Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling free to express themselves at school

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
27.5
26.1 - 28.9
25.5
25.1 - 25.8
24.8
24.5 - 25.2
21.7
21.3 - 22.0
23.0
25.0
27.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
30.1
27.3 - 32.8
27.5
26.9 - 28.1
26.9
26.3 - 27.5
23.2
22.5 - 23.8
23.4
24.7
28.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
26.3
24.5 - 28.0
23.9
23.2 - 24.7
23.8
23.1 - 24.5
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
21.9
24.2
25.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
24.3
21.5 - 27.1
23.1
22.4 - 23.7
22.3
21.7 - 23.0
19.8
19.1 - 20.5
21.5
23.6
25.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
30.1
28.6 - 31.6
28.5
27.0 - 30.0
24.5
23.2 - 25.9
28.3
32.5
34.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.4
22.8 - 29.9
24.1
22.2 - 26.0
22.9
21.0 - 24.9
20.9
18.9 - 22.9
22.8
25.3
30.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
29.4
27.3 - 31.5
27.1
25.9 - 28.3
25.5
24.4 - 26.7
22.8
21.6 - 24.0
24.6
26.4
30.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
26.0
23.3 - 28.6
23.3
22.0 - 24.7
25.0
23.6 - 26.5
21.4
20.0 - 22.8
24.0
25.2
23.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
30.0
26.1 - 33.9
27.6
25.8 - 29.4
25.3
23.6 - 27.1
22.9
21.1 - 24.7
23.2
25.0
30.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
28.2
23.0 - 33.3
23.7
21.8 - 25.6
24.0
22.2 - 25.8
23.5
21.5 - 25.5
20.6
24.2
25.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.5
20.1 - 31.0
25.1
22.5 - 27.6
24.6
21.8 - 27.3
21.1
18.6 - 23.7
22.6
24.8
33.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
29.9
27.6 - 32.1
28.2
25.1 - 31.3
25.7
22.7 - 28.8
21.1
18.1 - 24.1
23.4
30.7
35.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
27.6
24.7 - 30.5
22.8
19.8 - 25.7
20.7
17.9 - 23.5
20.6
17.5 - 23.7
23.2
25.9
26.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
37.2
35.0 - 39.3
32.1
30.4 - 33.8
32.7
30.9 - 34.5
28.4
26.6 - 30.2
28.0
29.7
35.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
16.6
10.7 - 22.4
19.4
15.5 - 23.2
22.1
18.2 - 26.0
21.4
17.4 - 25.4
21.7
26.4
23.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
33.2
31.1 - 35.4
30.0
27.9 - 32.1
27.3
25.3 - 29.3
29.6
33.6
37.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.5
24.0 - 29.0
28.4
26.7 - 30.2
24.8
23.0 - 26.5
21.4
19.7 - 23.1
23.4
23.0
26.4
Fredericton
26.6
21.9 - 31.3
24.0
22.9 - 25.0
23.4
22.4 - 24.3
20.4
19.4 - 21.4
22.6
24.9
28.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
26.6
35.1
32.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
28.2
25.9 - 30.5
25.3
22.9 - 27.6
22.4
20.1 - 24.6
19.6
17.5 - 21.6
22.0
24.0
28.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
19.3
19.3 - 19.3
17.3
12.3 - 22.4
19.8
15.4 - 24.2
12.9
8.9 - 16.9
14.0
17.0
21.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
30.0
26.0 - 33.9
38.7
34.6 - 42.8
26.5
22.5 - 30.6
38.9
37.6
37.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.3
14.8 - 17.9
15.0
12.3 - 17.8
15.9
13.1 - 18.7
18.3
15.2 - 21.4
18.7
23.4
26.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
26.7
24.2 - 29.2
24.0
22.5 - 25.4
25.6
24.0 - 27.2
22.0
20.5 - 23.5
24.9
25.4
23.1
Moncton
31.0
27.0 - 34.9
28.8
27.9 - 29.7
27.8
26.9 - 28.7
23.4
22.5 - 24.3
24.4
26.1
30.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
19.9
17.1 - 22.7
22.9
19.6 - 26.1
22.3
19.1 - 25.6
21.0
17.7 - 24.2
20.9
24.1
26.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
18.5
15.4 - 21.6
17.2
13.3 - 21.1
20.1
16.0 - 24.1
16.0
11.9 - 20.0
16.0
23.3
29.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
31.2
24.5 - 37.9
27.3
23.0 - 31.6
26.6
22.9 - 30.4
21.8
18.1 - 25.6
21.9
21.4
28.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.3
14.9 - 23.7
18.3
16.7 - 19.9
18.7
17.1 - 20.2
17.6
16.1 - 19.2
17.9
21.5
21.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
17.6
13.6 - 21.6
18.0
15.0 - 21.0
17.3
14.4 - 20.2
13.9
11.3 - 16.5
17.0
17.9
22.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
25.8
24.2 - 27.4
23.4
22.1 - 24.8
24.6
23.3 - 25.9
20.1
18.8 - 21.3
22.1
22.8
24.2
Riverview and Coverdale
26.0
24.4 - 27.6
28.0
26.1 - 29.8
22.6
20.8 - 24.4
