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)

Table

Unit %

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

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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