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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they talk to their family/caregiver(s) about how they feel

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Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
46.6
45.4 - 47.9
44.7
44.3 - 45.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
47.5
45.4 - 49.5
45.6
44.9 - 46.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
47.0
45.0 - 49.0
44.4
43.6 - 45.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
45.0
41.8 - 48.3
44.1
43.3 - 45.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
46.7
45.0 - 48.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
44.5
39.5 - 49.4
41.1
38.9 - 43.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
47.7
45.7 - 49.6
44.6
43.3 - 46.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
42.4
39.0 - 45.8
42.0
40.3 - 43.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
47.7
43.8 - 51.7
43.4
41.4 - 45.4
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
43.5
34.1 - 52.9
38.4
36.2 - 40.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
43.2
35.8 - 50.5
43.8
40.9 - 46.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
46.0
42.9 - 49.2
50.4
47.0 - 53.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
46.4
41.6 - 51.2
37.3
33.9 - 40.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
52.8
51.2 - 54.4
49.1
47.2 - 50.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
39.9
36.5 - 43.4
36.7
32.1 - 41.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
48.3
46.0 - 50.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
48.3
44.5 - 52.1
47.8
45.8 - 49.8
Fredericton
46.8
41.3 - 52.4
46.0
44.8 - 47.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
49.6
45.4 - 53.7
44.4
41.7 - 47.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
39.7
39.7 - 39.7
41.2
34.5 - 48.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
46.0
41.7 - 50.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
35.2
28.6 - 41.8
36.8
33.2 - 40.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
43.0
39.3 - 46.8
42.7
41.0 - 44.4
Moncton
47.4
44.5 - 50.3
46.8
45.8 - 47.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
40.0
36.3 - 43.7
42.2
38.4 - 46.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
36.5
34.9 - 38.1
35.1
30.2 - 40.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
51.6
51.6 - 51.7
47.0
42.2 - 51.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
39.9
36.1 - 43.8
40.5
38.4 - 42.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
42.0
36.4 - 47.7
35.8
32.1 - 39.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
49.4
47.0 - 51.7
48.4
46.8 - 50.0
Riverview and Coverdale
48.0
46.3 - 49.7
47.7
45.6 - 49.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
45.9
38.4 - 53.5
39.0
36.0 - 42.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
46.2
43.2 - 49.3
43.2
41.9 - 44.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
42.9
37.0 - 48.8
42.2
39.1 - 45.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
47.8
42.5 - 53.2
45.6
42.7 - 48.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
48.1
45.3 - 50.9
43.3
40.0 - 46.6
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
45.4
35.2 - 55.5
39.6
36.3 - 42.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
46.5
45.0 - 48.0
41.4
38.6 - 44.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
44.9
39.0 - 50.7
44.3
41.5 - 47.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
48.3
45.4 - 51.2
44.2
41.5 - 46.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
45.4
43.5 - 47.3
44.6
43.7 - 45.6
Anglophone North School District
40.6
37.4 - 43.7
38.8
37.5 - 40.0
Anglophone South School District
46.9
44.9 - 48.9
44.2
43.4 - 45.1
Anglophone West School District
44.2
40.9 - 47.5
43.8
43.0 - 44.6
Anglophone sector
45.0
43.6 - 46.4
43.5
43.1 - 44.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
47.8
45.7 - 49.8
45.3
44.0 - 46.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
48.4
46.6 - 50.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
51.8
50.1 - 53.5
48.7
47.7 - 49.8
Francophone sector
50.8
49.4 - 52.1
47.6
46.9 - 48.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
50.4
49.1 - 51.6
48.3
47.7 - 48.8
Grades 9 to 12
44.1
42.5 - 45.7
42.1
41.5 - 42.6
Gender
Female
44.7
43.2 - 46.1
43.0
42.5 - 43.6
Male
50.3
48.9 - 51.6
47.8
47.2 - 48.3
Non-binary
23.6
20.3 - 26.8
23.4
20.5 - 26.3
Sex at birth
Female
43.3
41.8 - 44.8
41.7
41.2 - 42.3
Male
50.3
49.0 - 51.6
48.0
47.4 - 48.5
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
26.0
24.1 - 28.0
25.7
24.6 - 26.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
40.4
38.1 - 42.7
38.1
36.7 - 39.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
46.8
45.0 - 48.7
44.0
43.0 - 45.0
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
39.0
36.9 - 41.1
38.1
36.7 - 39.5
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
45.4
43.7 - 47.0
43.0
42.0 - 43.9
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
57.1
55.6 - 58.6
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
35.3
33.7 - 37.0
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 they talk to their family/caregiver(s) about how they feel.

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: I talk to my family/caregiver(s) about how I feel (for example when I am hurt or sad)

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_REI08_1

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