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 |
54.8
53.7 - 55.8
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55.7
55.3 - 56.0
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55.8
55.4 - 56.1
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55.6
55.2 - 56.0
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55.6
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54.8
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54.0
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| Health zones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area |
53.5
51.8 - 55.2
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54.6
53.9 - 55.3
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54.4
53.7 - 55.1
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56.1
55.4 - 56.9
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55.6
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54.0
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52.7
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| Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area |
55.8
54.3 - 57.3
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56.4
55.6 - 57.3
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56.6
55.8 - 57.4
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55.2
54.4 - 56.0
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55.2
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54.3
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54.1
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| Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area |
56.0
53.4 - 58.6
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56.7
55.8 - 57.5
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57.1
56.3 - 57.9
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54.8
54.0 - 55.7
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55.5
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54.8
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53.7
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| Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area |
S
|
55.8
54.2 - 57.4
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56.2
54.6 - 57.8
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57.4
55.8 - 58.9
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56.1
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58.4
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55.2
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| Zone 5 - Restigouche Area |
55.2
53.3 - 57.1
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55.5
53.2 - 57.7
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56.6
54.3 - 58.9
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55.0
52.6 - 57.4
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54.7
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54.6
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54.1
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| Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area |
53.7
50.9 - 56.6
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53.9
52.6 - 55.2
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53.5
52.1 - 54.8
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55.8
54.4 - 57.2
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57.9
|
55.2
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56.5
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| Zone 7 - Miramichi Area |
56.1
55.0 - 57.1
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56.9
55.3 - 58.6
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55.9
54.3 - 57.6
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55.9
54.2 - 57.6
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54.9
|
56.1
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55.5
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| Communities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area |
53.1
49.7 - 56.5
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50.5
48.5 - 52.5
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53.8
51.8 - 55.8
|
54.5
52.4 - 56.6
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56.5
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56.4
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52.0
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| Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area |
53.2
48.3 - 58.0
|
55.1
53.0 - 57.3
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55.2
53.1 - 57.3
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55.6
53.2 - 57.9
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55.8
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53.7
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54.0
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| Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area |
55.8
53.1 - 58.5
|
53.7
50.8 - 56.6
|
53.7
50.5 - 56.8
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53.3
50.2 - 56.4
|
54.9
|
54.8
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51.6
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| Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area |
56.2
52.2 - 60.1
|
59.9
56.5 - 63.2
|
52.5
49.0 - 56.0
|
62.1
58.6 - 65.7
|
59.4
|
51.2
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58.2
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| Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area |
54.2
52.7 - 55.8
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58.0
54.6 - 61.4
|
60.6
57.2 - 63.9
|
57.4
53.7 - 61.2
|
54.3
|
54.3
|
56.5
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| Dieppe and Memramcook |
48.6
45.5 - 51.7
|
51.7
49.8 - 53.5
|
53.2
51.3 - 55.2
|
56.4
54.4 - 58.4
|
55.4
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52.3
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51.9
