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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Brunswick |
71.0
69.5 - 72.5
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68.7
68.3 - 69.0
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67.9
67.6 - 68.3
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62.6
62.2 - 63.0
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65.1
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66.9
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68.9
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| Health zones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area |
73.6
70.2 - 76.9
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71.5
70.9 - 72.2
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70.2
69.6 - 70.8
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64.4
63.7 - 65.1
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65.4
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67.2
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70.4
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| Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area |
69.2
67.1 - 71.3
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65.7
64.9 - 66.5
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65.4
64.6 - 66.1
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59.7
58.9 - 60.5
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62.8
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64.3
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66.0
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| Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area |
68.1
65.2 - 70.9
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65.7
64.9 - 66.5
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65.3
64.5 - 66.0
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59.8
59.0 - 60.6
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62.9
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64.7
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65.6
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| Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area |
S
|
73.6
72.2 - 75.0
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75.3
73.9 - 76.7
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70.3
68.9 - 71.8
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73.1
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78.3
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76.8
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| Zone 5 - Restigouche Area |
69.7
67.1 - 72.4
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66.7
64.6 - 68.8
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65.8
63.6 - 68.0
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62.6
60.3 - 64.9
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65.4
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66.7
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69.4
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| Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area |
74.9
72.4 - 77.4
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72.0
70.8 - 73.2
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70.8
69.6 - 72.0
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66.1
64.8 - 67.5
|
70.3
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72.2
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74.9
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| Zone 7 - Miramichi Area |
68.5
65.4 - 71.6
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67.0
65.4 - 68.5
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67.2
65.6 - 68.7
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62.3
60.7 - 64.0
|
66.0
|
66.8
|
68.2
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| Communities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area |
73.8
69.8 - 77.8
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69.1
67.2 - 71.0
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68.7
66.8 - 70.5
|
63.6
61.6 - 65.7
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66.3
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71.2
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69.6
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| Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area |
71.4
63.5 - 79.4
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69.6
67.7 - 71.6
|
69.6
67.6 - 71.5
|
64.4
62.2 - 66.7
|
66.4
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66.5
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68.0
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| Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area |
70.2
66.6 - 73.8
|
67.9
65.1 - 70.6
|
66.4
63.5 - 69.4
|
62.6
59.6 - 65.5
|
65.9
|
68.3
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70.4
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| Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area |
77.9
73.7 - 82.1
|
78.4
75.6 - 81.1
|
74.5
71.5 - 77.6
|
68.2
64.8 - 71.6
|
73.7
|
70.0
|
80.3
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| Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area |
69.0
65.6 - 72.3
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65.1
61.8 - 68.4
|
65.0
61.7 - 68.3
|
62.8
59.1 - 66.4
|
64.7
|
64.6
|
68.3
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| Dieppe and Memramcook |
83.1
79.5 - 86.7
|
81.0
79.6 - 82.5
|
79.9
78.4 - 81.5
|
76.2
74.5 - 77.9
|
74.9
|
76.9
|
80.2
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| Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area |
