Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a high level of mental fitness

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
28.0
26.2 - 29.7
25.6
25.2 - 25.9
24.6
24.3 - 25.0
19.5
19.2 - 19.8
22.1
22.8
25.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
30.9
27.2 - 34.5
28.2
27.6 - 28.8
27.1
26.5 - 27.7
20.8
20.2 - 21.4
22.5
23.7
28.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
25.6
23.4 - 27.9
22.9
22.2 - 23.7
21.9
21.3 - 22.6
17.1
16.5 - 17.7
20.0
20.9
23.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
24.7
21.2 - 28.2
22.8
22.2 - 23.5
22.0
21.4 - 22.7
17.7
17.1 - 18.4
20.9
21.2
22.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
29.4
28.0 - 30.9
29.7
28.2 - 31.1
24.7
23.3 - 26.0
29.0
28.5
29.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.8
22.5 - 31.0
24.5
22.6 - 26.5
23.2
21.3 - 25.2
21.4
19.4 - 23.4
23.2
22.7
25.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
31.8
28.7 - 34.9
29.7
28.5 - 30.9
28.6
27.4 - 29.9
22.2
21.0 - 23.3
25.0
26.9
26.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
25.0
23.1 - 26.9
23.1
21.7 - 24.4
23.9
22.4 - 25.3
19.2
17.9 - 20.6
22.2
21.5
21.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
30.9
26.0 - 35.9
29.6
27.7 - 31.4
27.0
25.2 - 28.8
20.8
19.1 - 22.5
23.9
24.9
27.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
29.7
20.4 - 38.9
25.3
23.4 - 27.2
24.7
22.9 - 26.5
20.9
19.0 - 22.9
20.9
21.3
23.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
26.5
20.0 - 33.0
25.9
23.3 - 28.4
25.9
23.1 - 28.7
23.5
20.8 - 26.1
24.2
22.5
29.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
31.4
26.8 - 35.9
29.7
26.6 - 32.8
30.5
27.3 - 33.7
20.4
17.4 - 23.3
24.3
28.9
28.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
27.2
23.2 - 31.2
22.7
19.7 - 25.6
19.6
16.9 - 22.3
18.5
15.6 - 21.5
21.7
23.0
22.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
43.2
40.1 - 46.3
38.3
36.5 - 40.1
36.4
34.5 - 38.2
28.9
27.1 - 30.7
31.7
33.5
38.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.7
13.8 - 23.6
19.1
15.3 - 22.9
19.3
15.6 - 23.1
19.2
15.4 - 23.1
20.3
23.9
22.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
32.7
30.6 - 34.9
31.9
29.7 - 34.0
26.2
24.3 - 28.2
30.4
29.6
32.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
26.8
23.3 - 30.4
27.6
25.8 - 29.4
23.5
21.8 - 25.2
20.2
18.6 - 21.9
22.0
21.0
25.1
Fredericton
27.3
21.1 - 33.5
24.0
23.0 - 25.1
24.0
23.1 - 25.0
19.0
18.0 - 20.0
22.8
23.1
26.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
25.8
30.9
33.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
30.7
26.3 - 35.1
25.5
23.1 - 27.8
24.7
22.4 - 26.9
21.1
19.0 - 23.2
25.5
22.9
23.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
21.0
21.0 - 21.0
18.6
13.7 - 23.4
16.8
12.7 - 20.9
12.5
8.5 - 16.4
8.5
14.0
20.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
26.6
22.8 - 30.4
34.0
30.0 - 38.0
27.7
23.6 - 31.9
31.3
30.2
33.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.3
11.9 - 18.7
14.4
11.7 - 17.1
15.0
12.3 - 17.7
11.8
9.2 - 14.4
17.3
19.4
20.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
25.2
23.1 - 27.3
23.3
21.9 - 24.8
24.3
22.8 - 25.9
19.2
17.7 - 20.6
22.9
21.6
20.7
Moncton
30.2
25.3 - 35.0
28.4
27.5 - 29.3
27.3
26.4 - 28.2
20.2
19.3 - 21.0
22.5
24.9
29.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
20.8
16.8 - 24.8
21.8
18.6 - 25.0
22.0
18.7 - 25.2
19.9
16.7 - 23.1
19.0
22.5
22.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
22.5
19.6 - 25.5
20.2
16.1 - 24.3
20.0
16.0 - 24.0
20.0
15.6 - 24.4
16.2
20.6
27.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
33.1
30.3 - 35.9
30.3
25.9 - 34.7
26.3
22.6 - 30.1
20.6
16.9 - 24.2
22.3
21.6
20.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
18.6
15.4 - 21.9
18.8
17.2 - 20.5
17.7
16.2 - 19.2
14.2
12.8 - 15.7
16.8
16.7
16.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
15.2
13.1 - 17.4
13.3
10.7 - 15.9
13.1
10.5 - 15.6
8.5
6.4 - 10.5
14.6
15.5
17.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
26.5
24.7 - 28.3
23.5
22.2 - 24.9
23.2
22.0 - 24.5
17.4
16.3 - 18.6
21.8
21.5
23.3
Riverview and Coverdale
26.1
22.8 - 29.3
25.7
23.9 - 27.6
21.5
19.7 - 23.3
14.8
13.3 - 16.4
16.8
16.5
20.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.6
19.4 - 31.9
17.8
15.4 - 20.1
20.4
17.8 - 22.9
16.3
13.7 - 18.9
19.4
19.9
23.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
25.5
21.5 - 29.6
22.5
21.4 - 23.6
21.4
20.5 - 22.4
17.4
16.4 - 18.3
18.6
21.0
23.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.3
13.2 - 23.3
18.4
16.1 - 20.8
18.4
16.2 - 20.6
15.3
13.3 - 17.3
15.4
14.7
16.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
36.3
26.3 - 46.2
32.0
