Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported that they drove an off-road vehicle (for example, snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike) after drinking alcohol, using cannabis, or other illegal drugs in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
10.3
10.0 - 10.5
11.5
11.2 - 11.8
9.3
10.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
7.4
7.0 - 7.8
8.5
8.0 - 8.9
8.2
7.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
9.9
9.3 - 10.5
10.5
10.0 - 11.1
8.3
7.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
10.9
10.3 - 11.5
12.3
11.7 - 12.9
8.7
9.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.9
13.6 - 16.2
15.6
14.3 - 16.8
11.8
15.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.1
12.4 - 15.8
15.5
13.6 - 17.4
13.1
13.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13.4
12.4 - 14.4
16.9
15.8 - 18.1
13.8
15.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.7
12.5 - 15.0
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
9.6
14.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
11.6
10.2 - 13.0
13.6
12.0 - 15.2
11.6
9.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
13.1
11.5 - 14.7
14.2
12.4 - 16.0
15.0
13.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
13.2
11.0 - 15.4
14.8
12.5 - 17.1
12.8
14.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
11.9
9.4 - 14.4
15.9
13.0 - 18.8
15.4
18.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
15.3
12.6 - 18.0
16.5
13.4 - 19.6
13.7
12.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
6.4
5.4 - 7.4
6.8
5.7 - 7.9
8.1
7.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
22.5
17.9 - 27.2
23.6
18.9 - 28.4
8.3
9.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.7
11.9 - 15.4
13.9
12.3 - 15.5
10.7
13.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
14.0
12.5 - 15.5
16.3
14.6 - 17.9
10.5
10.6
Fredericton
7.4
6.6 - 8.1
8.4
7.6 - 9.2
6.3
5.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
14.7
12.6 - 16.9
15.6
13.5 - 17.7
7.7
13.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
20.0
13.7 - 26.3
21.2
15.9 - 26.5
12.6
13.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
20.4
16.5 - 24.2
22.7
18.5 - 26.9
20.5
24.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
17.3
14.1 - 20.4
15.9
12.7 - 19.1
12.5
13.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
13.1
11.9 - 14.4
14.7
13.3 - 16.1
8.8
13.4
Moncton
4.7
4.2 - 5.2
5.9
5.3 - 6.4
5.5
5.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
14.8
11.7 - 17.9
18.8
15.4 - 22.2
10.8
14.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
19.5
15.0 - 23.9
13.6
9.6 - 17.6
18.0
25.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
14.9
10.5 - 19.3
14.6
11.0 - 18.2
16.6
15.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
10.7
9.2 - 12.1
11.9
10.4 - 13.3
9.8
12.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
17.0
13.8 - 20.1
21.0
17.6 - 24.3
15.6
17.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
10.9
9.9 - 12.0
9.0
8.0 - 9.9
6.2
6.0
Riverview and Coverdale
6.5
5.3 - 7.6
7.2
5.9 - 8.4
7.0
6.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
10.8
8.6 - 12.9
12.7
10.2 - 15.3
6.5
8.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
8.4
7.5 - 9.2
9.3
8.6 - 10.1
8.5
7.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
13.4
11.1 - 15.8
16.7
14.3 - 19.0
12.8
13.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
9.8
7.8 - 11.9
10.2
8.3 - 12.1
11.9
7.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
15.3
12.6 - 18.0
22.7
19.3 - 26.2
20.3
18.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
11.0
8.6 - 13.4
15.9
12.9 - 18.9
10.6
11.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
10.6
8.6 - 12.6
12.0
10.0 - 14.0
9.6
9.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.5
10.4 - 14.6
15.1
13.1 - 17.1
12.2
10.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.3
14.1 - 18.6
20.2
17.7 - 22.7
13.5
17.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
6.6
6.1 - 7.2
8.3
7.8 - 8.9
6.8
7.3
Anglophone North School District
12.6
11.6 - 13.5
14.3
13.2 - 15.4
10.8
11.9
Anglophone South School District
10.1
9.5 - 10.7
10.6
10.0 - 11.1
8.3
7.9
Anglophone West School District
11.0
10.4 - 11.6
12.4
11.8 - 13.0
8.9
10.4
Anglophone sector
9.8
9.5 - 10.1
11.0
10.7 - 11.4
8.5
9.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.7
13.7 - 15.7
17.6
16.5 - 18.8
14.4
17.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
15.7
14.3 - 17.2
16.1
14.8 - 17.5
12.5
15.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
7.8
7.1 - 8.4
8.1
7.4 - 8.8
9.0
8.1
Francophone sector
11.4
10.9 - 12.0
12.6
12.0 - 13.1
11.4
12.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
8.4
8.0 - 8.8
10.3
9.8 - 10.7
6.4
7.1
Grades 9 to 12
11.2
10.9 - 11.6
12.0
11.7 - 12.4
10.6
11.5
Gender
Female
6.8
6.5 - 7.1
7.7
7.4 - 8.1
n/a
n/a
Male
13.5
13.1 - 14.0
15.0
14.6 - 15.5
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
12.0
9.5 - 14.4
8.2
7.1 - 9.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
6.7
6.4 - 7.0
7.6
7.3 - 7.9
5.5
n/a
Male
13.8
13.4 - 14.3
15.4
15.0 - 15.9
13.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
7.0
6.4 - 7.7
7.4
6.9 - 7.9
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
16.8
15.6 - 18.0
20.7
19.2 - 22.2
14.1
14.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
5.1
4.6 - 5.6
4.5
4.0 - 5.1
5.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
13.1
12.0 - 14.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
7.0
6.4 - 7.5
n/a
n/a
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 7 to 12 who reported that they drove an off-road vehicle (for example, snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike) after drinking alcohol, using cannabis, or other illegal drugs in the last 12 months.

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 "1-3 times or 4 or more times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-3 times, 4 or more times or I did not drive an off-road vehicle" to the question: In the last 12 months, how many times did you drive an off-road vehicle (e.g., snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike) after drinking alcohol, using marijuana, or other illegal drugs?

Notes

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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_SAF01_1

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