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

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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
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
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
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
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
10.3
9.1 - 11.4
13.3
12.1 - 14.5
13.1
12.8
14.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
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
11.6
10.6 - 12.6
12.8
11.7 - 13.8
13.2
17.5
17.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
17.7
16.3 - 19.2
20.2
18.6 - 21.7
21.6
23.2
25.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.4
11.8 - 15.0
15.1
13.4 - 16.8
14.1
21.7
15.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.2
16.3 - 20.1
17.2
15.2 - 19.1
20.3
26.5
23.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
16.8
14.0 - 19.5
19.3
16.6 - 22.0
17.3
24.4
14.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
9.4
7.1 - 11.8
10.3
7.7 - 13.0
13.5
15.9
17.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
17.7
14.5 - 20.8
17.8
14.6 - 21.0
20.2
19.5
19.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
7.1
5.9 - 8.2
7.7
6.5 - 8.9
6.2
12.6
13.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
19.2
14.7 - 23.6
24.7
19.7 - 29.7
20.9
17.2
19.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
9.1
7.5 - 10.7
12.8
11.2 - 14.5
12.8
12.3
13.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
14.9
13.2 - 16.5
17.5
15.7 - 19.3
18.2
19.7
18.4
Fredericton
14.6
13.6 - 15.6
16.1
15.0 - 17.2
14.5
19.9
14.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
3.8
S
3.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
12.2
10.1 - 14.3
13.5
11.4 - 15.5
12.5
10.9
14.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
25.9
20.4 - 31.3
27.3
21.3 - 33.3
24.5
30.7
20.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
10.1
7.2 - 13.1
14.7
11.1 - 18.4
16.2
16.4
18.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
23.8
20.0 - 27.5
23.1
19.3 - 26.8
23.4
18.2
23.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
18.5
16.9 - 20.1
21.1
19.5 - 22.8
22.3
24.5
26.8
Moncton
11.1
10.3 - 11.8
11.9
11.2 - 12.7
12.1
18.2
16.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
25.1
21.1 - 29.1
19.6
16.0 - 23.1
24.8
27.5
25.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
10.9
7.5 - 14.3
11.9
8.1 - 15.7
15.8
10.2
14.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
8.3
5.6 - 11.1
13.8
10.0 - 17.5
17.7
27.5
21.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
17.8
15.9 - 19.6
16.7
14.9 - 18.5
18.7
24.4
26.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
25.7
21.9 - 29.5
20.7
17.3 - 24.2
25.7
24.1
32.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
16.5
15.2 - 17.8
15.1
13.9 - 16.4
17.8
21.9
16.7
Riverview and Coverdale
10.3
8.7 - 12.0
15.5
13.7 - 17.4
15.6
21.7
21.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.3
15.5 - 21.2
17.3
14.3 - 20.4
20.2
20.4
21.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
16.5
15.5 - 17.6
17.7
16.7 - 18.8
18.1
25.9
22.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.6
16.0 - 21.2
20.2
17.6 - 22.8
20.5
24.8
24.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
9.4
7.6 - 11.2
11.6
9.6 - 13.7
11.7
20.5
11.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
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
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
12.2
10.0 - 14.4
16.1
13.7 - 18.4
16.0
21.1
19.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.0
13.7 - 18.3
17.0
14.8 - 19.3
17.5
29.6
20.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
8.1
6.5 - 9.7
10.8
8.8 - 12.8
9.4
8.5
15.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
13.4
12.6 - 14.1
15.2
14.4 - 15.9
15.4
21.4
19.6
Anglophone North School District
21.0
19.7 - 22.2
23.7
22.4 - 25.1
24.4
28.8
26.3
Anglophone South School District
16.0
15.3 - 16.7
16.8
16.1 - 17.5
17.9
24.7
20.3
Anglophone West School District
16.9
16.2 - 17.6
17.3
16.6 - 18.1
17.7
21.7
20.5
Anglophone sector
16.2
15.8 - 16.6
17.4
17.0 - 17.8
18.0
23.5
21.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
10.6
9.7 - 11.6
11.1
10.1 - 12.0
12.3
15.0
15.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
10.0
8.8 - 11.3
13.4
12.1 - 14.7
13.0
12.3
14.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
8.4
7.7 - 9.0
8.9
8.2 - 9.6
9.1
14.3
13.2
Francophone sector
9.4
8.9 - 9.8
10.4
9.9 - 10.9
10.8
14.1
14.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
3.6
3.4 - 3.9
3.8
3.6 - 4.1
3.6
4.4
3.7
Grades 9 to 12
19.3
18.9 - 19.8
20.9
20.5 - 21.4
22.1
28.3
26.1
Gender
Female
15.0
14.5 - 15.4
16.1
15.6 - 16.6
17.1
n/a
n/a
Male
13.4
13.0 - 13.9
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
14.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
20.8
18.1 - 23.5
18.8
17.1 - 20.5
18.7
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
15.1
14.6 - 15.5
16.2
15.7 - 16.6
17.2
20.1
n/a
Male
13.2
12.8 - 13.7
14.4
14.0 - 14.9
14.4
21.6
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
21.1
20.1 - 22.1
19.8
19.0 - 20.6
20.6
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.0
26.5 - 29.5
29.7
27.9 - 31.4
29.5
30.9
31.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
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
19.3
18.0 - 20.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
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 report having used cannabis in the last 12 months.

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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