19.3
17.5 - 21.0
19.9
18.3
22.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.5
22.2 - 28.8
19.3
16.9 - 21.8
20.9
18.3 - 23.5
18.2
15.5 - 20.9
20.9
22.2
24.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
27.3
24.3 - 30.2
25.1
24.0 - 26.3
24.1
23.1 - 25.1
21.5
20.5 - 22.5
21.9
24.5
26.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.0
14.5 - 21.5
20.0
17.5 - 22.5
19.4
17.1 - 21.7
18.2
16.0 - 20.4
19.9
18.5
18.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
32.7
26.4 - 39.0
27.8
25.3 - 30.4
32.1
29.7 - 34.6
25.5
22.8 - 28.1
24.2
26.5
32.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
25.3
22.5 - 28.1
24.3
21.5 - 27.2
21.4
18.5 - 24.2
19.8
16.9 - 22.6
27.1
28.4
28.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.1
16.7 - 27.4
22.4
19.5 - 25.2
19.5
16.9 - 22.2
19.1
16.2 - 22.0
22.0
21.5
25.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.0
24.7 - 35.3
24.1
21.7 - 26.6
23.9
21.5 - 26.3
18.9
16.7 - 21.1
23.4
27.3
25.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
22.2
19.7 - 24.6
20.6
18.3 - 22.9
21.6
19.4 - 23.9
18.8
16.8 - 20.8
19.2
23.5
24.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
30.5
27.7 - 33.4
27.3
24.9 - 29.7
28.6
26.1 - 31.0
25.7
23.2 - 28.2
26.8
25.5
29.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
26.2
24.5 - 27.9
25.4
24.6 - 26.2
24.2
23.4 - 24.9
20.6
19.8 - 21.4
21.4
21.9
25.0
Anglophone North School District
25.6
23.5 - 27.8
22.5
21.4 - 23.6
23.7
22.5 - 24.8
20.4
19.3 - 21.5
22.5
22.9
23.2
Anglophone South School District
26.0
24.2 - 27.7
23.7
22.9 - 24.4
23.6
22.9 - 24.3
20.2
19.5 - 20.9
21.8
23.9
25.1
Anglophone West School District
23.2
20.7 - 25.6
22.9
22.2 - 23.6
21.8
21.1 - 22.4
19.6
18.9 - 20.3
21.2
23.3
25.5
Anglophone sector
25.1
23.9 - 26.3
23.7
23.3 - 24.1
23.2
22.8 - 23.6
20.1
19.8 - 20.5
21.6
23.2
25.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
28.7
26.6 - 30.9
26.5
25.4 - 27.7
25.2
24.0 - 26.3
22.8
21.7 - 24.0
24.3
27.4
31.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
31.5
29.9 - 33.1
30.1
28.5 - 31.7
25.6
24.1 - 27.1
29.4
33.9
35.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.8
34.8 - 38.7
31.7
30.7 - 32.6
31.1
30.2 - 32.1
27.1
26.1 - 28.1
26.7
29.3
34.9
Francophone sector
33.9
31.7 - 36.0
30.1
29.4 - 30.8
29.2
28.5 - 29.8
25.5
24.8 - 26.2
26.4
29.5
33.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
28.2
26.9 - 29.6
26.0
25.5 - 26.5
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
22.6
22.1 - 23.1
23.1
26.3
30.6
Grades 9 to 12
27.0
24.9 - 29.2
25.1
24.7 - 25.6
25.0
24.6 - 25.5
21.0
20.5 - 21.4
22.8
24.1
25.4
Gender
Female
27.6
25.9 - 29.4
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
24.1
23.6 - 24.6
21.5
21.0 - 22.0
22.2
n/a
n/a
Male
28.5
27.2 - 29.9
27.3
26.8 - 27.8
26.3
25.8 - 26.8
22.7
22.2 - 23.2
25.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
15.4
12.7 - 18.1
13.3
11.0 - 15.6
15.2
13.0 - 17.3
13.0
11.7 - 14.3
13.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
26.8
25.1 - 28.5
23.9
23.4 - 24.4
23.4
22.9 - 23.8
20.6
20.2 - 21.1
21.1
24.8
n/a
Male
28.4
27.1 - 29.7
27.2
26.7 - 27.7
26.4
25.9 - 26.9
22.7
22.3 - 23.2
25.0
25.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
16.9
15.5 - 18.4
15.0
14.1 - 15.9
16.4
15.5 - 17.2
16.0
15.3 - 16.6
15.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
22.2
20.3 - 24.2
21.0
19.9 - 22.2
20.2
19.1 - 21.4
18.1
16.8 - 19.5
19.8
21.3
22.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
32.2
30.1 - 34.3
29.9
29.0 - 30.8
28.2
27.2 - 29.1
25.8
24.8 - 26.9
25.9
26.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
22.7
21.1 - 24.4
21.7
20.5 - 22.9
22.8
21.6 - 24.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
31.5
29.6 - 33.4
29.7
28.8 - 30.5
27.5
26.6 - 28.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
34.7
32.7 - 36.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
22.5
21.0 - 24.0
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 free to express themselves at school.

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: o) I feel free to express myself at school.

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_MEF15_1

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