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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
15.1
14.7 - 15.4
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
12.6
12.0 - 13.1
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
16.5
15.7 - 17.2
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
17.4
16.7 - 18.2
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
12.3
11.1 - 13.6
14.0
12.7 - 15.3
17.6
16.3 - 19.0
16.1
16.7
17.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
17.7
15.7 - 19.6
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
12.1
11.1 - 13.1
15.7
14.6 - 16.8
16.6
15.4 - 17.8
17.1
21.6
22.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.0
18.5 - 21.5
21.8
20.2 - 23.4
24.6
23.0 - 26.2
25.8
27.1
30.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.4
12.8 - 16.0
17.2
15.4 - 18.9
18.7
16.8 - 20.6
17.8
26.4
17.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.4
16.6 - 20.3
22.5
20.5 - 24.5
21.4
19.3 - 23.5
24.0
29.8
28.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
19.2
16.6 - 21.8
23.4
20.3 - 26.5
25.4
22.4 - 28.4
20.9
28.2
18.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
7.6
5.4 - 9.7
13.7
10.9 - 16.4
12.9
10.0 - 15.8
16.6
20.2
27.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
15.5
12.6 - 18.4
22.9
19.5 - 26.4
22.4
18.9 - 25.9
24.3
24.4
24.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
7.6
6.4 - 8.7
8.9
7.6 - 10.1
9.6
8.3 - 10.9
8.4
15.0
16.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
30.2
24.8 - 35.5
24.9
20.0 - 29.8
27.0
21.8 - 32.2
25.1
25.6
25.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
11.1
9.4 - 12.8
12.7
10.8 - 14.5
16.9
15.0 - 18.7
14.5
16.6
17.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
16.6
15.0 - 18.3
18.3
16.5 - 20.0
21.4
19.5 - 23.3
21.3
23.2
22.7
Fredericton
13.4
12.4 - 14.4
17.7
16.6 - 18.7
19.5
18.4 - 20.7
16.6
23.4
17.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
13.8
11.6 - 16.0
16.2
13.9 - 18.5
18.2
15.9 - 20.5
16.8
13.9
17.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
23.4
16.3 - 30.4
31.1
25.3 - 36.8
35.9
29.5 - 42.4
27.9
33.8
24.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
13.8
10.4 - 17.2
13.7
10.4 - 17.1
19.4
15.4 - 23.5
21.6
19.4
21.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
24.8
21.1 - 28.5
27.1
23.2 - 31.0
29.5
25.4 - 33.6
27.0
22.1
29.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
20.8
19.3 - 22.4
22.7
21.0 - 24.4
25.7
23.9 - 27.4
26.5
28.5
31.5
Moncton
9.6
8.9 - 10.3
14.0
13.2 - 14.8
15.1
14.2 - 15.9
14.7
21.1
19.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.5
22.6 - 30.4
29.6
25.4 - 33.7
25.5
21.6 - 29.3
29.9
34.1
29.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
11.9
8.2 - 15.5
14.3
10.5 - 18.1
15.1
10.9 - 19.3
20.1
12.4
17.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
13.2
8.2 - 18.3
11.4
8.2 - 14.6
16.9
12.9 - 21.0
19.0
28.3
30.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.6
18.6 - 22.6
23.7
21.6 - 25.7
21.0
19.1 - 22.9
21.6
29.4
33.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.4
27.3 - 35.4
29.0
25.0 - 32.9
27.0
23.3 - 30.8
32.0
27.5
38.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
17.5
16.1 - 18.9
19.8
18.4 - 21.1
19.1
17.8 - 20.5
21.2
24.5
20.8
Riverview and Coverdale
14.6
12.9 - 16.3
13.2
11.4 - 15.1
18.1
16.1 - 20.1
17.6
26.4
25.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.1
21.0 - 27.1
23.6
20.5 - 26.7
20.9
17.6 - 24.2
24.5
25.3
26.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
15.8
14.7 - 17.0
20.7
19.6 - 21.8
22.4
21.2 - 23.5
21.7
30.2
28.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
23.1
20.1 - 26.1
23.0
20.2 - 25.8
25.6
22.8 - 28.5
24.6
29.1
29.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.4
9.2 - 13.5
13.0
10.9 - 15.1
15.6
13.3 - 18.0
13.4
22.7
15.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
11.9
9.4 - 14.3
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
20.5
17.4 - 23.7
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
17.2
14.7 - 19.7
16.3
13.8 - 18.7
20.8
18.2 - 23.4
18.3
24.9
23.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.8
10.6 - 15.0
19.6
17.1 - 22.1
20.6
18.2 - 23.0
21.3
32.8
26.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
10.6
8.8 - 12.5
12.5
10.5 - 14.5
14.6
12.3 - 16.8
13.0
11.9
20.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
13.8
13.1 - 14.6
16.8
16.1 - 17.6
18.8
17.9 - 19.6
18.4
25.1
23.7
Anglophone North School District
23.2
22.0 - 24.4
26.1
24.7 - 27.4
28.5
27.1 - 29.9
29.1
33.5
31.5
Anglophone South School District
16.8
16.1 - 17.6
19.8
19.1 - 20.6
21.1
20.3 - 21.9
21.3
28.3
25.7
Anglophone West School District
17.5
16.8 - 18.3
20.7
19.9 - 21.5
21.4
20.6 - 22.2
20.7
25.8
25.5
Anglophone sector
17.1
16.7 - 17.5
20.1
19.7 - 20.5
21.5
21.1 - 21.9
21.3
27.4
26.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
10.6
9.6 - 11.5
14.6
13.6 - 15.7
15.3
14.2 - 16.4
15.7
18.8
21.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
12.3
11.0 - 13.7
13.9
12.5 - 15.3
17.6
16.2 - 19.1
15.9
16.1
16.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
8.5
7.8 - 9.2
10.8
10.1 - 11.5
11.4
10.6 - 12.2
11.2
16.4
16.7
Francophone sector
9.9
9.3 - 10.4
12.5
12.0 - 13.1
13.7
13.1 - 14.4
13.5
17.1
18.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
4.4
4.1 - 4.7
5.0
4.7 - 5.3
5.5
5.1 - 5.8
4.6
5.7
5.2
Grades 9 to 12
20.5
20.0 - 21.0
24.1
23.6 - 24.6
25.9
25.4 - 26.4
26.2
33.1
32.3
Gender
Female
15.0
14.5 - 15.5
18.9
18.4 - 19.4
20.2
19.7 - 20.8
20.1
n/a
n/a
Male
14.6
14.1 - 15.1
16.6
16.2 - 17.1
17.7
17.2 - 18.3
17.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
26.0
22.6 - 29.4
27.2
24.2 - 30.1
24.4
22.6 - 26.2
22.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
15.5
15.0 - 15.9
19.2
18.7 - 19.7
20.3
19.8 - 20.9
20.4
23.8
n/a
Male
14.4
13.9 - 14.9
16.4
15.9 - 16.9
18.0
17.5 - 18.5
17.4
25.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
23.0
21.9 - 24.1
26.8
25.7 - 27.9
25.0
24.2 - 25.9
24.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
29.1
27.6 - 30.5
34.5
32.9 - 36.1
35.9
34.1 - 37.8
34.6
36.7
39.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
6.6
6.0 - 7.2
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
21.8
20.4 - 23.2
23.9
22.5 - 25.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
9.5
8.8 - 10.1
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 reported having ever used cannabis. This indicator includes marijuana, any other products made from the cannabis plant such as dry cannabis and cannabis that is mixed or processed into another product.

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 da 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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