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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
22.7
20.9 - 24.5
23.0
22.6 - 23.3
22.3
21.9 - 22.6
22.1
22.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.9
20.8 - 29.0
24.9
24.3 - 25.6
24.2
23.6 - 24.8
25.3
25.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
24.6
21.1 - 28.1
24.3
23.5 - 25.0
24.4
23.7 - 25.1
24.7
24.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
20.8
17.5 - 24.1
22.0
21.3 - 22.7
22.1
21.4 - 22.7
20.5
21.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
22.6
21.3 - 24.0
18.9
17.7 - 20.2
18.9
19.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
22.9
13.0 - 32.8
22.2
20.3 - 24.1
20.7
18.8 - 22.5
19.5
17.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
18.1
14.4 - 21.9
17.7
16.7 - 18.7
15.6
14.6 - 16.6
16.7
19.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
17.0
14.1 - 19.8
18.7
17.5 - 20.0
17.3
16.0 - 18.5
15.4
16.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
16.8
11.3 - 22.2
14.6
13.1 - 16.0
13.9
12.5 - 15.3
13.8
18.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
14.3
11.6 - 17.0
14.1
12.6 - 15.7
11.9
10.4 - 13.4
13.9
11.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
28.7
15.8 - 41.5
27.6
25.0 - 30.3
25.9
23.3 - 28.5
24.8
23.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
19.2
9.8 - 28.6
22.4
19.5 - 25.3
18.2
15.5 - 20.9
19.9
17.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
14.3
9.8 - 18.8
14.3
11.9 - 16.7
13.4
10.9 - 15.8
11.9
11.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
23.0
11.3 - 34.7
20.8
19.3 - 22.3
19.5
17.9 - 21.0
20.6
15.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
13.8
6.2 - 21.4
11.0
8.0 - 14.0
11.5
8.5 - 14.6
15.1
9.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
22.1
20.3 - 24.0
17.1
15.4 - 18.7
14.8
14.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
16.8
10.1 - 23.6
17.8
16.3 - 19.4
20.1
18.5 - 21.7
16.6
20.1
Fredericton
23.6
17.7 - 29.5
25.5
24.4 - 26.6
24.5
23.4 - 25.5
22.5
25.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
44.9
43.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
20.9
16.8 - 25.0
21.4
19.1 - 23.7
18.8
16.7 - 20.8
22.5
24.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
22.6
22.6 - 22.6
20.3
14.6 - 25.9
24.2
19.2 - 29.1
22.0
26.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
27.9
24.0 - 31.8
27.5
23.4 - 31.6
32.6
26.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
19.7
15.3 - 24.1
19.3
16.2 - 22.3
20.0
16.8 - 23.2
25.0
16.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.2
14.3 - 20.2
18.6
17.2 - 19.9
17.9
16.5 - 19.2
15.6
16.1
Moncton
26.0
19.5 - 32.4
26.3
25.4 - 27.2
25.6
24.7 - 26.5
26.5
28.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
24.8
10.7 - 39.0
24.2
20.9 - 27.5
26.0
22.6 - 29.4
24.1
31.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.1
12.8 - 15.4
20.5
16.3 - 24.7
12.3
8.8 - 15.8
13.4
23.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
9.6
2.7 - 16.5
14.1
10.5 - 17.6
9.3
6.8 - 11.9
8.8
11.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.2
13.8 - 24.6
21.9
20.1 - 23.6
23.1
21.4 - 24.8
20.5
20.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.8
9.7 - 20.0
13.4
10.9 - 16.0
14.3
11.7 - 16.9
12.4
17.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.1
17.1 - 31.0
24.4
23.0 - 25.8
25.7
24.4 - 27.0
24.0
28.3
Riverview and Coverdale
34.4
27.6 - 41.2
36.5
34.5 - 38.6
39.5
37.4 - 41.7
40.4
43.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
25.8
18.6 - 32.9
27.6
24.8 - 30.4
28.9
25.7 - 32.0
28.5
