Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported most often speaking both French and English equally at home

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
8.8
6.5 - 11.2
8.8
8.6 - 9.0
9.1
8.9 - 9.3
9.3
9.0 - 9.5
8.9
9.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
12.2
7.6 - 16.8
12.7
12.3 - 13.2
13.0
12.5 - 13.4
13.7
13.2 - 14.3
13.7
13.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
2.3
1.0 - 3.6
2.4
2.1 - 2.6
2.5
2.2 - 2.7
2.7
2.4 - 2.9
2.0
3.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
3.8
1.0 - 6.5
2.5
2.2 - 2.7
3.8
3.5 - 4.0
2.7
2.4 - 3.0
3.4
3.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
20.9
19.6 - 22.2
22.7
21.4 - 24.1
23.7
22.3 - 25.0
22.0
20.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
19.2
10.5 - 27.9
19.7
17.9 - 21.4
19.1
17.3 - 20.9
18.5
16.7 - 20.4
17.4
18.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
17.5
12.8 - 22.2
17.3
16.3 - 18.3
18.1
17.1 - 19.1
17.0
16.0 - 18.1
15.8
16.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
6.8
1.8 - 11.8
8.0
7.1 - 8.9
8.0
7.1 - 8.9
8.9
7.9 - 9.8
8.2
9.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
21.1
12.4 - 29.9
20.6
19.0 - 22.2
21.7
20.1 - 23.3
20.8
19.1 - 22.4
19.1
19.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.5
8.1 - 32.8
20.4
18.7 - 22.1
21.2
19.5 - 22.9
19.4
17.5 - 21.2
22.5
21.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
18.0
6.9 - 29.1
18.0
15.8 - 20.2
17.6
15.2 - 19.9
18.0
15.7 - 20.3
16.1
15.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.4
10.8 - 16.1
13.8
11.5 - 16.0
13.9
11.5 - 16.3
11.5
9.2 - 13.8
11.9
11.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
20.9
6.8 - 35.0
22.2
19.3 - 25.0
21.1
18.3 - 23.9
19.3
16.4 - 22.2
19.1
23.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
27.4
26.5 - 28.3
28.2
26.6 - 29.9
27.0
25.3 - 28.7
27.8
26.1 - 29.6
28.0
26.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
S
S
S
1.6
0.5 - 2.7
S
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
18.0
16.2 - 19.7
21.0
19.1 - 22.8
21.0
19.2 - 22.8
19.7
20.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
1.3
0.9 - 1.7
1.3
0.9 - 1.8
1.7
1.2 - 2.1
2.1
1.5 - 2.6
1.6
2.3
Fredericton
5.1
0.0 - 10.3
2.6
2.3 - 3.0
4.7
4.3 - 5.2
2.7
2.4 - 3.1
4.5
4.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2.5
4.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
28.0
20.4 - 35.6
28.9
26.4 - 31.3
29.2
26.8 - 31.6
31.8
29.4 - 34.3
30.5
25.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
4.6
1.6 - 7.7
2.9
1.1 - 4.7
4.0
1.7 - 6.2
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
11.4
8.7 - 14.1
12.6
9.8 - 15.3
12.0
9.0 - 15.0
10.8
11.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
1.6
1.2 - 2.0
S
S
S
S
1.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
4.4
2.0 - 6.8
5.5
4.7 - 6.3
5.5
4.7 - 6.3
6.3
5.4 - 7.2
5.9
6.6
Moncton
9.1
3.4 - 14.9
9.8
9.2 - 10.3
10.2
9.6 - 10.8
11.5
10.8 - 12.2
10.9
11.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
1.5
0.6 - 2.4
1.3
0.4 - 2.1
1.4
0.5 - 2.3
2.1
1.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
29.2
20.9 - 37.4
31.8
27.1 - 36.5
28.9
24.5 - 33.4
