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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they feel close to people at their school

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
78.8
77.7 - 79.9
72.8
72.5 - 73.2
74.7
74.4 - 75.0
76.7
76.4 - 77.1
74.3
80.4
80.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
79.9
78.0 - 81.7
74.2
73.6 - 74.8
76.0
75.4 - 76.6
77.6
77.0 - 78.3
73.1
79.5
80.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
78.5
76.5 - 80.5
72.2
71.5 - 73.0
74.8
74.1 - 75.5
75.8
75.1 - 76.5
75.8
81.3
80.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
77.7
74.8 - 80.6
71.8
71.1 - 72.6
73.2
72.5 - 73.9
76.4
75.7 - 77.1
74.1
79.3
79.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
73.0
71.5 - 74.4
75.6
74.2 - 77.0
78.5
77.2 - 79.8
76.9
84.6
82.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
75.2
71.4 - 79.1
67.5
65.3 - 69.6
70.1
67.9 - 72.2
73.2
71.1 - 75.3
69.5
77.3
78.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
81.2
77.8 - 84.5
72.8
71.6 - 74.0
73.8
72.6 - 75.0
76.9
75.7 - 78.1
74.2
81.5
84.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
78.3
75.2 - 81.4
74.0
72.6 - 75.5
76.4
75.0 - 77.8
76.6
75.2 - 78.0
75.6
81.2
79.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
79.6
74.5 - 84.8
71.1
69.3 - 73.0
73.6
71.8 - 75.4
77.5
75.8 - 79.3
71.4
80.8
83.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
77.9
72.1 - 83.7
72.8
70.8 - 74.8
72.4
70.5 - 74.3
76.3
74.3 - 78.3
71.3
76.7
76.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
75.1
69.9 - 80.4
67.8
65.0 - 70.6
71.0
68.1 - 73.9
73.1
70.4 - 75.8
69.3
78.0
80.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
83.2
77.7 - 88.7
75.6
72.5 - 78.6
72.7
69.5 - 75.8
74.3
71.1 - 77.6
77.0
81.1
86.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
75.4
70.0 - 80.9
67.0
63.7 - 70.3
68.8
65.6 - 72.0
73.4
70.2 - 76.7
69.8
76.2
76.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
83.0
81.8 - 84.3
76.2
74.6 - 77.8
79.2
77.7 - 80.8
81.1
79.6 - 82.7
73.7
82.5
83.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
73.9
69.7 - 78.0
73.6
69.3 - 78.0
72.3
68.1 - 76.6
75.0
70.7 - 79.4
82.2
79.8
80.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
74.6
72.6 - 76.6
75.7
73.7 - 77.6
79.1
77.3 - 80.9
76.9
86.0
83.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
81.5
77.7 - 85.4
75.7
74.0 - 77.4
76.8
75.1 - 78.5
78.2
76.5 - 79.8
76.9
79.1
78.6
Fredericton
78.7
74.3 - 83.0
73.0
71.9 - 74.1
74.2
73.2 - 75.2
76.7
75.7 - 77.8
74.3
80.1
81.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
85.8
86.8
92.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
75.9
75.3 - 76.4
71.2
68.7 - 73.7
75.1
72.7 - 77.4
76.0
73.8 - 78.3
76.7
77.4
80.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
70.0
70.0 - 70.0
71.0
64.6 - 77.4
75.5
70.8 - 80.2
78.3
73.5 - 83.1
72.0
77.8
81.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
71.2
67.3 - 75.1
76.7
73.1 - 80.3
83.3
79.9 - 86.7
77.0
86.8
84.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
73.6
69.7 - 77.4
65.4
61.8 - 69.0
73.1
69.8 - 76.4
78.9
75.6 - 82.1
76.4
81.9
77.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
79.4
76.2 - 82.6
75.3
73.8 - 76.8
77.7
76.2 - 79.1
77.9
76.4 - 79.4
76.9
81.1
79.4
Moncton
80.0
77.2 - 82.7
74.8
73.9 - 75.6
76.6
75.8 - 77.5
76.9
76.0 - 77.8
73.3
79.9
80.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
76.6
72.4 - 80.8
75.6
72.3 - 78.9
78.4
75.2 - 81.7
77.4
74.1 - 80.7
75.4
82.8
81.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
68.3
66.9 - 69.8
61.6
56.6 - 66.6
65.9
61.1 - 70.6
65.5
60.5 - 70.5
65.0
82.5
78.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
83.6
76.9 - 90.3
76.7
72.4 - 81.1
81.7
78.3 - 85.0
81.9
78.5 - 85.3
76.4
74.2
78.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
74.3
66.3 - 82.4
67.0
65.0 - 69.0
65.8
63.8 - 67.7
73.3
71.5 - 75.1
70.6
76.1
74.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
67.6
66.3 - 68.9
60.8
57.1 - 64.5
63.4
59.8 - 67.0
70.6
67.2 - 74.1
66.9
78.2
76.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
80.8
77.2 - 84.5
75.3
74.0 - 76.7
77.6
76.4 - 78.9
78.0
76.8 - 79.3
76.8
82.3
84.8
Riverview and Coverdale
79.1
74.3 - 83.8
75.0
73.2 - 76.8
75.6
73.7 - 77.5
77.7
75.8 - 79.5
75.2
79.2
79.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
