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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling they like to spend time with their friends

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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
72.2
70.8 - 73.7
72.0
71.6 - 72.4
72.6
72.3 - 72.9
67.8
67.4 - 68.1
73.7
66.7
66.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
73.6
70.9 - 76.3
73.0
72.3 - 73.6
73.4
72.8 - 74.0
68.4
67.7 - 69.1
74.0
67.3
68.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
70.9
68.3 - 73.5
70.3
69.5 - 71.1
71.0
70.3 - 71.8
65.9
65.1 - 66.7
72.0
65.8
65.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
71.3
68.5 - 74.1
72.2
71.5 - 73.0
72.7
71.9 - 73.4
66.9
66.1 - 67.7
73.7
65.1
64.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
68.9
67.4 - 70.4
72.0
70.6 - 73.5
69.3
67.8 - 70.7
75.8
69.6
70.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
69.9
65.4 - 74.5
71.0
69.0 - 73.1
72.1
70.0 - 74.2
68.0
65.8 - 70.3
72.2
64.6
65.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
75.9
72.5 - 79.2
74.8
73.6 - 76.0
74.6
73.5 - 75.8
71.9
70.6 - 73.2
77.3
72.1
71.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
72.4
69.1 - 75.6
71.8
70.3 - 73.3
72.4
70.9 - 74.0
68.0
66.3 - 69.6
73.0
64.3
62.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
76.1
70.5 - 81.7
74.8
73.0 - 76.6
74.4
72.7 - 76.2
71.2
69.2 - 73.1
76.1
70.8
70.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
72.5
68.3 - 76.8
71.7
69.7 - 73.7
74.2
72.4 - 76.1
67.2
64.9 - 69.4
73.2
66.9
65.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
70.2
63.2 - 77.3
70.7
68.0 - 73.3
73.3
70.4 - 76.1
68.5
65.6 - 71.4
71.5
65.9
70.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
75.9
68.7 - 83.1
76.0
73.1 - 78.9
75.5
72.4 - 78.5
74.1
70.8 - 77.3
79.6
70.7
74.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
69.5
65.4 - 73.6
71.6
68.4 - 74.7
70.5
67.4 - 73.7
67.4
63.9 - 70.9
73.3
62.7
60.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
82.8
79.9 - 85.8
80.4
78.9 - 81.9
80.3
78.7 - 81.8
76.1
74.5 - 77.8
79.9
79.0
80.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
65.5
63.0 - 68.1
67.0
62.4 - 71.6
69.9
65.6 - 74.2
61.9
57.0 - 66.7
72.9
67.7
68.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
70.2
68.1 - 72.3
72.7
70.7 - 74.8
72.0
70.0 - 74.0
78.3
70.7
73.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
70.5
67.6 - 73.4
73.3
71.6 - 75.1
71.0
69.2 - 72.8
67.5
65.6 - 69.5
71.9
63.1
63.2
Fredericton
73.2
68.5 - 78.0
73.4
72.3 - 74.5
74.6
73.6 - 75.6
69.1
68.0 - 70.3
75.5
67.2
68.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
71.4
67.6
75.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
64.2
62.0 - 66.3
64.6
62.0 - 67.3
69.2
66.7 - 71.7
64.9
62.4 - 67.4
71.1
66.8
63.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
66.5
66.5 - 66.5
68.7
62.2 - 75.3
70.7
65.8 - 75.7
60.4
54.6 - 66.2
73.6
58.6
61.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
74.5
70.8 - 78.2
76.5
72.9 - 80.1
69.6
65.4 - 73.9
75.8
67.7
75.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
66.7
64.0 - 69.4
64.6
61.0 - 68.2
66.6
63.1 - 70.2
58.3
54.4 - 62.3
65.9
58.3
58.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
72.7
69.2 - 76.3
72.2
70.6 - 73.7
72.4
70.8 - 74.0
68.2
66.5 - 69.9
72.7
63.7
61.3
Moncton
72.7
69.0 - 76.3
72.5
71.6 - 73.4
72.5
71.6 - 73.3
67.6
66.6 - 68.6
73.0
66.1
67.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
67.6
61.8 - 73.5
69.1
65.6 - 72.7
72.8
69.3 - 76.3
65.0
61.1 - 68.8
68.8
61.7
62.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
68.8
65.5 - 72.0
68.4
63.6 - 73.2
72.7
68.2 - 77.2
66.0
60.9 - 71.1
76.1
69.8
71.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
72.8
70.9 - 74.6
77.4
73.4 - 81.4
77.0
73.4 - 80.6
70.2
66.1 - 74.4
75.2
63.7
55.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
70.3
61.4 - 79.3
73.1
71.3 - 75.0
70.8
69.0 - 72.6
64.5
62.5 - 66.5
73.8
65.5
63.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
62.7
58.7 - 66.6
63.0
59.3 - 66.7
66.0
62.4 - 69.6
60.3
56.6 - 64.1
70.5
60.3
60.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
72.2
66.7 - 77.6
71.6
70.2 - 73.1
72.2
70.9 - 73.6
67.6
66.2 - 69.1
73.1
69.1
67.4