29.3 - 34.7
34.5
32.0 - 36.9
25.4
22.8 - 28.0
28.4
25.5
35.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
29.6
25.1 - 34.1
26.6
23.6 - 29.6
23.9
20.9 - 26.9
22.4
19.4 - 25.3
24.9
33.8
23.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
23.2
16.3 - 30.2
21.9
19.1 - 24.7
17.1
14.6 - 19.6
16.6
13.9 - 19.3
19.5
17.8
20.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.1
25.0 - 35.1
26.7
24.2 - 29.2
24.6
22.2 - 26.9
15.9
13.8 - 17.9
22.7
21.8
25.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
21.3
17.2 - 25.4
20.3
18.1 - 22.6
21.4
19.1 - 23.6
15.7
13.9 - 17.6
18.8
17.5
22.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
35.1
31.2 - 39.0
31.8
29.4 - 34.3
33.6
31.0 - 36.2
25.7
23.2 - 28.2
27.6
26.0
26.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
24.9
23.0 - 26.9
23.5
22.7 - 24.3
22.3
21.5 - 23.0
16.8
16.1 - 17.5
18.4
19.7
23.1
Anglophone North School District
23.1
21.1 - 25.1
20.6
19.5 - 21.7
20.9
19.8 - 22.0
16.4
15.4 - 17.4
19.3
19.2
20.0
Anglophone South School District
25.2
23.0 - 27.3
22.4
21.7 - 23.1
21.5
20.8 - 22.2
16.8
16.2 - 17.4
19.8
20.3
22.8
Anglophone West School District
23.1
20.2 - 26.0
22.4
21.7 - 23.1
21.0
20.3 - 21.6
17.4
16.8 - 18.1
20.4
20.9
22.3
Anglophone sector
24.2
22.9 - 25.5
22.5
22.1 - 22.9
21.5
21.1 - 21.8
16.9
16.6 - 17.3
19.6
20.3
22.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
32.3
29.8 - 34.8
30.2
29.0 - 31.4
28.9
27.7 - 30.1
23.8
22.6 - 24.9
26.0
27.6
27.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
31.5
29.9 - 33.1
31.9
30.3 - 33.6
26.4
24.9 - 27.9
30.8
29.9
30.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
40.9
39.3 - 42.5
36.8
35.8 - 37.8
35.4
34.5 - 36.3
27.1
26.1 - 28.1
29.0
30.0
36.2
Francophone sector
37.6
35.5 - 39.8
33.8
33.1 - 34.5
32.9
32.2 - 33.5
26.0
25.3 - 26.6
28.4
29.2
32.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
29.6
27.7 - 31.4
27.0
26.5 - 27.5
25.5
25.0 - 26.0
21.9
21.4 - 22.4
24.1
25.3
30.6
Grades 9 to 12
26.9
24.2 - 29.5
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
24.0
23.6 - 24.5
17.8
17.4 - 18.2
20.7
21.1
21.4
Gender
Female
30.0
27.7 - 32.3
27.2
26.7 - 27.7
26.1
25.6 - 26.6
21.1
20.6 - 21.6
23.7
n/a
n/a
Male
27.4
25.8 - 28.9
25.3
24.8 - 25.8
24.7
24.2 - 25.2
19.5
19.0 - 20.0
22.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
10.3
8.0 - 12.6
8.6
6.8 - 10.5
9.4
7.7 - 11.1
6.6
5.7 - 7.6
6.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
28.8
26.6 - 31.0
26.2
25.7 - 26.6
24.8
24.3 - 25.3
19.7
19.2 - 20.1
21.7
24.6
n/a
Male
27.3
25.8 - 28.8
25.2
24.7 - 25.6
24.6
24.2 - 25.1
19.4
18.9 - 19.8
22.8
21.0
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
14.5
12.7 - 16.4
13.4
12.5 - 14.2
13.3
12.6 - 14.1
11.3
10.7 - 11.9
11.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.5
18.4 - 22.6
18.5
17.4 - 19.6
16.0
15.0 - 17.1
14.3
13.1 - 15.4
14.7
16.5
16.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
29.7
27.6 - 31.8
27.6
26.7 - 28.6
26.3
25.4 - 27.2
21.0
20.0 - 22.0
24.3
24.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
19.2
17.5 - 21.0
17.3
16.2 - 18.4
18.2
17.1 - 19.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
28.1
26.0 - 30.1
26.0
25.2 - 26.8
24.7
23.9 - 25.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
36.9
34.5 - 39.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
19.1
17.7 - 20.6
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 have a high level of mental fitness.

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 mental fitness score higher than a specified cutoff by the number of respondents who described their feelings and ideas for at least 9 of the following 18 questionnaire items: I feel I do things well at school, my teachers like me and care about me, I feel free to express myself at home, I feel my teachers think I am good at things, I like to spend time with my parents, I feel free to express myself with my friends, I feel I do things well at home, my parents like me and care about me, I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my schoolwork, I feel my parents think that I am good at things, I like to be with my teachers, I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends, I feel I do things well when I am with my friends, my friends like me and care about me, I feel free to express myself at school, I feel my friends think I am good at things, I like to spend time with my friends and I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores. The response options for these 18 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.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_MEFHI_1

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