Students in grades 6 to 12 who report 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)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
22.3
21.9 - 22.6
22.1
22.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.2
23.6 - 24.8
25.3
25.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
24.4
23.7 - 25.1
24.7
24.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
22.1
21.4 - 22.7
20.5
21.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
18.9
17.7 - 20.2
18.9
19.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.7
18.8 - 22.5
19.5
17.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
15.6
14.6 - 16.6
16.7
19.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
17.3
16.0 - 18.5
15.4
16.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.9
12.5 - 15.3
13.8
18.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
11.9
10.4 - 13.4
13.9
11.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.9
23.3 - 28.5
24.8
23.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.2
15.5 - 20.9
19.9
17.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
13.4
10.9 - 15.8
11.9
11.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
19.5
17.9 - 21.0
20.6
15.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
11.5
8.5 - 14.6
15.1
9.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
17.1
15.4 - 18.7
14.8
14.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
20.1
18.5 - 21.7
16.6
20.1
Fredericton
24.5
23.4 - 25.5
22.5
25.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
44.9
43.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.8
16.7 - 20.8
22.5
24.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
24.2
19.2 - 29.1
22.0
26.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
27.5
23.4 - 31.6
32.6
26.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
20.0
16.8 - 23.2
25.0
16.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.9
16.5 - 19.2
15.6
16.1
Moncton
25.6
24.7 - 26.5
26.5
28.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
26.0
22.6 - 29.4
24.1
31.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
12.3
8.8 - 15.8
13.4
23.7
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
9.3
6.8 - 11.9
8.8
11.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
23.1
21.4 - 24.8
20.5
20.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.3
11.7 - 16.9
12.4
17.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
25.7
24.4 - 27.0
24.0
28.3
Riverview and Coverdale
39.5
37.4 - 41.7
40.4
43.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
28.9
25.7 - 32.0
28.5
28.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
25.5
24.5 - 26.6
27.0
24.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
24.4
22.0 - 26.8
23.7
23.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
16.3
14.1 - 18.5
20.0
22.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
17.1
14.4 - 19.7
19.3
18.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
13.0
10.6 - 15.5
14.2
13.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
25.9
23.5 - 28.3
28.7
25.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
17.5
15.6 - 19.4
16.5
13.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.1
14.0 - 18.1
18.7
21.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
29.7
28.8 - 30.5
30.8
32.7
Anglophone North School District
18.3
17.2 - 19.3
16.5
15.7
Anglophone South School District
24.8
24.1 - 25.5
25.2
24.4
Anglophone West School District
22.0
21.3 - 22.7
20.8
22.2
Anglophone sector
24.3
23.9 - 24.7
24.0
24.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.8
13.8 - 15.7
16.4
19.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
18.8
17.5 - 20.1
19.4
19.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
17.7
16.9 - 18.6
17.3
16.5
Francophone sector
17.0
16.4 - 17.6
17.4
17.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
27.1
26.6 - 27.6
28.3
28.0
Grades 9 to 12
18.9
18.4 - 19.3
17.7
19.0
Gender
Female
18.8
18.3 - 19.2
n/a
n/a
Male
24.7
24.2 - 25.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
27.8
26.1 - 29.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
19.6
19.2 - 20.1
20.1
n/a
Male
24.7
24.3 - 25.2
24.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
25.7
25.0 - 26.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
24.1
22.6 - 25.5
21.2
21.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
28.8
27.8 - 29.9
28.7
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 report 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

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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