Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported usually getting to and from school inactively (for example, car, bus, public transit)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
77.0
76.7 - 77.4
77.7
77.4 - 78.1
77.9
77.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
75.1
74.4 - 75.7
75.8
75.2 - 76.4
74.7
74.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
75.7
75.0 - 76.5
75.6
74.9 - 76.3
75.3
75.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
78.0
77.3 - 78.7
77.9
77.3 - 78.6
79.5
78.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
77.4
76.0 - 78.7
81.1
79.8 - 82.3
81.1
80.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
77.8
75.9 - 79.7
79.3
77.5 - 81.2
80.5
82.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
82.3
81.3 - 83.3
84.4
83.4 - 85.4
83.3
80.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
81.3
80.0 - 82.5
82.7
81.5 - 84.0
84.6
83.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
85.4
84.0 - 86.9
86.1
84.7 - 87.5
86.2
81.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
85.9
84.3 - 87.4
88.1
86.6 - 89.6
86.1
88.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
72.4
69.7 - 75.0
74.1
71.5 - 76.7
75.2
76.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
77.6
74.7 - 80.5
81.8
79.1 - 84.5
80.1
82.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
85.7
83.3 - 88.1
86.6
84.2 - 89.1
88.1
88.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
79.2
77.7 - 80.7
80.5
79.0 - 82.1
79.4
85.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
89.0
86.0 - 92.0
88.5
85.4 - 91.5
84.9
90.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
77.9
76.0 - 79.7
82.9
81.3 - 84.6
85.2
85.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
82.2
80.6 - 83.7
79.9
78.3 - 81.5
83.4
79.9
Fredericton
74.5
73.4 - 75.6
75.5
74.5 - 76.6
77.5
74.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
78.6
76.3 - 80.9
81.2
79.2 - 83.3
77.5
75.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
79.7
74.1 - 85.4
75.8
70.9 - 80.8
78.0
73.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
72.1
68.2 - 76.0
72.5
68.4 - 76.6
67.4
73.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
80.7
77.7 - 83.8
80.0
76.8 - 83.2
75.0
83.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
81.4
80.1 - 82.8
82.1
80.8 - 83.5
84.4
83.9
Moncton
73.7
72.8 - 74.6
74.4
73.5 - 75.3
73.5
71.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
75.8
72.5 - 79.1
74.0
70.6 - 77.4
75.9
68.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
79.5
75.3 - 83.7
87.7
84.2 - 91.2
86.6
76.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
85.9
82.4 - 89.5
90.7
88.1 - 93.2
91.2
88.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
78.1
76.4 - 79.9
76.9
75.2 - 78.6
79.5
79.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
86.6
84.0 - 89.1
85.7
83.1 - 88.3
87.6
82.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
75.6
74.2 - 77.0
74.3
73.0 - 75.6
76.0
71.7
Riverview and Coverdale
63.5
61.4 - 65.5
60.5
58.3 - 62.6
59.6
56.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
72.4
69.6 - 75.2
71.1
68.0 - 74.3
71.5
71.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
73.2
72.1 - 74.4
74.5
73.4 - 75.5
73.0
75.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
74.6
71.8 - 77.3
75.6
73.2 - 78.0
76.3
76.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
79.2
76.9 - 81.6
83.7
81.5 - 85.9
80.0
77.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
78.2
75.5 - 81.0
82.9
80.3 - 85.6
80.7
81.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
85.9
83.5 - 88.3
87.0
84.5 - 89.4
85.8
86.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
72.6
70.0 - 75.2
74.1
71.7 - 76.5
71.3
74.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
84.3
82.2 - 86.4
82.5
80.6 - 84.4
83.5
86.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
82.2
80.1 - 84.2
83.9
81.9 - 86.0
81.3
78.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
71.4
70.5 - 72.2
70.3
69.5 - 71.2
69.2
67.3
Anglophone North School District
81.5
80.4 - 82.5
81.7
80.7 - 82.8
83.5
84.3
Anglophone South School District
75.5
74.7 - 76.3
75.2
74.5 - 75.9
74.8
75.6
Anglophone West School District
78.1
77.4 - 78.8
78.0
77.3 - 78.7
79.2
77.8
Anglophone sector
76.0
75.6 - 76.4
75.7
75.3 - 76.1
76.0
75.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
82.0
81.0 - 83.0
85.2
84.3 - 86.2
83.6
81.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
77.3
75.9 - 78.8
81.2
79.9 - 82.5
80.6
80.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
79.3
78.4 - 80.1
82.3
81.4 - 83.1
82.7
83.5
Francophone sector
79.8
79.2 - 80.4
83.0
82.4 - 83.6
82.6
82.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
72.1
71.6 - 72.6
72.9
72.4 - 73.4
71.7
72.0
Grades 9 to 12
80.7
80.3 - 81.2
81.1
80.7 - 81.6
82.3
81.0
Gender
Female
80.6
80.1 - 81.0
81.2
80.8 - 81.7
n/a
n/a
Male
74.0
73.5 - 74.5
75.3
74.8 - 75.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
72.0
68.9 - 75.0
72.2
70.6 - 73.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
80.2
79.8 - 80.7
80.4
79.9 - 80.8
79.9
n/a
Male
73.9
73.4 - 74.4
75.3
74.8 - 75.7
75.9
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
75.3
74.3 - 76.4
74.3
73.5 - 75.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
75.8
74.5 - 77.0
75.9
74.5 - 77.4
78.8
78.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
69.8
68.8 - 70.8
71.2
70.1 - 72.2
71.3
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
73.4
72.1 - 74.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
69.9
69.1 - 70.8
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 usually getting to and from school inactively (for example, car, bus, public transit). This indicator is based on the Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth.

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 "inactively (e.g. car, bus, public transit)" by the number of respondents who answered "actively (e.g. walk, bike, skateboard), inactively (e.g. car, bus, public transit) or mixed (actively and inactively)" to the question: How do you usually get to and from school?

Notes

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_PHY02_2

Charts

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