Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they have chances to show others that they are responsible and can do things by themselves

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
73.0
72.1 - 73.9
71.0
70.7 - 71.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
73.4
71.5 - 75.3
71.9
71.3 - 72.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
72.9
71.4 - 74.5
69.9
69.1 - 70.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
72.7
70.8 - 74.7
70.5
69.7 - 71.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
72.3
70.9 - 73.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
70.0
67.2 - 72.8
69.9
67.8 - 71.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
74.8
72.7 - 77.0
72.7
71.5 - 73.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
70.0
67.5 - 72.4
69.4
67.9 - 71.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
73.4
71.5 - 75.3
70.3
68.5 - 72.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
71.0
65.0 - 77.1
68.6
66.6 - 70.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
70.3
66.6 - 73.9
72.1
69.5 - 74.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
70.7
65.2 - 76.3
74.1
71.1 - 77.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
69.6
65.4 - 73.8
66.7
63.4 - 70.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
78.2
74.3 - 82.2
76.6
75.1 - 78.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
68.8
66.0 - 71.6
65.1
60.5 - 69.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
75.2
73.2 - 77.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
73.5
71.1 - 76.0
75.4
73.7 - 77.1
Fredericton
74.6
72.2 - 77.0
71.7
70.6 - 72.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
72.2
68.8 - 75.7
67.9
65.4 - 70.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
64.8
64.8 - 64.8
71.7
65.4 - 77.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
72.6
68.8 - 76.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
66.3
62.4 - 70.1
63.7
60.1 - 67.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
71.2
69.9 - 72.5
69.6
68.0 - 71.2
Moncton
73.9
71.4 - 76.3
73.1
72.2 - 74.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
70.1
67.1 - 73.0
66.6
63.0 - 70.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
57.9
54.5 - 61.3
67.5
62.6 - 72.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
74.9
70.4 - 79.4
66.0
61.3 - 70.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
70.1
68.2 - 72.1
69.0
67.0 - 70.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
64.6
55.0 - 74.3
62.8
59.2 - 66.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
75.6
72.6 - 78.6
74.3
72.9 - 75.7
Riverview and Coverdale
72.3
67.8 - 76.8
71.8
69.9 - 73.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
71.8
67.2 - 76.3
66.4
63.5 - 69.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
72.6
70.7 - 74.5
68.4
67.2 - 69.7
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
68.8
67.9 - 69.7
63.0
60.0 - 66.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
71.6
62.6 - 80.6
70.1
67.4 - 72.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
76.0
72.2 - 79.9
75.6
72.7 - 78.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
68.2
66.9 - 69.4
69.7
66.6 - 72.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
72.3
70.1 - 74.6
66.7
64.0 - 69.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
71.7
68.3 - 75.0
67.0
64.4 - 69.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
79.3
77.3 - 81.4
74.2
71.8 - 76.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
71.1
69.3 - 73.0
70.6
69.7 - 71.4
Anglophone North School District
69.4
67.3 - 71.5
67.8
66.6 - 69.0
Anglophone South School District
72.9
71.4 - 74.5
69.8
68.9 - 70.6
Anglophone West School District
72.0
69.7 - 74.3
70.3
69.5 - 71.1
Anglophone sector
71.8
70.7 - 72.8
69.9
69.5 - 70.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
74.1
71.6 - 76.6
73.4
72.3 - 74.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
73.7
72.2 - 75.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
77.4
75.7 - 79.0
74.5
73.6 - 75.4
Francophone sector
76.0
74.6 - 77.4
74.0
73.4 - 74.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
71.0
69.8 - 72.3
68.6
68.1 - 69.1
Grades 9 to 12
74.3
73.2 - 75.3
72.8
72.3 - 73.3
Gender
Female
75.8
74.7 - 76.9
73.4
72.9 - 73.9
Male
72.2
71.3 - 73.1
70.3
69.8 - 70.9
Non-binary
49.8
46.4 - 53.1
52.8
49.4 - 56.2
Sex at birth
Female
74.4
73.2 - 75.5
72.2
71.7 - 72.7
Male
71.9
71.0 - 72.8
70.2
69.7 - 70.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
59.5
57.5 - 61.5
58.6
57.4 - 59.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
67.2
65.3 - 69.1
64.9
63.5 - 66.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
72.4
71.0 - 73.8
70.8
69.8 - 71.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
60.2
58.4 - 61.9
58.8
57.4 - 60.2
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
70.8
69.4 - 72.3
68.7
67.8 - 69.5
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
80.0
78.8 - 81.2
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
63.6
62.2 - 65.0
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 have chances to show others that they are responsible and can do things by themselves.

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 have chances to show others that I am responsible and can do things by myself

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_REI14_1

Charts

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