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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they feel supported by their friends

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Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
63.9
63.1 - 64.8
62.2
61.8 - 62.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
65.2
63.7 - 66.8
63.5
62.8 - 64.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
61.1
60.2 - 61.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
63.3
61.7 - 65.0
61.8
61.0 - 62.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
62.5
61.0 - 64.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
57.3
54.5 - 60.2
60.2
58.0 - 62.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
64.4
62.7 - 66.1
62.2
60.9 - 63.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
60.6
57.6 - 63.7
61.6
60.0 - 63.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
63.5
61.9 - 65.2
61.9
59.9 - 63.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
62.3
56.9 - 67.8
60.7
58.6 - 62.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
57.1
54.0 - 60.3
62.1
59.3 - 65.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
64.5
61.7 - 67.3
66.4
63.1 - 69.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
57.6
52.2 - 62.9
57.4
53.9 - 60.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
70.1
67.6 - 72.5
67.5
65.7 - 69.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
55.0
53.8 - 56.3
53.5
48.7 - 58.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
63.7
61.5 - 65.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
66.0
63.0 - 68.9
66.0
64.1 - 67.9
Fredericton
65.4
63.4 - 67.5
63.4
62.2 - 64.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
64.9
62.6 - 67.2
59.2
56.5 - 61.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
54.2
54.2 - 54.2
56.7
49.8 - 63.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
66.7
62.7 - 70.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
51.7
49.7 - 53.8
53.4
49.6 - 57.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
61.2
57.9 - 64.5
62.4
60.7 - 64.1
Moncton
64.9
63.0 - 66.7
64.0
63.1 - 65.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
59.7
52.1 - 67.3
56.8
53.0 - 60.6
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
55.2
50.3 - 60.1
53.6
48.5 - 58.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
61.9
61.1 - 62.7
59.3
54.4 - 64.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
60.9
59.3 - 62.5
61.4
59.3 - 63.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
56.6
53.4 - 59.8
52.2
48.4 - 56.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
66.0
63.2 - 68.9
64.0
62.4 - 65.5
Riverview and Coverdale
65.1
63.0 - 67.3
65.2
63.2 - 67.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
67.3
61.3 - 73.2
57.6
54.6 - 60.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
63.6
61.9 - 65.3
60.6
59.3 - 61.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
61.0
60.2 - 61.9
58.5
55.4 - 61.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
66.4
61.6 - 71.2
63.2
60.4 - 66.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
62.0
58.7 - 65.4
61.1
57.8 - 64.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
59.7
56.0 - 63.4
56.0
52.6 - 59.4
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
62.5
60.4 - 64.6
59.8
57.0 - 62.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
65.8
60.9 - 70.7
59.0
56.3 - 61.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
67.4
65.7 - 69.1
61.0
58.4 - 63.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
63.7
62.0 - 65.3
62.1
61.2 - 63.0
Anglophone North School District
59.1
57.0 - 61.2
60.0
58.7 - 61.3
Anglophone South School District
63.9
62.4 - 65.3
61.0
60.1 - 61.9
Anglophone West School District
62.7
60.9 - 64.5
61.4
60.5 - 62.2
Anglophone sector
62.9
62.0 - 63.8
61.3
60.8 - 61.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
63.1
60.9 - 65.3
62.5
61.2 - 63.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
64.3
62.6 - 66.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
68.7
67.5 - 69.9
66.2
65.2 - 67.2
Francophone sector
66.6
65.3 - 67.9
64.7
64.0 - 65.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
64.2
63.0 - 65.4
62.4
61.9 - 63.0
Grades 9 to 12
63.8
62.7 - 64.9
62.1
61.5 - 62.6
Gender
Female
64.1
63.0 - 65.2
62.6
62.0 - 63.1
Male
64.9
64.0 - 65.7
63.1
62.5 - 63.6
Non-binary
52.0
48.4 - 55.7
52.0
48.6 - 55.3
Sex at birth
Female
63.5
62.4 - 64.6
61.9
61.4 - 62.5
Male
64.7
63.8 - 65.5
62.8
62.3 - 63.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
56.7
55.1 - 58.3
54.7
53.5 - 55.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
59.1
57.3 - 60.9
55.8
54.4 - 57.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
61.7
60.3 - 63.2
60.3
59.3 - 61.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
57.4
55.4 - 59.3
55.0
53.5 - 56.4
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
61.4
60.0 - 62.8
59.4
58.5 - 60.4
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
71.9
70.6 - 73.2
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
54.7
53.4 - 56.1
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 they feel supported by their friends.

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 feel supported by my friends

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_REI09_1

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