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| Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area |
56.2
52.2 - 60.2
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54.9
50.1 - 59.6
|
57.3
52.6 - 62.0
|
50.9
45.9 - 55.8
|
56.7
|
53.5
|
51.9
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| Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area |
S
|
54.0
51.7 - 56.2
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55.4
53.1 - 57.7
|
57.2
55.0 - 59.4
|
56.3
|
57.7
|
53.5
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| Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area |
55.9
52.5 - 59.2
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55.1
53.1 - 57.1
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56.9
55.0 - 58.9
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53.9
51.8 - 55.9
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55.4
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55.6
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53.2
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| Fredericton |
56.0
51.3 - 60.6
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57.3
56.1 - 58.5
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58.1
57.0 - 59.2
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55.7
54.5 - 56.9
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55.8
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55.5
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54.1
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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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53.6
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47.5
|
55.1
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| Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area |
52.7
51.7 - 53.8
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56.9
54.2 - 59.6
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56.5
53.9 - 59.1
|
56.7
54.1 - 59.3
|
55.5
|
59.1
|
57.8
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| Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area |
55.3
55.3 - 55.3
|
55.8
49.0 - 62.7
|
55.1
49.7 - 60.5
|
57.4
51.5 - 63.2
|
61.9
|
59.3
|
61.4
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| Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer |
S
|
60.0
55.8 - 64.1
|
58.8
54.7 - 63.0
|
59.8
55.3 - 64.3
|
57.0
|
60.6
|
54.9
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| Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area |
56.3
51.8 - 60.8
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59.0
55.3 - 62.6
|
53.4
49.6 - 57.1
|
56.2
52.2 - 60.2
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55.6
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50.8
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50.8
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| Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area |
56.0
54.8 - 57.1
|
56.7
55.0 - 58.4
|
55.2
53.5 - 57.0
|
56.1
54.4 - 57.9
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54.0
|
55.4
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55.5
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| Moncton |
54.2
51.8 - 56.6
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55.3
54.3 - 56.3
|
54.6
53.7 - 55.6
|
57.0
55.9 - 58.1
|
55.4
|
53.7
|
51.4
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| Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area |
55.6
50.7 - 60.5
|
57.4
53.6 - 61.1
|
56.1
52.3 - 60.0
|
53.4
49.4 - 57.4
|
53.8
|
55.1
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54.4
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| Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area |
56.9
56.5 - 57.4
|
59.0
54.0 - 64.0
|
62.0
57.2 - 66.9
|
54.0
48.7 - 59.4
|
62.2
|
61.9
|
55.2
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| New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area |
49.0
48.2 - 49.8
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49.6
44.8 - 54.5
|
56.3
52.0 - 60.5
|
53.0
48.5 - 57.5
|
54.7
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53.0
|
50.2
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| Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area |
57.6
56.2 - 58.9
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57.2
55.2 - 59.3
|
55.5
53.6 - 57.5
|
53.9
51.8 - 55.9
|
55.1
|
53.3
|
53.8
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| Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area |
56.0
50.5 - 61.6
|
56.4
52.7 - 60.2
|
55.7
52.0 - 59.4
|
56.1
52.4 - 59.9
|
55.7
|
54.3
|
56.2
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| Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area |
56.1
54.7 - 57.6
|
58.0
56.4 - 59.5
|
57.6
56.1 - 59.0
|
57.4
55.9 - 58.9
|
55.1
|
56.7
|
55.6
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| Riverview and Coverdale |
54.9
53.3 - 56.6
|
54.5
52.4 - 56.6
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56.5
54.3 - 58.6
|
56.1
53.9 - 58.4
|
58.0
|
55.9
|
57.0
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| Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area |
56.7
52.8 - 60.6
|
58.4
55.3 - 61.4
|
54.4
51.3 - 57.6
|
53.9
50.4 - 57.4
|
55.1
|
56.4
|
52.8
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| Saint John, Simonds and Musquash |
56.2
53.8 - 58.7
|
56.3
55.0 - 57.6
|
56.8
55.6 - 58.0
|
54.6
53.4 - 55.8
|
56.6
|
52.7
|
53.8
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| Salisbury and Petitcodiac |
58.6
53.4 - 63.7
|
55.0
51.9 - 58.1
|
55.5
52.6 - 58.3
|
54.3
51.5 - 57.1
|
55.3
|
52.1
|
54.0
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| Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé |
50.0
45.6 - 54.4
|
51.7
48.9 - 54.6
|
49.9
47.2 - 52.5
|
53.5
50.5 - 56.5
|
52.5
|
54.9
|
49.9
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| Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area |
