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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that if they are hungry, they can get food to eat

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
89.0
88.4 - 89.7
87.1
86.8 - 87.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
89.6
88.5 - 90.7
87.3
86.8 - 87.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
87.8
86.7 - 88.8
85.9
85.3 - 86.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
89.3
88.1 - 90.5
86.4
85.8 - 87.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
88.3
87.3 - 89.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
88.1
85.7 - 90.4
87.0
85.5 - 88.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
90.5
88.2 - 92.7
90.3
89.5 - 91.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
89.1
87.5 - 90.7
87.6
86.6 - 88.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
88.3
84.0 - 92.6
88.5
87.2 - 89.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
86.1
82.7 - 89.6
85.6
84.1 - 87.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
87.2
83.9 - 90.5
85.9
83.9 - 87.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
93.4
93.0 - 93.8
92.1
90.2 - 93.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
89.3
86.8 - 91.9
88.6
86.3 - 90.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
93.8
93.3 - 94.3
92.7
91.7 - 93.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
83.4
81.8 - 85.1
81.1
77.3 - 84.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
89.9
88.6 - 91.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
89.5
88.0 - 90.9
87.9
86.6 - 89.2
Fredericton
90.7
89.4 - 91.9
87.6
86.8 - 88.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
86.2
82.9 - 89.6
84.5
82.5 - 86.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
81.4
81.4 - 81.4
79.6
74.3 - 84.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
91.8
89.5 - 94.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
85.7
82.4 - 89.1
85.7
83.1 - 88.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
89.3
87.6 - 91.0
87.6
86.5 - 88.8
Moncton
89.8
88.5 - 91.1
87.2
86.5 - 87.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
88.8
85.3 - 92.4
84.4
81.6 - 87.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
86.9
80.5 - 93.3
87.6
84.2 - 91.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
90.9
87.5 - 94.3
90.5
87.9 - 93.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
87.2
84.5 - 89.8
83.3
81.8 - 84.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
85.6
85.2 - 85.9
81.3
78.4 - 84.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
89.6
87.1 - 92.0
87.9
86.9 - 88.9
Riverview and Coverdale
89.5
89.2 - 89.7
87.3
85.9 - 88.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
89.1
88.1 - 90.0
82.1
79.8 - 84.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
87.1
85.8 - 88.4
85.1
84.1 - 86.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
86.8
82.7 - 90.9
83.3
80.9 - 85.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
88.2
86.0 - 90.4
88.0
86.2 - 89.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
91.5
90.3 - 92.7
91.5
89.6 - 93.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
87.1
86.6 - 87.5
84.3
81.8 - 86.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
86.7
83.7 - 89.6
85.5
83.5 - 87.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
87.6
87.4 - 87.8
84.8
82.8 - 86.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
91.9
90.3 - 93.5
91.9
90.4 - 93.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
88.6
87.5 - 89.6
85.6
85.0 - 86.2
Anglophone North School District
86.4
84.3 - 88.6
84.7
83.7 - 85.6
Anglophone South School District
87.6
86.6 - 88.7
85.6
85.0 - 86.2
Anglophone West School District
88.7
87.3 - 90.2
86.2
85.6 - 86.7
Anglophone sector
88.1
87.4 - 88.8
85.7
85.3 - 86.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
91.4
90.6 - 92.1
91.5
90.8 - 92.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
89.7
88.6 - 90.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
91.9
90.9 - 92.8
90.7
90.1 - 91.3
Francophone sector
91.4
90.5 - 92.3
90.8
90.3 - 91.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
89.0
88.2 - 89.9
86.6
86.3 - 87.0
Grades 9 to 12
89.0
88.2 - 89.9
87.4
87.0 - 87.8
Gender
Female
90.6
89.8 - 91.3
88.3
87.9 - 88.7
Male
88.8
88.1 - 89.5
87.3
86.9 - 87.7
Non-binary
70.7
67.1 - 74.4
68.3
65.2 - 71.5
Sex at birth
Female
89.8
89.0 - 90.6
87.4
87.0 - 87.7
Male
88.6
87.9 - 89.3
87.2
86.8 - 87.5
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
80.8
79.1 - 82.5
78.4
77.4 - 79.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
81.2
79.4 - 82.9
79.5
78.4 - 80.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
88.9
87.9 - 90.0
86.4
85.7 - 87.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
79.5
77.9 - 81.2
76.7
75.5 - 77.9
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
87.5
86.4 - 88.5
84.6
84.0 - 85.3
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
92.8
92.1 - 93.6
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
79.9
78.8 - 81.1
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 that if they are hungry, they can get food to eat.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "no, sometimes or yes" to the question: If I am hungry, I can get food to eat

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_REI06_1

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