30.4
25.6 - 35.3
27.5
34.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
S
3.1
1.7 - 4.5
3.0
1.6 - 4.4
2.3
1.0 - 3.6
S
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
4.4
1.7 - 7.1
4.5
3.7 - 5.3
5.2
4.3 - 6.0
4.8
3.9 - 5.6
4.2
5.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
1.6
0.9 - 2.4
1.5
0.5 - 2.4
2.5
1.4 - 3.6
2.0
1.0 - 3.0
1.5
3.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
1.7
1.4 - 2.0
1.6
1.2 - 2.0
1.9
1.5 - 2.3
1.8
1.4 - 2.2
1.4
2.2
Riverview and Coverdale
3.1
2.5 - 3.7
3.0
2.3 - 3.7
3.3
2.6 - 4.1
2.6
1.9 - 3.3
2.7
2.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
2.9
2.0 - 3.7
1.9
1.1 - 2.7
2.8
1.7 - 3.8
2.6
1.5 - 3.6
1.9
2.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
2.9
0.3 - 5.6
3.4
2.9 - 3.9
3.0
2.6 - 3.4
3.4
3.0 - 3.9
2.6
4.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
1.8
1.7 - 2.0
1.7
1.0 - 2.4
3.2
2.2 - 4.2
3.0
2.0 - 3.9
2.1
3.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
25.0
16.2 - 33.8
26.5
24.0 - 29.0
25.1
22.9 - 27.4
26.1
23.5 - 28.6
28.3
24.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
12.9
11.2 - 14.5
14.5
12.2 - 16.8
13.2
10.9 - 15.4
14.1
11.7 - 16.4
13.4
8.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
S
1.6
0.8 - 2.5
1.7
0.8 - 2.6
2.0
1.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
1.7
0.5 - 2.9
1.2
0.6 - 1.8
1.6
0.9 - 2.2
1.7
1.0 - 2.4
1.2
2.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
2.0
1.7 - 2.2
1.8
1.1 - 2.5
2.1
1.4 - 2.9
2.7
2.0 - 3.5
2.0
2.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.4
14.3 - 18.6
15.4
13.5 - 17.3
17.2
15.2 - 19.3
15.6
13.5 - 17.6
13.5
16.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
3.4
3.0 - 3.8
3.3
3.0 - 3.7
3.8
3.4 - 4.1
3.8
3.4 - 4.1
3.4
4.4
Anglophone North School District
5.3
3.5 - 7.2
4.9
4.4 - 5.5
5.9
5.3 - 6.5
5.5
4.9 - 6.2
5.1
7.3
Anglophone South School District
1.6
1.4 - 1.9
1.7
1.5 - 1.9
1.8
1.6 - 2.0
1.9
1.7 - 2.2
1.6
2.5
Anglophone West School District
2.5
1.6 - 3.3
2.7
2.5 - 3.0
2.6
2.4 - 2.9
2.8
2.6 - 3.1
2.6
3.3
Anglophone sector
2.8
2.3 - 3.2
2.8
2.7 - 3.0
3.0
2.9 - 3.2
3.1
2.9 - 3.2
2.7
3.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
21.5
17.3 - 25.8
22.0
21.0 - 23.1
21.6
20.6 - 22.7
20.9
19.8 - 22.0
19.3
19.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
21.1
19.7 - 22.5
23.5
22.0 - 24.9
24.0
22.5 - 25.4
22.0
19.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
25.9
24.1 - 27.8
27.5
26.6 - 28.4
27.0
26.1 - 27.8
27.9
26.9 - 28.9
28.3
26.3
Francophone sector
24.5
22.3 - 26.8
24.7
24.1 - 25.3
24.8
24.2 - 25.4
25.1
24.4 - 25.7
24.3
22.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
8.9
6.6 - 11.1
9.4
9.1 - 9.7
9.8
9.4 - 10.1
10.0
9.7 - 10.4
9.7
11.0
Grades 9 to 12
8.8
5.4 - 12.3
8.4
8.1 - 8.7
8.6
8.4 - 8.9
8.7
8.4 - 9.0
8.3
7.8
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 both French and English equally 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 "equally both French and 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

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_3

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