Students in grades 6 to 12 who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
13.3
13.1 - 13.6
21.9
21.6 - 22.3
23.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.4
12.9 - 13.8
21.6
20.9 - 22.2
23.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.0
13.4 - 14.5
23.5
22.8 - 24.2
24.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.6
14.0 - 15.2
23.8
23.0 - 24.5
24.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
7.8
6.9 - 8.7
16.3
15.1 - 17.5
18.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
13.5
11.9 - 15.2
20.2
18.3 - 22.2
23.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
11.4
10.6 - 12.3
19.3
18.1 - 20.5
18.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.2
12.0 - 14.4
20.0
18.6 - 21.4
20.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
12.9
11.5 - 14.3
22.3
20.5 - 24.1
20.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
11.6
10.2 - 13.1
18.0
16.2 - 19.9
20.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
13.1
10.9 - 15.4
19.7
17.2 - 22.2
22.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
8.1
6.1 - 10.1
15.3
12.6 - 18.0
15.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
14.0
11.6 - 16.5
21.0
17.8 - 24.1
25.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
10.2
9.0 - 11.4
18.0
16.4 - 19.6
18.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
11.4
8.3 - 14.5
22.3
18.1 - 26.4
18.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
7.3
6.0 - 8.5
16.5
14.8 - 18.2
18.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
12.0
10.7 - 13.4
20.7
19.0 - 22.4
19.9
Fredericton
14.3
13.5 - 15.1
24.0
22.9 - 25.1
25.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
26.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
9.6
8.0 - 11.3
18.0
15.9 - 20.1
20.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
15.5
11.5 - 19.6
21.3
16.5 - 26.2
20.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
5.2
3.3 - 7.1
11.0
8.1 - 13.9
14.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.5
13.6 - 19.3
24.3
20.9 - 27.8
22.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
13.2
11.9 - 14.4
20.3
18.8 - 21.7
20.8
Moncton
14.7
14.0 - 15.4
23.2
22.3 - 24.2
25.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
11.1
8.7 - 13.6
18.6
15.5 - 21.7
17.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
13.5
10.0 - 17.0
17.9
13.8 - 22.0
21.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
11.6
8.7 - 14.4
17.3
13.8 - 20.7
15.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.0
18.3 - 21.6
29.5
27.5 - 31.4
29.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.9
12.1 - 17.7
22.4
19.2 - 25.6
21.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
12.5
11.5 - 13.5
20.8
19.6 - 22.1
22.2
Riverview and Coverdale
13.1
11.6 - 14.6
23.3
21.4 - 25.2
25.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.3
15.8 - 20.8
28.8
25.5 - 32.0
31.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
15.5
14.6 - 16.4
25.9
24.8 - 26.9
26.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
11.2
9.3 - 13.1
18.5
16.2 - 20.7
23.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
10.8
9.1 - 12.5
18.1
15.8 - 20.4
20.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
12.3
10.0 - 14.7
18.9
16.0 - 21.8
18.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
10.4
8.3 - 12.4
20.6
17.7 - 23.6
19.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.5
13.4 - 17.6
25.0
22.5 - 27.5
24.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.0
10.3 - 13.8
19.6
17.5 - 21.7
22.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.1
8.5 - 11.8
16.2
14.0 - 18.5
18.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
14.9
14.2 - 15.5
23.8
23.0 - 24.6
25.8
Anglophone North School District
16.1
15.1 - 17.2
23.4
22.2 - 24.6
25.2
Anglophone South School District
14.1
13.5 - 14.7
23.7
23.0 - 24.4
24.4
Anglophone West School District
14.8
14.2 - 15.4
23.9
23.2 - 24.6
24.2
Anglophone sector
14.7
14.4 - 15.1
23.7
23.3 - 24.2
24.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
9.5
8.7 - 10.3
16.9
15.9 - 18.0
17.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
6.5
5.6 - 7.4
14.4
13.1 - 15.6
17.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
11.0
10.3 - 11.6
18.3
17.4 - 19.2
21.2
Francophone sector
9.8
9.3 - 10.2
17.2
16.6 - 17.8
19.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
10.8
10.5 - 11.2
23.3
22.8 - 23.9
24.9
Grades 9 to 12
15.1
14.7 - 15.4
21.1
20.6 - 21.5
22.1
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 identify as 2SLGBTQIA+.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes, no or I do not know" to the question: Do you identify with any of the following groups? 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and plus sign which reflects the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify).

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.

Note about the 2023-2024 data:
In 2023, the NBHC undertook a review of the demographic questions in the Student Wellness and Education Survey. As such, starting in 2023-2024, the percentage of students who identify with this particular group may differ from previous cycles.

Unit

%

NBHC code

SH_LGB01_1

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