Students in grades 6 to 12 who self-identify as Middle Eastern (for example, Arab, Persian, West Asian descent like Afghan, Iranian, Turkish or Kurdish)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
2.6
2.4 - 2.7
2.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
2.7
2.5 - 3.0
2.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
3.1
2.8 - 3.4
3.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
3.2
2.9 - 3.5
3.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
0.9
0.6 - 1.2
0.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
1.2
0.6 - 1.7
1.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
0.9
0.6 - 1.2
0.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
1.1
0.8 - 1.5
1.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
1.0
0.5 - 1.5
0.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
S
S
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
1.9
1.0 - 2.7
S
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
S
S
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
S
S
Dieppe and Memramcook
2.8
2.1 - 3.5
2.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
0.0
S
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
1.2
0.7 - 1.6
1.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
0.8
0.4 - 1.1
S
Fredericton
5.6
5.0 - 6.2
5.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
0.8
0.3 - 1.3
S
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
0.0
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
0.0
0.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
S
0.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
1.2
0.8 - 1.7
1.3
Moncton
4.2
3.7 - 4.7
3.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
S
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
0.0
S
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
2.1
0.7 - 3.4
S
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
1.1
0.6 - 1.5
0.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
S
S
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
1.1
0.8 - 1.5
1.4
Riverview and Coverdale
2.1
1.4 - 2.8
1.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
S
1.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
5.3
4.7 - 5.9
5.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
S
0.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
S
S
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
S
S
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
1.3
0.6 - 2.0
1.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
1.1
0.5 - 1.6
1.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
1.3
0.5 - 2.0
S
School districts
Anglophone East School District
3.1
2.7 - 3.4
2.8
Anglophone North School District
1.5
1.1 - 1.8
1.3
Anglophone South School District
3.0
2.7 - 3.3
2.9
Anglophone West School District
3.2
2.9 - 3.5
2.8
Anglophone sector
2.9
2.7 - 3.1
2.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
0.5
0.3 - 0.8
0.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
0.6
0.3 - 0.9
0.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
2.5
2.1 - 2.9
2.6
Francophone sector
1.6
1.3 - 1.8
1.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
2.5
2.3 - 2.7
2.4
Grades 9 to 12
2.6
2.4 - 2.8
2.4
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 self-identify as Middle Eastern (for example, Arab, Persian, West Asian descent like Afghan, Iranian, Turkish or Kurdish).

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 "Middle Eastern" by the number of respondents who answered "Black (for example, African, Afro-Caribbean, African Canadian descent), East/Southeast Asian (for example, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese descent or Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Indonesian, other Southeast Asian descent), Indigenous (for example, First Nations [including Mi’kMaq, Wolastoqey or Passamaquoddy], Métis or Inuk/Inuit), Latino (for example, Latin American, Hispanic descent), Middle Eastern (for example, Arab, Persian, West Asian descent like Afghan, Iranian, Turkish or Kurdish), South Asian (for example, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indo-Caribbean), White (for example, European descent) or another category." to the question: Please select which of the following categories best describe you:

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

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NBHC code

SH_RACME_1

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