58.9
54.5 - 63.3
|
59.4
54.7 - 64.1
|
65.0
60.5 - 69.5
|
56.0
51.0 - 60.9
|
65.8
|
63.9
|
62.3
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| Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area |
S
|
76.3
74.4 - 78.2
|
77.1
75.2 - 79.0
|
72.1
70.1 - 74.1
|
73.4
|
80.1
|
79.5
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| Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area |
69.7
65.0 - 74.4
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70.8
69.0 - 72.6
|
66.7
64.8 - 68.5
|
60.6
58.6 - 62.6
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63.3
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65.3
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67.2
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| Fredericton |
71.7
68.7 - 74.8
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68.4
67.3 - 69.5
|
68.8
67.7 - 69.8
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63.3
62.1 - 64.5
|
66.1
|
67.7
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70.8
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| Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area |
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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64.5
|
67.1
|
72.9
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| Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area |
74.0
69.3 - 78.7
|
68.7
66.1 - 71.2
|
71.2
68.8 - 73.6
|
65.5
63.0 - 68.0
|
69.5
|
68.9
|
71.4
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| Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area |
64.2
64.2 - 64.2
|
60.1
53.2 - 67.1
|
57.2
51.8 - 62.5
|
55.3
49.4 - 61.2
|
53.4
|
58.8
|
68.1
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| Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer |
S
|
75.8
72.2 - 79.4
|
78.8
75.4 - 82.2
|
76.6
72.7 - 80.5
|
80.8
|
81.3
|
80.9
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| Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area |
57.7
52.6 - 62.8
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55.7
52.0 - 59.4
|
53.7
49.9 - 57.4
|
50.6
46.6 - 54.7
|
54.5
|
60.9
|
59.1
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| Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area |
69.0
65.8 - 72.2
|
67.0
65.4 - 68.6
|
67.3
65.7 - 69.0
|
62.5
60.7 - 64.2
|
65.9
|
66.5
|
67.3
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| Moncton |
73.5
69.0 - 78.0
|
72.2
71.3 - 73.1
|
70.4
69.5 - 71.3
|
63.9
62.8 - 64.9
|
65.4
|
67.2
|
70.8
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| Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area |
63.7
59.1 - 68.2
|
63.2
59.6 - 66.9
|
67.7
64.0 - 71.3
|
60.8
56.9 - 64.8
|
58.9
|
68.1
|
66.4
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| Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area |
63.9
52.4 - 75.4
|
66.5
61.6 - 71.4
|
65.7
60.9 - 70.4
|
61.4
56.2 - 66.6
|
67.3
|
70.0
|
76.8
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| New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area |
66.3
60.3 - 72.3
|
65.6
61.0 - 70.3
|
67.3
63.3 - 71.3
|
58.4
54.0 - 62.9
|
62.5
|
62.1
|
64.4
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| Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area |
61.3
58.5 - 64.1
|
59.3
57.3 - 61.4
|
58.5
56.5 - 60.4
|
54.1
52.1 - 56.2
|
56.8
|
57.6
|
56.6
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| Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area |
60.5
52.1 - 68.9
|
56.5
52.8 - 60.3
|
49.5
45.8 - 53.3
|
51.4
47.6 - 55.2
|
55.0
|
56.2
|
65.5
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| Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area |
71.4
68.2 - 74.5
|
67.6
66.1 - 69.1
|
67.6
66.2 - 69.0
|
60.5
59.1 - 62.0
|
64.5
|
66.3
|
66.5
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| Riverview and Coverdale |
69.2
63.2 - 75.1
|
69.2
67.3 - 71.1
|
65.2
63.2 - 67.3
|
57.2
55.0 - 59.4
|
62.1
|
61.1
|
67.4
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| Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area |
68.5
65.4 - 71.6
|
61.7
58.7 - 64.7
|
63.9
60.9 - 67.0
|
58.5
55.1 - 62.0
|
58.1
|
66.0
|
63.6
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| Saint John, Simonds and Musquash |
69.8
66.8 - 72.8
|
65.9
64.7 - 67.2
|
65.2
64.1 - 66.3
|
59.8
58.6 - 61.0
|
62.8
|
63.9
|
65.5
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| Salisbury and Petitcodiac |
63.0
60.6 - 65.4
|
60.4
57.4 - 63.4
|
60.3
57.5 - 63.1
|
53.6
50.8 - 56.5
|
53.3
|
56.7
|
55.7
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| Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé |
78.0
67.8 - 88.3
|
72.8
70.2 - 75.3
|
73.0
70.7 - 75.3
|
68.9
66.2 - 71.7
|
68.9
|
71.0
|
76.2
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| Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area |
73.6
66.0 - 81.2
|
70.2
67.2 - 73.3
|
70.0
66.9 - 73.2
|
67.0
63.5 - 70.5
|
72.9
|
74.5
|
75.5
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| St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area |
64.1
56.1 - 72.1
|
64.1
60.9 - 67.4
|
62.9
59.7 - 66.2
|
58.9
55.3 - 62.5
|
59.1
|
62.6
|
65.6
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| St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area |
69.9
63.3 - 76.4
|
64.6
61.9 - 67.3
|
65.9
63.3 - 68.6
|
59.9
57.1 - 62.6
|
61.9
|
66.3
|
68.5
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| Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area |
63.1
59.8 - 66.4
|
61.2
58.5 - 63.9
|
61.6
59.0 - 64.2
|
56.9
54.4 - 59.5
|
60.6
|
59.7
|
64.0
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| Tracadie and Saint-Isidore |