79.3
73.3 - 85.3
72.6
69.8 - 75.5
75.1
72.4 - 77.9
80.2
77.4 - 83.0
75.2
79.4
80.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
77.9
75.2 - 80.6
71.0
69.8 - 72.2
73.6
72.5 - 74.6
75.2
74.2 - 76.2
74.9
81.4
79.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
73.2
73.0 - 73.4
67.9
64.9 - 70.8
73.0
70.4 - 75.5
77.3
75.0 - 79.7
70.1
75.3
75.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
84.2
81.3 - 87.1
74.1
71.6 - 76.7
73.9
71.6 - 76.2
75.3
72.8 - 77.9
71.4
80.3
86.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
81.5
76.7 - 86.3
72.6
69.6 - 75.7
72.6
69.6 - 75.7
77.0
73.9 - 80.0
78.6
84.8
83.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
75.4
70.6 - 80.3
71.4
68.2 - 74.5
70.8
67.7 - 73.9
79.8
76.9 - 82.7
77.4
78.4
77.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
77.3
73.9 - 80.7
70.8
68.2 - 73.4
74.1
71.6 - 76.5
71.2
68.6 - 73.7
76.4
82.0
77.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
76.2
68.1 - 84.2
70.4
67.8 - 73.0
74.6
72.2 - 76.9
73.0
70.8 - 75.3
73.3
78.4
79.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
82.5
74.8 - 90.2
74.3
71.9 - 76.7
75.7
73.4 - 78.0
77.1
74.7 - 79.5
75.3
81.4
84.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
77.8
76.0 - 79.7
73.5
72.7 - 74.4
75.9
75.1 - 76.7
77.8
77.1 - 78.6
73.7
78.8
78.9
Anglophone North School District
76.9
74.2 - 79.6
71.2
70.0 - 72.4
74.1
72.9 - 75.3
75.6
74.4 - 76.8
73.6
77.0
76.6
Anglophone South School District
78.4
76.4 - 80.5
71.9
71.1 - 72.7
74.9
74.2 - 75.6
75.6
74.9 - 76.3
75.8
81.1
80.7
Anglophone West School District
76.9
74.2 - 79.7
71.6
70.9 - 72.4
72.9
72.2 - 73.7
76.2
75.5 - 76.9
74.5
78.9
78.7
Anglophone sector
77.6
76.4 - 78.9
72.2
71.7 - 72.6
74.4
74.0 - 74.8
76.4
76.0 - 76.8
74.6
79.4
79.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
79.8
76.6 - 83.0
72.1
71.0 - 73.3
73.0
71.8 - 74.2
76.0
74.8 - 77.1
73.4
82.3
84.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
73.5
71.9 - 75.1
76.1
74.7 - 77.6
79.1
77.7 - 80.4
76.6
86.4
83.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
83.8
82.5 - 85.0
76.5
75.6 - 77.4
76.4
75.6 - 77.3
78.2
77.2 - 79.1
72.6
82.1
84.1
Francophone sector
81.7
80.0 - 83.3
74.6
74.0 - 75.3
75.4
74.7 - 76.0
77.7
77.0 - 78.3
73.6
83.0
84.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
83.2
82.3 - 84.2
77.6
77.1 - 78.1
79.5
79.0 - 79.9
81.3
80.8 - 81.8
79.2
84.7
86.8
Grades 9 to 12
75.6
74.3 - 77.0
69.3
68.8 - 69.8
71.3
70.8 - 71.8
73.5
73.0 - 74.0
70.8
77.4
76.4
Gender
Female
78.4
77.1 - 79.8
72.5
71.9 - 73.0
74.2
73.7 - 74.7
75.7
75.2 - 76.3
73.6
n/a
n/a
Male
81.2
80.2 - 82.2
75.1
74.6 - 75.6
77.0
76.5 - 77.5
80.0
79.5 - 80.5
77.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
52.3
48.9 - 55.7
48.3
45.0 - 51.7
50.7
47.7 - 53.7
55.5
53.6 - 57.3
55.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
76.9
75.5 - 78.2
70.9
70.4 - 71.4
72.7
72.2 - 73.2
73.7
73.2 - 74.2
71.6
78.3
n/a
Male
81.1
80.1 - 82.2
75.1
74.6 - 75.6
77.0
76.5 - 77.5
80.0
79.5 - 80.4
77.4
82.6
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
61.3
59.6 - 63.1
53.6
52.4 - 54.8
58.9
57.9 - 60.0
63.8
63.0 - 64.7
61.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
71.8
69.9 - 73.8
63.7
62.3 - 65.1
67.7
66.3 - 69.1
73.1
71.7 - 74.6
68.6
75.8
72.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
78.0
76.5 - 79.4
71.9
71.0 - 72.9
73.7
72.8 - 74.7
73.9
72.9 - 74.9
70.8
77.8
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
67.8
65.6 - 70.1
61.7
60.3 - 63.1
66.4
65.1 - 67.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
78.2
76.8 - 79.6
72.4
71.5 - 73.2
74.2
73.3 - 75.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
86.3
85.1 - 87.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
69.5
67.9 - 71.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 6 to 12 who reported that they feel close to people at their school.

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 "agree or strongly Agree" by the number of respondents who answered "strongly disagree, disagree, agree or strongly agree" to the question: How strongly do you agree or disagree with each of the following? a) I feel close to people at my school

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_SCC01_1

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