Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that people like to spend time with them

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
63.3
61.8 - 64.7
61.3
60.9 - 61.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
65.1
62.0 - 68.1
62.7
62.0 - 63.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
62.4
60.2 - 64.5
60.1
59.3 - 61.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
61.6
59.0 - 64.2
59.5
58.7 - 60.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
64.2
62.7 - 65.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
59.0
53.9 - 64.1
58.8
56.5 - 61.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
66.4
63.4 - 69.3
65.0
63.7 - 66.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
59.4
57.1 - 61.6
58.9
57.2 - 60.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
65.1
60.9 - 69.3
63.9
62.0 - 65.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
60.7
51.8 - 69.7
58.5
56.3 - 60.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
59.6
52.4 - 66.8
61.3
58.4 - 64.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
63.2
59.5 - 66.8
68.5
65.3 - 71.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
58.2
51.7 - 64.6
55.2
51.7 - 58.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
75.5
72.9 - 78.2
71.9
70.2 - 73.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
51.0
45.4 - 56.6
51.4
46.5 - 56.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
67.1
64.9 - 69.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
61.1
59.1 - 63.2
61.3
59.4 - 63.3
Fredericton
65.6
63.2 - 68.1
62.4
61.3 - 63.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
65.1
55.3 - 74.9
60.1
57.4 - 62.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
57.6
57.6 - 57.6
48.1
41.2 - 55.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
63.6
59.5 - 67.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
45.7
40.5 - 50.9
45.9
42.2 - 49.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
59.5
57.3 - 61.7
59.0
57.3 - 60.7
Moncton
64.6
61.0 - 68.1
62.7
61.7 - 63.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
56.6
48.1 - 65.2
55.1
51.3 - 58.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
57.9
45.7 - 70.2
57.2
52.1 - 62.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
64.9
63.6 - 66.2
60.8
55.9 - 65.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
57.4
55.3 - 59.5
58.1
56.0 - 60.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
50.4
44.2 - 56.5
47.8
43.9 - 51.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
67.0
63.2 - 70.8
63.6
62.0 - 65.1
Riverview and Coverdale
63.0
59.8 - 66.2
64.2
62.2 - 66.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
60.9
54.0 - 67.9
54.5
51.4 - 57.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
61.3
58.8 - 63.9
58.6
57.3 - 59.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
56.9
56.3 - 57.6
53.3
50.2 - 56.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
67.1
56.2 - 78.0
65.1
62.3 - 67.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
66.6
63.1 - 70.0
64.9
61.7 - 68.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
55.0
52.2 - 57.9
57.8
54.4 - 61.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
59.1
55.1 - 63.1
58.7
55.9 - 61.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
61.5
59.6 - 63.5
60.0
57.2 - 62.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
70.5
67.2 - 73.9
64.8
62.2 - 67.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
60.9
58.6 - 63.1
59.0
58.1 - 59.9
Anglophone North School District
56.2
53.6 - 58.7
56.2
54.9 - 57.5
Anglophone South School District
62.0
59.9 - 64.2
59.9
59.0 - 60.8
Anglophone West School District
60.1
57.1 - 63.1
59.0
58.2 - 59.8
Anglophone sector
60.5
59.1 - 61.8
58.9
58.5 - 59.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
67.0
64.8 - 69.2
65.7
64.5 - 66.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
66.6
65.0 - 68.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
72.5
70.6 - 74.4
69.2
68.2 - 70.1
Francophone sector
70.3
68.6 - 72.0
67.6
66.9 - 68.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
61.8
60.0 - 63.6
59.9
59.3 - 60.4
Grades 9 to 12
64.2
62.3 - 66.1
62.4
61.9 - 62.9
Gender
Female
64.6
62.9 - 66.3
62.8
62.2 - 63.3
Male
64.1
62.9 - 65.4
61.8
61.3 - 62.4
Non-binary
37.1
33.3 - 40.9
39.5
36.2 - 42.8
Sex at birth
Female
62.9
61.1 - 64.7
61.2
60.7 - 61.8
Male
63.9
62.7 - 65.2
61.8
61.3 - 62.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
44.8
42.6 - 47.0
43.3
42.1 - 44.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
55.4
53.3 - 57.4
52.3
50.8 - 53.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
59.3
57.7 - 60.8
57.5
56.5 - 58.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
48.9
46.7 - 51.1
47.4
46.0 - 48.8
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
58.9
57.3 - 60.4
57.3
56.4 - 58.2
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
75.5
74.0 - 77.1
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
48.7
47.4 - 50.1
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 people like to spend time with them.

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: People like to spend time with me

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_REI07_1

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