Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling their friends like them and care about them

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 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
54.8
53.9 - 55.8
54.1
53.7 - 54.5
54.3
53.9 - 54.7
50.4
50.0 - 50.8
54.3
48.6
51.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
55.9
54.1 - 57.7
54.2
53.5 - 54.9
55.0
54.3 - 55.7
49.8
49.1 - 50.5
53.6
48.2
52.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
56.3
54.8 - 57.8
55.2
54.4 - 56.1
55.2
54.4 - 56.0
50.4
49.6 - 51.2
56.1
50.6
52.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.9
53.0 - 56.7
56.0
55.1 - 56.8
55.4
54.6 - 56.2
53.3
52.4 - 54.1
56.0
49.5
51.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
49.1
47.5 - 50.7
49.7
48.1 - 51.3
47.3
45.7 - 48.9
50.7
46.2
52.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.0
45.2 - 52.8
49.4
47.2 - 51.7
51.4
49.0 - 53.7
49.6
47.2 - 52.0
50.8
42.1
47.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
53.1
51.2 - 54.9
52.3
51.0 - 53.7
50.9
49.6 - 52.3
47.5
46.1 - 48.9
50.9
47.0
49.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
52.9
50.4 - 55.4
51.7
50.0 - 53.3
53.1
51.4 - 54.8
49.0
47.3 - 50.7
53.1
47.1
48.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
55.4
52.9 - 58.0
54.2
52.2 - 56.2
52.8
50.8 - 54.8
49.9
47.8 - 52.0
51.5
47.8
50.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
51.6
48.9 - 54.3
50.2
48.0 - 52.4
51.8
49.7 - 54.0
47.9
45.6 - 50.3
48.5
41.8
46.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
46.9
42.7 - 51.1
48.4
45.5 - 51.3
53.3
50.1 - 56.5
51.0
47.9 - 54.1
51.2
44.7
49.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
50.3
47.0 - 53.5
51.5
48.1 - 54.9
49.6
46.1 - 53.2
45.0
41.4 - 48.7
48.7
42.5
50.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
52.2
47.2 - 57.1
50.9
47.4 - 54.4
48.7
45.2 - 52.1
47.8
44.0 - 51.5
50.3
38.3
46.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
62.0
58.3 - 65.6
58.6
56.8 - 60.5
58.3
56.4 - 60.2
53.9
51.9 - 55.9
55.9
55.2
57.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
49.9
48.3 - 51.5
48.2
43.4 - 53.1
53.8
49.1 - 58.5
50.7
45.7 - 55.7
56.5
50.0
48.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
51.5
49.2 - 53.8
51.6
49.4 - 53.9
48.3
46.1 - 50.6
52.4
47.9
55.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
55.5
52.9 - 58.2
59.4
57.4 - 61.3
55.4
53.5 - 57.4
55.3
53.3 - 57.4
56.8
50.2
53.0
Fredericton
56.7
53.6 - 59.8
57.6
56.4 - 58.8
57.5
56.4 - 58.6
55.8
54.5 - 57.0
58.4
51.9
54.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
55.0
53.1
59.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
48.3
47.1 - 49.4
45.9
43.2 - 48.6
44.8
42.1 - 47.5
45.7
43.0 - 48.3
47.2
42.6
46.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
49.0
49.0 - 49.0
48.3
41.3 - 55.2
55.6
50.1 - 61.0
46.7
40.8 - 52.7
53.8
42.5
42.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
47.8
43.5 - 52.1
54.8
50.6 - 59.0
47.5
42.9 - 52.1
51.7
42.9
55.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
44.0
42.7 - 45.2
43.5
39.7 - 47.3
45.0
41.2 - 48.7
44.4
40.4 - 48.4
48.6
42.3
46.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
53.3
50.6 - 56.0
53.0
51.2 - 54.7
54.2
52.5 - 56.0
49.3
47.5 - 51.2
53.8
48.0
48.0
Moncton
56.0
54.1 - 57.9
54.7
53.7 - 55.7
55.2
54.3 - 56.2
49.1
48.0 - 50.2
54.3
49.2
53.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
52.6
48.4 - 56.8
53.9
50.1 - 57.7
55.2
51.3 - 59.0
50.6
46.5 - 54.6
49.7
47.8
50.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
49.4
48.3 - 50.4
39.1
34.0 - 44.1
43.6
38.7 - 48.6
45.8
40.4 - 51.2
47.5
39.3
56.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
59.0
54.9 - 63.1
56.5
51.6 - 61.3
57.1
52.9 - 61.3
51.1
46.6 - 55.7
60.2
46.9
42.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
53.4
49.4 - 57.4
56.2
54.2 - 58.3
54.3
52.3 - 56.3
49.9
47.8 - 52.0
51.9
46.4
48.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
46.7
43.7 - 49.7
44.4
40.6 - 48.1
43.7
40.0 - 47.5
45.6
41.8 - 49.4
51.2
43.1
50.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
58.2
55.4 - 61.0
57.0
55.4 - 58.6
57.6
56.1 - 59.0
53.1
51.6 - 54.7
58.2
53.6
52.4
Riverview and Coverdale
54.4
51.5 - 57.4
55.4
53.3 - 57.4
52.9
50.8 - 55.1
51.7
49.4 - 53.9
55.5
49.7
52.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
55.5
44.2 - 66.9
49.2
46.1 - 52.3
56.0
