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Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported having used cannabis in the last 12 months

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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
11.3
11.0 - 11.6
14.3
14.0 - 14.6
15.4
15.1 - 15.7
15.9
20.8
19.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
9.5
9.0 - 10.0
12.1
11.6 - 12.6
13.1
12.6 - 13.7
13.6
19.7
17.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.8
12.1 - 13.4
15.8
15.1 - 16.5
16.6
15.9 - 17.3
17.5
24.3
20.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
13.2
12.5 - 13.8
16.3
15.6 - 17.0
17.3
16.5 - 18.0
17.3
21.0
20.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
8.6
7.6 - 9.7
10.3
9.1 - 11.4
13.3
12.1 - 14.5
13.1
12.8
14.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
11.9
10.2 - 13.6
17.1
15.0 - 19.2
18.7
16.6 - 20.8
18.4
22.5
16.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
8.2
7.4 - 9.1
11.6
10.6 - 12.6
12.8
11.7 - 13.8
13.2
17.5
17.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
17.7
16.3 - 19.2
20.2
18.6 - 21.7
21.6
23.2
25.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
11.0
9.6 - 12.4
13.4
11.8 - 15.0
15.1
13.4 - 16.8
14.1
21.7
15.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
15.5
13.7 - 17.3
18.2
16.3 - 20.1
17.2
15.2 - 19.1
20.3
26.5
23.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
12.9
10.6 - 15.1
16.8
14.0 - 19.5
19.3
16.6 - 22.0
17.3
24.4
14.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
4.7
2.9 - 6.4
9.4
7.1 - 11.8
10.3
7.7 - 13.0
13.5
15.9
17.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
10.5
8.0 - 13.0
17.7
14.5 - 20.8
17.8
14.6 - 21.0
20.2
19.5
19.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
5.3
4.4 - 6.3
7.1
5.9 - 8.2
7.7
6.5 - 8.9
6.2
12.6
13.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
24.1
19.1 - 29.2
19.2
14.7 - 23.6
24.7
19.7 - 29.7
20.9
17.2
19.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
7.5
6.1 - 8.9
9.1
7.5 - 10.7
12.8
11.2 - 14.5
12.8
12.3
13.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
12.1
10.6 - 13.5
14.9
13.2 - 16.5
17.5
15.7 - 19.3
18.2
19.7
18.4
Fredericton
10.2
9.3 - 11.1
14.6
13.6 - 15.6
16.1
15.0 - 17.2
14.5
19.9
14.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
10.1
8.2 - 12.1
12.2
10.1 - 14.3
13.5
11.4 - 15.5
12.5
10.9
14.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
18.0
11.2 - 24.8
25.9
20.4 - 31.3
27.3
21.3 - 33.3
24.5
30.7
20.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
9.5
6.6 - 12.4
10.1
7.2 - 13.1
14.7
11.1 - 18.4
16.2
16.4
18.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
18.8
15.4 - 22.1
23.8
20.0 - 27.5
23.1
19.3 - 26.8
23.4
18.2
23.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
15.0
13.6 - 16.4
18.5
16.9 - 20.1
21.1
19.5 - 22.8
22.3
24.5
26.8
Moncton
6.9
6.3 - 7.5
11.1
10.3 - 11.8
11.9
11.2 - 12.7
12.1
18.2
16.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.3
15.8 - 22.8
25.1
21.1 - 29.1
19.6
16.0 - 23.1
24.8
27.5
25.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
10.0
6.6 - 13.4
10.9
7.5 - 14.3
11.9
8.1 - 15.7
15.8
10.2
14.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
10.9
6.0 - 15.9
8.3
5.6 - 11.1
13.8
10.0 - 17.5
17.7
27.5
21.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
14.7
12.9 - 16.5
17.8
15.9 - 19.6
16.7
14.9 - 18.5
18.7
24.4
26.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
26.4
22.5 - 30.2
25.7
21.9 - 29.5
20.7
17.3 - 24.2
25.7
24.1
32.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.8