75.8
72.8 - 78.8
|
74.5
72.1 - 76.8
|
73.0
70.6 - 75.4
|
68.8
66.1 - 71.4
|
74.1
|
74.3
|
76.8
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| School districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anglophone East School District |
68.7
65.8 - 71.6
|
67.7
66.9 - 68.6
|
65.6
64.8 - 66.5
|
59.0
58.1 - 60.0
|
61.2
|
62.6
|
66.0
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| Anglophone North School District |
66.7
64.1 - 69.3
|
63.7
62.4 - 65.0
|
63.7
62.4 - 65.0
|
59.2
57.8 - 60.6
|
62.2
|
62.2
|
63.1
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| Anglophone South School District |
68.8
66.7 - 70.9
|
65.3
64.5 - 66.1
|
65.1
64.3 - 65.9
|
59.4
58.6 - 60.3
|
62.6
|
63.9
|
65.7
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| Anglophone West School District |
66.9
64.1 - 69.8
|
65.4
64.7 - 66.2
|
64.4
63.6 - 65.1
|
59.6
58.8 - 60.4
|
62.1
|
63.8
|
65.2
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| Anglophone sector |
68.0
66.6 - 69.3
|
65.8
65.4 - 66.2
|
64.8
64.4 - 65.3
|
59.4
58.9 - 59.8
|
62.1
|
63.4
|
65.3
|
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| District scolaire francophone Nord-Est |
75.2
73.2 - 77.1
|
72.8
71.7 - 74.0
|
71.5
70.3 - 72.7
|
67.6
66.3 - 68.9
|
71.6
|
74.2
|
77.3
|
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| District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest |
S
|
76.0
74.5 - 77.5
|
77.3
75.9 - 78.8
|
72.1
70.6 - 73.6
|
74.8
|
80.8
|
78.5
|
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| District scolaire francophone Sud |
81.5
79.7 - 83.4
|
78.4
77.6 - 79.3
|
77.8
77.0 - 78.6
|
72.0
71.0 - 73.1
|
72.4
|
75.0
|
78.2
|
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| Francophone sector |
78.9
77.1 - 80.6
|
76.3
75.7 - 76.9
|
75.8
75.2 - 76.5
|
70.7
70.0 - 71.4
|
72.6
|
75.8
|
77.9
|
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| Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grades 6 to 8 |
68.4
66.6 - 70.3
|
66.0
65.5 - 66.6
|
64.8
64.3 - 65.4
|
61.4
60.8 - 62.0
|
63.1
|
64.9
|
69.4
|
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| Grades 9 to 12 |
72.7
70.7 - 74.8
|
70.6
70.1 - 71.1
|
70.1
69.6 - 70.6
|
63.4
62.8 - 63.9
|
66.5
|
68.4
|
68.5
|
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| Gender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female |
71.9
70.3 - 73.6
|
69.0
68.5 - 69.6
|
68.7
68.2 - 69.2
|
64.3
63.8 - 64.9
|
66.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Male |
72.3
70.9 - 73.8
|
70.3
69.8 - 70.8
|
69.4
68.9 - 69.9
|
63.9
63.3 - 64.5
|
67.9
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Non-binary |
44.2
40.0 - 48.4
|
41.6
38.3 - 44.9
|
45.1
42.1 - 48.0
|
38.0
36.2 - 39.8
|
37.8
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Sex at birth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female |
70.3
68.6 - 72.1
|
67.5
67.0 - 68.0
|
66.8
66.3 - 67.3
|
61.5
60.9 - 62.0
|
63.0
|
67.8
|
n/a
|
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| Male |
72.0
70.6 - 73.4
|
70.1
69.6 - 70.7
|
69.4
68.9 - 69.9
|
63.9
63.3 - 64.5
|
67.5
|
66.2
|
n/a
|
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| 2SLGBTQIA+ status | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2SLGBTQIA+ |
54.2
51.5 - 56.9
|
50.6
49.4 - 51.8
|
52.0
50.9 - 53.1
|
47.8
46.9 - 48.7
|
48.8
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Indigenous identity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indigenous |
63.2
60.7 - 65.7
|
59.3
57.9 - 60.7
|
58.7
57.2 - 60.1
|
55.9
54.2 - 57.6
|
58.3
|
58.9
|
61.3
|
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| Immigrant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigrants |
74.9
73.2 - 76.5
|
71.9
71.0 - 72.8
|
70.6
69.6 - 71.6
|
67.2
66.1 - 68.3
|
69.1
|
69.6
|
n/a
|
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| Disability or special need | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability or special need |
57.3
55.3 - 59.3
|
53.9
52.5 - 55.3
|
54.9
53.5 - 56.3
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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| Racialized groups | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racialized groups |
72.7
71.0 - 74.4
|
69.9
69.0 - 70.7
|
67.9
67.0 - 68.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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| Socioeconomic status | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High socioeconomic status |
78.9
77.2 - 80.5
|
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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| Low socioeconomic status |
61.8
60.2 - 63.4
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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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 have their need for autonomy highly satisfied.
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 have a total autonomy score higher than a specified cutoff by the number of respondents who described their feelings and ideas for at least 3 of the following 6 questionnaire items: I feel free to express myself at home, I feel free to express myself with my friends, I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my schoolwork, I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends, I feel free to express myself at school and I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores. The response options for these 6 items are: really false for me, sort of false for me, sort of true for me and really true for 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.
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_MEFAU_1