28.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
26.9
21.3 - 32.5
26.8
25.6 - 27.9
25.5
24.5 - 26.6
27.0
24.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
25.0
22.6 - 27.4
25.4
22.7 - 28.2
24.4
22.0 - 26.8
23.7
23.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
20.3
14.0 - 26.6
20.8
18.4 - 23.1
16.3
14.1 - 18.5
20.0
22.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.5
15.8 - 33.2
21.8
19.0 - 24.5
17.1
14.4 - 19.7
19.3
18.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.3
13.9 - 14.7
14.1
11.7 - 16.5
13.0
10.6 - 15.5
14.2
13.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
28.2
19.9 - 36.5
27.4
24.8 - 30.0
25.9
23.5 - 28.3
28.7
25.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.4
14.8 - 18.0
15.7
13.6 - 17.8
17.5
15.6 - 19.4
16.5
13.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.1
10.5 - 21.6
17.8
15.8 - 19.9
16.1
14.0 - 18.1
18.7
21.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
27.9
22.2 - 33.7
28.6
27.8 - 29.5
29.7
28.8 - 30.5
30.8
32.7
Anglophone North School District
18.6
14.6 - 22.6
18.5
17.5 - 19.6
18.3
17.2 - 19.3
16.5
15.7
Anglophone South School District
24.9
21.3 - 28.5
24.5
23.7 - 25.3
24.8
24.1 - 25.5
25.2
24.4
Anglophone West School District
21.1
17.7 - 24.5
21.9
21.2 - 22.6
22.0
21.3 - 22.7
20.8
22.2
Anglophone sector
23.7
21.5 - 26.0
24.0
23.6 - 24.4
24.3
23.9 - 24.7
24.0
24.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
17.5
14.0 - 21.0
18.0
17.0 - 19.0
14.8
13.8 - 15.7
16.4
19.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
22.7
21.2 - 24.1
18.8
17.5 - 20.1
19.4
19.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
20.8
16.9 - 24.7
20.7
19.9 - 21.6
17.7
16.9 - 18.6
17.3
16.5
Francophone sector
20.0
17.5 - 22.5
20.2
19.6 - 20.8
17.0
16.4 - 17.6
17.4
17.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
27.5
24.9 - 30.1
27.9
27.4 - 28.4
27.1
26.6 - 27.6
28.3
28.0
Grades 9 to 12
19.3
17.3 - 21.4
19.3
18.8 - 19.7
18.9
18.4 - 19.3
17.7
19.0
Gender
Female
19.4
17.4 - 21.3
19.4
19.0 - 19.9
18.8
18.3 - 19.2
n/a
n/a
Male
25.3
23.3 - 27.3
26.0
25.5 - 26.5
24.7
24.2 - 25.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
29.4
25.6 - 33.2
28.0
25.0 - 31.1
27.8
26.1 - 29.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
19.7
17.8 - 21.7
19.8
19.3 - 20.2
19.6
19.2 - 20.1
20.1
n/a
Male
25.5
23.6 - 27.5
26.1
25.6 - 26.6
24.7
24.3 - 25.2
24.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
24.5
22.2 - 26.9
24.7
23.6 - 25.7
25.7
25.0 - 26.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
22.3
19.8 - 24.8
24.2
23.0 - 25.5
24.1
22.6 - 25.5
21.2
21.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
30.9
27.6 - 34.2
30.2
29.2 - 31.2
28.8
27.8 - 29.9
28.7
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
25.9
23.4 - 28.3
26.6
25.3 - 27.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
30.1
27.0 - 33.1
30.1
29.2 - 30.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
22.3
19.7 - 24.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
27.4
24.2 - 30.5
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 reported usually getting to and from school actively (for example, walk, bike, skateboard) and both actively (for example, walk, bike, skateboard) and inactively (for example, car, bus, public transit).

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 "actively (e.g. walk, bike, skateboard) and mixed (actively and inactively)" 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

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_PHY02_4

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