12.5 - 15.1
16.5
15.2 - 17.8
15.1
13.9 - 16.4
17.8
21.9
16.7
Riverview and Coverdale
10.3
8.9 - 11.8
10.3
8.7 - 12.0
15.5
13.7 - 17.4
15.6
21.7
21.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
20.9
18.0 - 23.8
18.3
15.5 - 21.2
17.3
14.3 - 20.4
20.2
20.4
21.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
12.0
11.0 - 13.0
16.5
15.5 - 17.6
17.7
16.7 - 18.8
18.1
25.9
22.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
17.2
14.4 - 19.9
18.6
16.0 - 21.2
20.2
17.6 - 22.8
20.5
24.8
24.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
8.8
6.8 - 10.7
9.4
7.6 - 11.2
11.6
9.6 - 13.7
11.7
20.5
11.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
6.6
4.7 - 8.5
13.9
11.1 - 16.6
11.3
8.8 - 13.9
16.6
19.5
20.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.0
13.1 - 18.9
15.1
12.3 - 17.9
17.1
13.9 - 20.3
19.0
26.6
23.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.1
10.9 - 15.3
12.2
10.0 - 14.4
16.1
13.7 - 18.4
16.0
21.1
19.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
10.5
8.5 - 12.5
16.0
13.7 - 18.3
17.0
14.8 - 19.3
17.5
29.6
20.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
6.2
4.8 - 7.7
8.1
6.5 - 9.7
10.8
8.8 - 12.8
9.4
8.5
15.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
10.2
9.6 - 10.9
13.4
12.6 - 14.1
15.2
14.4 - 15.9
15.4
21.4
19.6
Anglophone North School District
17.2
16.1 - 18.3
21.0
19.7 - 22.2
23.7
22.4 - 25.1
24.4
28.8
26.3
Anglophone South School District
13.0
12.3 - 13.7
16.0
15.3 - 16.7
16.8
16.1 - 17.5
17.9
24.7
20.3
Anglophone West School District
13.2
12.5 - 13.9
16.9
16.2 - 17.6
17.3
16.6 - 18.1
17.7
21.7
20.5
Anglophone sector
12.9
12.5 - 13.3
16.2
15.8 - 16.6
17.4
17.0 - 17.8
18.0
23.5
21.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
7.0
6.3 - 7.8
10.6
9.7 - 11.6
11.1
10.1 - 12.0
12.3
15.0
15.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
8.6
7.5 - 9.8
10.0
8.8 - 11.3
13.4
12.1 - 14.7
13.0
12.3
14.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
6.5
5.8 - 7.1
8.4
7.7 - 9.0
8.9
8.2 - 9.6
9.1
14.3
13.2
Francophone sector
7.0
6.6 - 7.5
9.4
8.9 - 9.8
10.4
9.9 - 10.9
10.8
14.1
14.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
2.9
2.6 - 3.1
3.6
3.4 - 3.9
3.8
3.6 - 4.1
3.6
4.4
3.7
Grades 9 to 12
15.5
15.1 - 16.0
19.3
18.9 - 19.8
20.9
20.5 - 21.4
22.1
28.3
26.1
Gender
Female
10.8
10.4 - 11.2
15.0
14.5 - 15.4
16.1
15.6 - 16.6
17.1
n/a
n/a
Male
11.3
10.9 - 11.7
13.4
13.0 - 13.9
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
14.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
21.1
17.9 - 24.3
20.8
18.1 - 23.5
18.8
17.1 - 20.5
18.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
11.1
10.7 - 11.5
15.1
14.6 - 15.5
16.2
15.7 - 16.6
17.2
20.1
n/a
Male
11.2
10.8 - 11.6
13.2
12.8 - 13.7
14.4
14.0 - 14.9
14.4
21.6
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
16.8
15.8 - 17.8
21.1
20.1 - 22.1
19.8
19.0 - 20.6
20.6
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
22.0
20.7 - 23.4
28.0
26.5 - 29.5
29.7
27.9 - 31.4
29.5
30.9
31.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
5.1
4.6 - 5.7
6.5
5.9 - 7.1
8.1
7.3 - 8.8
8.2
13.6
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
16.4
15.2 - 17.7
19.3
18.0 - 20.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
7.3
6.7 - 7.9
9.6
9.0 - 10.3
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 used cannabis in the last 12 months. 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 "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_2

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