.4
1.1 - 1.8
1.4
1.3
Anglophone South School District
0.4
0.3 - 0.6
0.6
0.4 - 0.7
0.4
0.3 - 0.5
0.3
0.3
Anglophone West School District
0.9
0.7 - 1.1
0.9
0.7 - 1.0
0.8
0.7 - 1.0
0.7
0.7
Anglophone sector
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
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
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
43.7
42.7 - 44.7
44.2
43.2 - 45.1
48.2
47.1 - 49.3
46.2
50.4
Francophone sector
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
15.6 - 16.4
16.4
16.0 - 16.8
17.3
16.8 - 17.8
18.2
18.2
Grades 9 to 12
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

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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