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Students in grades 7 to 12 who report having ever used cannabis

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
17.9
17.6 - 18.3
19.3
19.0 - 19.7
19.0
24.5
23.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
15.3
14.7 - 15.8
16.4
15.8 - 17.0
16.3
22.9
21.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.6
18.9 - 20.4
20.8
20.1 - 21.6
20.9
27.8
25.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.9
19.2 - 20.7
21.3
20.5 - 22.1
20.1
25.0
25.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.0
12.7 - 15.3
17.6
16.3 - 19.0
16.1
16.7
17.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
23.2
20.9 - 25.5
24.2
21.9 - 26.4
22.3
26.7
21.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
15.7
14.6 - 16.8
16.6
15.4 - 17.8
17.1
21.6
22.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
21.8
20.2 - 23.4
24.6
23.0 - 26.2
25.8
27.1
30.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.2
15.4 - 18.9
18.7
16.8 - 20.6
17.8
26.4
17.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.5
20.5 - 24.5
21.4
19.3 - 23.5
24.0
29.8
28.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
23.4
20.3 - 26.5
25.4
22.4 - 28.4
20.9
28.2
18.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
13.7
10.9 - 16.4
12.9
10.0 - 15.8
16.6
20.2
27.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.9
19.5 - 26.4
22.4
18.9 - 25.9
24.3
24.4
24.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
8.9
7.6 - 10.1
9.6
8.3 - 10.9
8.4
15.0
16.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.9
20.0 - 29.8
27.0
21.8 - 32.2
25.1
25.6
25.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
12.7
10.8 - 14.5
16.9
15.0 - 18.7
14.5
16.6
17.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
18.3
16.5 - 20.0
21.4
19.5 - 23.3
21.3
23.2
22.7
Fredericton
17.7
16.6 - 18.7
19.5
18.4 - 20.7
16.6
23.4
17.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
5.5
S
5.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.2
13.9 - 18.5
18.2
15.9 - 20.5
16.8
13.9
17.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
31.1
25.3 - 36.8
35.9
29.5 - 42.4
27.9
33.8
24.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.7
10.4 - 17.1
19.4
15.4 - 23.5
21.6
19.4
21.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
27.1
23.2 - 31.0
29.5
25.4 - 33.6
27.0
22.1
29.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
22.7
21.0 - 24.4
25.7
23.9 - 27.4
26.5
28.5
31.5
Moncton
14.0
13.2 - 14.8
15.1
14.2 - 15.9
14.7
21.1
19.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
29.6
25.4 - 33.7
25.5
21.6 - 29.3
29.9
34.1
29.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.3
10.5 - 18.1
15.1
10.9 - 19.3
20.1
12.4
17.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
11.4
8.2 - 14.6
16.9
12.9 - 21.0
19.0
28.3
30.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.7
21.6 - 25.7
21.0
19.1 - 22.9
21.6
29.4
33.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
29.0
25.0 - 32.9
27.0
23.3 - 30.8
32.0
27.5
38.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
19.8
18.4 - 21.1
19.1
17.8 - 20.5
21.2
24.5
20.8
Riverview and Coverdale
13.2
11.4 - 15.1
18.1
16.1 - 20.1
17.6
26.4
25.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
23.6
20.5 - 26.7
20.9
17.6 - 24.2
24.5
25.3
26.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
20.7
19.6 - 21.8
22.4
21.2 - 23.5
21.7
30.2
28.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
23.0
20.2 - 25.8
25.6
22.8 - 28.5
24.6
29.1
29.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.0
10.9 - 15.1
15.6
13.3 - 18.0
13.4
22.7
15.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.5
15.4 - 21.5
17.2
14.1 - 20.2
22.7
22.6
28.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.6
15.6 - 21.7
19.9
16.6 - 23.3
21.0
31.1
28.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
16.3
13.8 - 18.7
20.8
18.2 - 23.4
18.3
24.9
23.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
19.6
17.1 - 22.1
20.6
18.2 - 23.0
21.3
32.8
26.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.5
10.5 - 14.5
14.6
12.3 - 16.8
13.0
11.9
20.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
16.8
16.1 - 17.6
18.8
17.9 - 19.6
18.4
25.1
23.7
Anglophone North School District
26.1
24.7 - 27.4
28.5
27.1 - 29.9
29.1
33.5
31.5
Anglophone South School District
19.8
19.1 - 20.6
21.1
20.3 - 21.9
21.3
28.3
25.7
Anglophone West School District
20.7
19.9 - 21.5
21.4
20.6 - 22.2
20.7
25.8
25.5
Anglophone sector
20.1
19.7 - 20.5
21.5
21.1 - 21.9
21.3
27.4
26.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.6
13.6 - 15.7
15.3
14.2 - 16.4
15.7
18.8
21.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
13.9
12.5 - 15.3
17.6
16.2 - 19.1
15.9
16.1
16.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
10.8
10.1 - 11.5
11.4
10.6 - 12.2
11.2
16.4
16.7
Francophone sector
12.5
12.0 - 13.1
13.7
13.1 - 14.4
13.5
17.1
18.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
5.0
4.7 - 5.3
5.5
5.1 - 5.8
4.6
5.7
5.2
Grades 9 to 12
24.1
23.6 - 24.6
25.9
25.4 - 26.4
26.2
33.1
32.3
Gender
Female
18.9
18.4 - 19.4
20.2
19.7 - 20.8
20.1
n/a
n/a
Male
16.6
16.2 - 17.1
17.7
17.2 - 18.3
17.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
27.2
24.2 - 30.1
24.4
22.6 - 26.2
22.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
19.2
18.7 - 19.7
20.3
19.8 - 20.9
20.4
23.8
n/a
Male
16.4
15.9 - 16.9
18.0
17.5 - 18.5
17.4
25.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
26.8
25.7 - 27.9
25.0
24.2 - 25.9
24.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
34.5
32.9 - 36.1
35.9
34.1 - 37.8
34.6
36.7
39.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
8.8
8.1 - 9.6
10.3
9.4 - 11.1
10.4
15.9
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
23.9
22.5 - 25.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
12.0
11.3 - 12.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 7 to 12 who report having ever used cannabis.

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 "I have used cannabis, but not in the last 12 months, less than once a month, once a month, 2 or 3 times a month, once a week, 2 or 3 times a week, 4 to 6 times a week or every day" by the number of respondents who answered "I have never used cannabis, I have used cannabis, but not in the last 12 months, less than once a month, once a month, 2 or 3 times a month
once a week, 2 or 3 times a week, 4 to 6 times a week or every day" to the question: In the last 12 months, how often did you use cannabis?

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

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_MAR02_1

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