56.6
52.8 - 60.5
|
57.5
54.1 - 60.8
|
57.1
53.6 - 60.5
|
55.4
51.8 - 58.9
|
59.9
|
50.2
|
59.7
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| St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area |
55.1
54.0 - 56.2
|
57.1
53.8 - 60.5
|
58.8
55.5 - 62.1
|
54.1
50.4 - 57.7
|
51.6
|
52.9
|
55.6
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| St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area |
50.4
47.3 - 53.5
|
51.0
48.2 - 53.9
|
51.8
49.0 - 54.6
|
53.9
51.1 - 56.7
|
50.2
|
54.8
|
49.8
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| Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area |
57.0
53.8 - 60.3
|
56.6
53.9 - 59.4
|
54.9
52.2 - 57.6
|
54.4
51.8 - 56.9
|
55.5
|
55.8
|
54.3
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| Tracadie and Saint-Isidore |
51.5
45.4 - 57.7
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54.2
51.5 - 56.8
|
51.2
48.5 - 53.9
|
54.3
51.4 - 57.1
|
58.5
|
58.2
|
58.1
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| School districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anglophone East School District |
55.9
54.7 - 57.2
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56.5
55.6 - 57.4
|
55.7
54.8 - 56.6
|
56.1
55.2 - 57.0
|
56.1
|
54.3
|
54.1
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| Anglophone North School District |
56.6
55.5 - 57.6
|
55.8
54.5 - 57.1
|
55.4
54.0 - 56.7
|
55.3
53.9 - 56.7
|
55.6
|
54.2
|
53.6
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| Anglophone South School District |
56.0
54.6 - 57.5
|
56.6
55.7 - 57.5
|
56.8
56.0 - 57.7
|
55.3
54.4 - 56.1
|
55.2
|
54.5
|
54.4
|
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| Anglophone West School District |
56.7
54.4 - 59.1
|
56.8
56.0 - 57.6
|
57.2
56.4 - 58.0
|
55.0
54.1 - 55.8
|
55.5
|
54.4
|
53.6
|
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| Anglophone sector |
56.3
55.3 - 57.3
|
56.6
56.1 - 57.0
|
56.5
56.1 - 57.0
|
55.4
54.9 - 55.8
|
55.6
|
54.4
|
54.0
|
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| District scolaire francophone Nord-Est |
53.5
50.9 - 56.1
|
55.0
53.7 - 56.3
|
54.6
53.3 - 55.9
|
56.2
54.8 - 57.5
|
57.4
|
56.0
|
57.4
|
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| District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest |
S
|
55.5
53.7 - 57.2
|
55.7
54.0 - 57.4
|
57.1
55.4 - 58.8
|
55.8
|
58.5
|
55.4
|
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| District scolaire francophone Sud |
49.3
47.8 - 50.7
|
51.5
50.4 - 52.5
|
52.7
51.7 - 53.7
|
56.0
54.8 - 57.1
|
54.9
|
54.4
|
51.1
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| Francophone sector |
50.8
49.5 - 52.2
|
53.3
52.5 - 54.0
|
53.8
53.1 - 54.5
|
56.2
55.4 - 57.0
|
55.8
|
55.7
|
54.2
|
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| Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grades 6 to 8 |
53.5
52.5 - 54.5
|
54.8
54.3 - 55.4
|
55.5
54.9 - 56.0
|
55.2
54.6 - 55.8
|
54.9
|
53.9
|
51.8
|
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| Grades 9 to 12 |
55.6
54.1 - 57.2
|
56.2
55.7 - 56.8
|
56.0
55.4 - 56.5
|
55.9
55.4 - 56.5
|
56.2
|
55.4
|
55.5
|
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| Gender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female |
53.3
51.8 - 54.7
|
54.3
53.8 - 54.9
|
54.7
54.1 - 55.3
|
55.1
54.5 - 55.7
|
55.2
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Male |
56.8
55.8 - 57.8
|
57.5
56.9 - 58.0
|
57.4
56.8 - 57.9
|
57.8
57.2 - 58.3
|
57.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Non-binary |
46.2
42.7 - 49.7
|
45.9
42.6 - 49.2
|
48.9
45.9 - 51.8
|
42.6
40.7 - 44.5
|
44.7
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Sex at birth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female |
53.1
51.8 - 54.4
|
53.9
53.4 - 54.5
|
54.4
53.8 - 54.9
|
53.7
53.1 - 54.3
|
53.8
|
53.5
|
n/a
|
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| Male |
56.7
55.7 - 57.7
|
57.7
57.1 - 58.2
|
57.5
56.9 - 58.0
|
57.8
57.2 - 58.4
|
57.7
|
56.1
|
n/a
|
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| 2SLGBTQIA+ status | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2SLGBTQIA+ |
53.4
51.8 - 55.0
|
51.8
50.7 - 53.0
|
52.4
51.3 - 53.5
|
49.7
48.8 - 50.6
|
51.5
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
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| Indigenous identity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indigenous |
55.2
53.4 - 57.1
|
53.3
51.9 - 54.8
|
54.5
53.1 - 55.9
|
52.0
50.3 - 53.7
|
54.7
|
52.7
|
53.5
|
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| Immigrant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immigrants |
55.4
53.9 - 57.0
|
56.2
55.2 - 57.2
|
56.4
55.4 - 57.5
|
57.6
56.4 - 58.8
|
55.7
|
55.2
|
n/a
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| Disability or special need | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability or special need |
52.3
50.7 - 53.8
|
51.4
49.9 - 52.8
|
50.4
48.9 - 51.8
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
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| Racialized groups | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racialized groups |
54.7
53.2 - 56.2
|
55.4
54.5 - 56.3
|
55.5
54.6 - 56.5
|
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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| Socioeconomic status | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High socioeconomic status |
51.6
49.8 - 53.5
|
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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| Low socioeconomic status |
55.3
54.0 - 56.7
|
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 a moderate 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 between 2 specified cutoffs 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.
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_MEFMO_1