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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they needed to see or talk to someone for a mental or emotional problem in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019
Province
New Brunswick
33.3
32.0 - 34.5
33.1
32.8 - 33.5
34.1
30.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
32.3
29.7 - 34.9
32.7
32.0 - 33.3
34.0
29.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
34.9
33.1 - 36.8
34.6
33.8 - 35.4
35.7
32.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
34.7
32.3 - 37.1
34.8
34.0 - 35.6
35.2
31.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
27.5
26.0 - 28.9
27.7
21.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
34.6
30.8 - 38.3
34.2
31.9 - 36.5
34.5
30.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.8
25.9 - 31.8
29.6
28.3 - 30.8
31.7
27.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
35.1
32.4 - 37.8
32.7
31.0 - 34.3
34.0
30.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
30.7
25.1 - 36.3
31.1
29.2 - 33.0
33.4
30.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.2
24.6 - 39.9
32.5
30.5 - 34.5
29.7
29.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
35.4
31.8 - 39.0
33.8
30.7 - 36.9
33.3
28.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
26.1
23.5 - 28.8
29.8
26.5 - 33.0
29.2
26.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
33.3
25.4 - 41.3
34.9
31.4 - 38.3
36.2
32.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
27.3
25.1 - 29.5
29.3
27.6 - 31.1
32.5
27.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
38.6
35.0 - 42.3
36.1
31.5 - 40.7
32.1
27.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
27.4
25.3 - 29.5
26.9
20.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
33.6
28.2 - 39.0
30.3
28.5 - 32.2
33.0
28.8
Fredericton
33.6
30.3 - 37.0
35.6
34.5 - 36.7
35.5
31.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
34.9
29.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
31.8
31.2 - 32.5
28.8
26.3 - 31.3
28.5
24.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
35.6
35.6 - 35.6
31.5
26.3 - 36.7
35.8
27.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
24.0
20.3 - 27.6
29.7
18.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
31.4
26.8 - 36.0
33.9
30.3 - 37.5
33.2
30.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
34.8
32.0 - 37.7
33.2
31.5 - 34.9
34.0
31.0
Moncton
31.9
27.7 - 36.2
33.3
32.3 - 34.2
34.4
30.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
36.6
32.2 - 41.0
35.2
31.4 - 38.9
37.3
33.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
37.8
34.9 - 40.7
27.6
23.0 - 32.1
33.5
23.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
27.6
23.4 - 31.8
31.9
27.8 - 36.0
31.1
34.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
39.3
34.0 - 44.5
36.3
34.3 - 38.3
39.0
38.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
39.6
37.5 - 41.6
37.7
34.0 - 41.4
30.1
22.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
34.9
32.8 - 37.0
36.4
34.9 - 37.8
37.3
31.3
Riverview and Coverdale
36.8
33.3 - 40.2
35.8
33.6 - 38.0
36.5
32.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
38.8
36.1 - 41.5
34.5
31.4 - 37.6
38.3
29.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
33.9
30.5 - 37.4
33.9
32.7 - 35.1
35.1
33.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
34.9
25.2 - 44.7
33.4
30.6 - 36.2
35.6
34.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
31.7
25.3 - 38.1
29.4
26.9 - 31.8
31.9
22.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
27.0
22.5 - 31.5
24.2
21.2 - 27.2
30.2
22.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
36.7
32.2 - 41.3
34.7
31.5 - 38.0
32.4
33.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
38.4
34.9 - 42.0
30.5
27.9 - 33.1
34.4
31.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
36.4
32.3 - 40.5
35.0
32.3 - 37.7
37.4
31.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.3
25.3 - 31.2
30.1
27.6 - 32.7
30.9
24.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
36.0
34.1 - 37.9
35.2
34.3 - 36.1
36.1
32.0
Anglophone North School District
37.1
34.6 - 39.7
37.0
35.7 - 38.3
36.5
35.4
Anglophone South School District
35.4
33.7 - 37.1
34.9
34.1 - 35.7
35.9
32.7
Anglophone West School District
35.2
32.9 - 37.5
35.4
34.6 - 36.2
35.2
31.8
Anglophone sector
35.7
34.6 - 36.7
35.4
34.9 - 35.8
35.8
32.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
28.2
26.1 - 30.4
27.7
26.5 - 28.9
30.6
24.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
26.1
24.5 - 27.7
27.4
20.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
26.0
24.3 - 27.7
27.8
26.9 - 28.7
30.6
25.4
Francophone sector
27.1
25.6 - 28.6
27.5
26.8 - 28.1
30.0
24.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
30.7
29.6 - 31.9
31.0
30.5 - 31.5
30.4
25.2
Grades 9 to 12
35.0
33.3 - 36.8
34.7
34.2 - 35.2
36.9
33.6
Gender
Female
40.6
39.0 - 42.3
41.7
41.1 - 42.2
41.4
n/a
Male
24.3
23.3 - 25.4
23.1
22.6 - 23.6
23.7
n/a
Non-binary
58.5
54.8 - 62.1
57.8
54.9 - 60.8
61.1
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
41.8
40.2 - 43.5
43.0
42.4 - 43.5
43.9
40.7
Male
24.0
22.9 - 25.1
22.8
22.4 - 23.3
23.7
18.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
57.9
55.9 - 60.0
57.9
56.8 - 59.0
54.5
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
40.4
38.3 - 42.5
42.6
41.1 - 44.0
40.6
36.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.8
26.3 - 29.2
28.5
27.5 - 29.5
28.3
24.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
50.4
48.2 - 52.7
50.0
48.5 - 51.5
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
29.0
27.5 - 30.5
29.5
28.6 - 30.4
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
30.2
28.7 - 31.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
35.9
34.1 - 37.6
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 that they needed to see or talk to someone for a mental or emotional problem in the last 12 months.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Did you need to see or talk to someone for a mental or emotional problem you were having in the last 12 months?

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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_MHI01_1

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