Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they feel safe when they are with their family/caregiver(s)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
85.6
84.7 - 86.4
84.6
84.3 - 84.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
86.2
84.6 - 87.9
84.9
84.4 - 85.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
84.3
82.6 - 85.9
83.8
83.2 - 84.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
85.6
84.0 - 87.2
84.3
83.7 - 84.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
85.7
84.5 - 86.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
82.2
77.3 - 87.1
83.5
81.8 - 85.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
87.9
85.9 - 89.8
86.7
85.8 - 87.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
84.8
83.1 - 86.5
83.5
82.3 - 84.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
86.7
83.7 - 89.7
84.5
83.1 - 86.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
81.3
76.1 - 86.6
82.2
80.5 - 83.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
81.0
73.3 - 88.7
83.2
81.0 - 85.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
87.5
83.2 - 91.8
89.2
87.1 - 91.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
83.9
80.9 - 86.9
83.8
81.2 - 86.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
90.9
90.0 - 91.8
89.5
88.3 - 90.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
81.5
80.5 - 82.5
79.0
75.1 - 83.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
87.2
85.7 - 88.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
86.2
83.7 - 88.6
85.4
84.0 - 86.8
Fredericton
87.8
86.6 - 89.0
86.5
85.7 - 87.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
84.3
81.2 - 87.3
82.1
80.0 - 84.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
78.9
78.9 - 78.9
76.4
70.0 - 82.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
89.0
86.4 - 91.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
79.6
76.4 - 82.9
79.2
76.2 - 82.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
85.4
83.6 - 87.3
83.8
82.5 - 85.1
Moncton
86.6
84.2 - 88.9
85.2
84.5 - 85.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
85.3
82.7 - 88.0
82.7
79.8 - 85.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
78.9
73.2 - 84.5
81.5
77.5 - 85.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
82.8
81.8 - 83.7
83.5
79.5 - 87.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
81.8
78.0 - 85.5
81.1
79.4 - 82.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
79.2
79.0 - 79.5
78.4
75.3 - 81.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
87.5
85.3 - 89.7
86.7
85.6 - 87.8
Riverview and Coverdale
84.6
82.3 - 86.9
85.8
84.3 - 87.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
86.6
83.6 - 89.6
81.5
79.0 - 83.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
83.3
81.1 - 85.6
83.1
82.1 - 84.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
83.1
82.4 - 83.8
81.4
79.0 - 83.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
86.8
83.7 - 89.9
83.7
81.6 - 85.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
87.5
84.6 - 90.4
88.8
86.7 - 91.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
83.7
82.4 - 84.9
82.9
80.3 - 85.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
83.5
78.3 - 88.7
81.6
79.3 - 83.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
80.6
79.5 - 81.6
80.9
78.7 - 83.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
90.4
86.9 - 93.9
87.8
86.0 - 89.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
84.9
83.3 - 86.5
84.1
83.4 - 84.8
Anglophone North School District
81.9
79.2 - 84.7
81.4
80.3 - 82.4
Anglophone South School District
84.2
82.5 - 85.9
83.6
83.0 - 84.3
Anglophone West School District
85.1
83.3 - 86.8
84.0
83.4 - 84.6
Anglophone sector
84.4
83.4 - 85.4
83.6
83.3 - 84.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
87.8
86.3 - 89.3
87.6
86.8 - 88.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
86.9
85.7 - 88.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
89.2
88.1 - 90.4
87.1
86.4 - 87.8
Francophone sector
88.6
87.6 - 89.6
87.2
86.7 - 87.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
87.9
87.1 - 88.7
86.7
86.3 - 87.0
Grades 9 to 12
84.0
82.8 - 85.2
83.1
82.7 - 83.5
Gender
Female
86.9
86.0 - 87.8
85.4
85.0 - 85.8
Male
86.3
85.4 - 87.2
85.8
85.4 - 86.2
Non-binary
57.0
53.3 - 60.6
57.5
54.2 - 60.9
Sex at birth
Female
85.4
84.4 - 86.4
83.9
83.4 - 84.3
Male
86.2
85.3 - 87.0
85.7
85.3 - 86.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
70.6
69.0 - 72.3
69.3
68.2 - 70.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
78.7
76.8 - 80.5
76.7
75.5 - 77.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
85.7
84.5 - 87.0
84.7
84.0 - 85.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
74.8
73.0 - 76.7
73.9
72.6 - 75.2
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
84.2
82.9 - 85.5
82.9
82.2 - 83.6
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
89.4
88.4 - 90.4
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
78.1
76.7 - 79.5
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 safe when they are with their family/caregiver(s).

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 safe when I am with my family/caregiver(s)

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_REI15_1

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