52.8 - 59.2
49.6
46.1 - 53.1
53.2
47.2
49.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
56.0
54.3 - 57.7
54.9
53.6 - 56.2
54.7
53.5 - 55.8
49.8
48.6 - 51.1
55.8
49.1
53.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
51.9
48.3 - 55.5
51.3
48.2 - 54.4
52.3
49.4 - 55.2
47.1
44.3 - 49.9
51.7
37.1
46.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
55.2
52.4 - 58.1
53.6
50.7 - 56.5
56.2
53.6 - 58.8
48.3
45.3 - 51.3
51.5
46.6
54.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
49.0
46.5 - 51.5
47.3
43.9 - 50.6
47.4
43.9 - 50.8
43.6
40.0 - 47.2
50.9
45.4
47.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
51.6
47.5 - 55.8
53.5
50.1 - 56.9
49.6
46.2 - 52.9
47.6
43.9 - 51.3
50.8
49.2
52.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
57.0
54.9 - 59.1
54.7
51.9 - 57.6
53.5
50.7 - 56.3
47.7
44.9 - 50.5
55.4
47.8
51.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.7
46.7 - 62.8
53.2
50.4 - 56.0
54.8
52.1 - 57.5
47.5
45.0 - 50.1
55.6
50.5
51.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
52.9
50.7 - 55.1
52.6
50.0 - 55.3
50.4
47.7 - 53.1
47.2
44.4 - 50.1
51.3
49.1
49.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
54.5
52.8 - 56.1
53.3
52.4 - 54.2
53.4
52.5 - 54.3
49.6
48.7 - 50.6
54.2
47.0
50.6
Anglophone North School District
52.4
50.0 - 54.8
51.8
50.4 - 53.1
53.7
52.3 - 55.0
49.1
47.7 - 50.5
51.5
45.4
47.2
Anglophone South School District
56.3
54.7 - 57.8
55.2
54.4 - 56.1
55.2
54.4 - 56.0
50.6
49.8 - 51.4
56.1
50.4
52.4
Anglophone West School District
54.3
52.4 - 56.3
55.6
54.8 - 56.4
54.9
54.1 - 55.7
52.9
52.1 - 53.7
56.0
49.6
51.3
Anglophone sector
54.8
53.8 - 55.7
54.4
54.0 - 54.9
54.5
54.0 - 54.9
50.9
50.5 - 51.4
55.1
48.8
51.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
51.6
49.8 - 53.3
51.2
49.9 - 52.5
49.7
48.4 - 51.1
47.4
46.0 - 48.8
51.1
45.8
49.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
50.3
48.6 - 52.0
47.7
46.0 - 49.4
51.4
46.5
53.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
58.4
56.1 - 60.8
55.9
54.9 - 57.0
57.5
56.5 - 58.4
50.2
49.1 - 51.4
53.4
50.3
55.8
Francophone sector
55.1
52.8 - 57.3
53.3
52.6 - 54.0
53.9
53.2 - 54.6
48.9
48.1 - 49.7
52.3
48.1
53.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
57.4
56.3 - 58.5
56.1
55.5 - 56.7
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
52.4
51.8 - 53.0
55.0
49.8
55.7
Grades 9 to 12
53.1
51.8 - 54.3
52.7
52.2 - 53.3
53.5
53.0 - 54.0
48.9
48.4 - 49.5
53.8
47.8
48.9
Gender
Female
58.0
56.8 - 59.2
57.7
57.1 - 58.3
57.9
57.3 - 58.4
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
58.2
n/a
n/a
Male
52.5
51.4 - 53.6
51.5
50.9 - 52.0
51.8
51.3 - 52.4
46.7
46.1 - 47.3
51.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
46.6
43.2 - 50.1
47.0
43.7 - 50.4
48.9
45.9 - 51.8
45.0
43.1 - 46.9
47.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
57.4
56.2 - 58.6
57.1
56.5 - 57.6
57.2
56.7 - 57.7
54.1
53.5 - 54.6
56.9
53.8
n/a
Male
52.3
51.2 - 53.4
51.3
50.8 - 51.9
51.5
51.0 - 52.1
46.6
46.0 - 47.2
51.8
43.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
50.9
49.3 - 52.6
49.2
48.0 - 50.4
51.8
50.7 - 52.9
47.7
46.8 - 48.6
50.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
50.2
48.3 - 52.1
49.0
47.6 - 50.4
50.6
49.2 - 52.1
49.4
47.6 - 51.1
49.6
43.5
46.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
52.8
51.3 - 54.3
51.9
50.9 - 52.9
51.6
50.5 - 52.7
47.4
46.2 - 48.6
52.3
46.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
50.3
48.2 - 52.3
49.2
47.8 - 50.7
51.6
50.1 - 53.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
52.4
50.9 - 53.8
51.4
50.5 - 52.3
51.4
50.4 - 52.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
61.8
60.3 - 63.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
47.9
46.6 - 49.2
n/a
n/a
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 6 to 12 who reported feeling their friends like them and care about them.

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 "really true for me" by the number of respondents who answered "really false for me, sort of false for me, sort of true for me or really true for me" to the question: We are interested in how you feel about yourself and how you think other people see you: n) My friends like me and care about me.

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_MEF14_1

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