Riverview and Coverdale
70.8
64.3 - 77.2
71.3
69.4 - 73.2
70.0
68.0 - 72.0
66.1
63.9 - 68.2
72.3
63.5
67.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
68.2
58.6 - 77.8
68.3
65.4 - 71.2
69.2
66.3 - 72.2
63.9
60.6 - 67.3
73.2
60.6
61.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
70.4
66.7 - 74.1
69.3
68.1 - 70.5
70.0
68.9 - 71.1
65.5
64.3 - 66.6
71.7
63.5
65.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
69.1
67.0 - 71.2
67.7
64.8 - 70.6
70.8
68.1 - 73.5
63.7
60.9 - 66.4
70.3
55.1
60.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
76.7
73.3 - 80.2
74.5
72.0 - 77.0
76.6
74.4 - 78.9
71.3
68.6 - 74.1
77.2
74.3
73.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
75.7
69.0 - 82.5
76.5
73.6 - 79.4
74.8
71.8 - 77.8
71.6
68.3 - 74.9
76.6
70.7
72.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
70.3
69.7 - 70.8
72.4
69.3 - 75.5
70.7
67.7 - 73.8
63.2
59.7 - 66.8
70.1
66.5
66.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
69.2
67.0 - 71.3
69.9
67.3 - 72.6
73.0
70.5 - 75.5
65.7
63.0 - 68.4
72.3
63.8
62.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
70.0
59.3 - 80.7
70.1
67.5 - 72.7
69.5
67.0 - 72.0
63.7
61.2 - 66.1
71.2
66.5
63.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
75.5
69.2 - 81.8
72.9
70.5 - 75.3
74.4
72.0 - 76.7
72.0
69.4 - 74.6
78.5
76.2
70.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
70.0
67.7 - 72.2
69.9
69.1 - 70.8
70.2
69.4 - 71.0
65.2
64.3 - 66.2
71.2
62.0
64.1
Anglophone North School District
71.2
68.4 - 73.9
70.4
69.2 - 71.6
72.0
70.7 - 73.2
65.5
64.2 - 66.9
70.6
60.8
59.5
Anglophone South School District
70.6
68.1 - 73.1
70.0
69.2 - 70.9
70.9
70.1 - 71.6
65.8
65.0 - 66.6
71.8
65.3
65.2
Anglophone West School District
70.1
67.6 - 72.6
71.6
70.9 - 72.4
71.9
71.1 - 72.6
66.4
65.6 - 67.2
73.1
64.5
63.6
Anglophone sector
70.3
69.0 - 71.6
70.6
70.1 - 71.0
71.1
70.7 - 71.6
65.8
65.4 - 66.3
71.9
63.8
63.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
75.1
72.3 - 77.9
74.9
73.8 - 76.1
74.3
73.1 - 75.4
72.5
71.3 - 73.7
78.0
73.3
73.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
70.3
68.7 - 71.9
72.9
71.3 - 74.4
70.4
68.8 - 72.0
77.3
70.3
72.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
79.9
77.2 - 82.6
78.2
77.3 - 79.1
78.7
77.8 - 79.5
73.6
72.6 - 74.6
78.8
76.0
77.1
Francophone sector
77.2
74.2 - 80.2
75.8
75.1 - 76.4
76.3
75.7 - 76.9
72.7
72.0 - 73.4
78.3
74.0
74.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
78.7
77.6 - 79.8
78.5
78.1 - 79.0
78.5
78.0 - 79.0
73.5
72.9 - 74.0
78.8
72.0
74.2
Grades 9 to 12
67.8
66.3 - 69.3
67.3
66.8 - 67.8
68.5
68.0 - 68.9
63.7
63.2 - 64.2
70.0
63.0
61.9
Gender
Female
74.2
72.7 - 75.7
74.0
73.5 - 74.5
74.6
74.1 - 75.1
70.7
70.1 - 71.2
74.8
n/a
n/a
Male
71.1
69.6 - 72.7
70.8
70.2 - 71.3
71.2
70.7 - 71.8
65.7
65.1 - 66.2
73.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
64.2
60.2 - 68.2
64.9
61.7 - 68.1
69.4
66.7 - 72.1
65.1
63.3 - 66.9
68.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
73.8
72.4 - 75.2
73.7
73.2 - 74.2
74.2
73.7 - 74.7
70.1
69.5 - 70.6
74.0
71.1
n/a
Male
70.8
69.2 - 72.4
70.5
69.9 - 71.0
71.2
70.7 - 71.7
65.5
64.9 - 66.0
73.6
62.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
69.7
68.2 - 71.2
68.7
67.6 - 69.8
70.5
69.5 - 71.5
66.6
65.8 - 67.5
69.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
68.5
66.3 - 70.7
67.5
66.1 - 68.8
69.7
68.4 - 71.1
65.4
63.8 - 67.0
69.0
61.0
60.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
68.8
66.8 - 70.8
68.6
67.6 - 69.6
68.6
67.6 - 69.6
62.9
61.7 - 64.0
67.5
62.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
67.3
65.2 - 69.4
66.5
65.2 - 67.9
68.0
66.6 - 69.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
68.2
66.2 - 70.3
68.2
67.3 - 69.1
68.0
67.1 - 68.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
76.7
74.8 - 78.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
66.6
64.9 - 68.4
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 they like to spend time with their friends.

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: q) I like to spend time with my friends.

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_MEF17_1

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