Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they feel safe in their school

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
80.8
79.1 - 82.4
76.0
75.6 - 76.3
75.0
74.6 - 75.3
78.4
78.1 - 78.7
76.0
83.8
85.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
83.4
80.9 - 85.9
78.5
77.9 - 79.1
76.6
76.0 - 77.1
80.3
79.7 - 80.9
76.5
82.4
86.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
79.8
77.3 - 82.4
73.5
72.7 - 74.3
74.4
73.7 - 75.1
76.8
76.2 - 77.5
77.1
84.2
85.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
76.6
73.2 - 80.1
72.2
71.5 - 73.0
71.6
70.9 - 72.3
74.9
74.1 - 75.6
71.5
82.3
82.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
80.2
79.0 - 81.5
79.9
78.7 - 81.2
83.5
82.3 - 84.7
80.8
90.6
90.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
79.6
76.4 - 82.7
76.9
75.0 - 78.8
76.1
74.1 - 78.2
78.9
77.0 - 80.9
76.9
82.8
84.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
83.2
80.7 - 85.7
80.6
79.6 - 81.7
77.1
75.9 - 78.2
81.1
80.0 - 82.2
79.2
87.5
88.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
81.5
78.4 - 84.6
75.4
74.0 - 76.8
74.6
73.1 - 76.0
80.1
78.7 - 81.4
77.9
83.9
84.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
84.0
79.9 - 88.1
78.7
77.0 - 80.3
76.7
75.0 - 78.4
81.1
79.5 - 82.7
77.6
84.9
86.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
80.7
76.0 - 85.5
75.8
73.9 - 77.7
72.1
70.2 - 74.0
79.5
77.6 - 81.4
74.0
81.9
85.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
80.4
75.5 - 85.3
76.8
74.3 - 79.3
74.8
72.0 - 77.5
78.4
75.9 - 80.8
77.4
84.8
87.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
83.6
79.3 - 87.9
86.3
83.9 - 88.6
82.3
79.6 - 85.0
86.5
84.0 - 88.9
82.3
91.2
91.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
78.3
75.8 - 80.8
77.0
74.0 - 80.0
78.1
75.2 - 80.9
79.8
76.8 - 82.8
76.1
79.9
82.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
88.1
87.3 - 88.8
84.3
82.9 - 85.7
83.7
82.3 - 85.2
87.0
85.6 - 88.3
81.0
86.6
94.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
73.9
65.4 - 82.3
68.2
63.6 - 72.8
72.7
68.4 - 76.9
72.7
68.3 - 77.1
77.7
85.1
83.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
82.5
80.8 - 84.2
82.7
80.9 - 84.4
85.2
83.7 - 86.8
81.1
90.8
93.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
84.6
81.1 - 88.1
77.9
76.3 - 79.6
79.5
77.9 - 81.1
83.0
81.5 - 84.5
80.7
85.1
86.1
Fredericton
76.4
71.4 - 81.5
73.8
72.7 - 74.9
73.5
72.5 - 74.5
75.8
74.8 - 76.9
74.2
84.8
88.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
81.4
85.8
95.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
81.1
77.4 - 84.8
74.4
72.0 - 76.8
72.3
69.9 - 74.7
77.7
75.5 - 79.9
76.7
84.9
86.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
72.2
72.2 - 72.2
73.4
67.2 - 79.7
65.9
60.7 - 71.0
70.7
65.4 - 76.0
67.5
72.7
85.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
86.4
83.6 - 89.3
89.4
86.7 - 92.0
92.7
90.3 - 95.0
90.4
95.9
91.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
72.0
67.1 - 76.9
65.2
61.6 - 68.8
71.0
67.7 - 74.4
78.2
74.9 - 81.4
80.8
79.8
83.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
83.2
80.5 - 85.8
76.4
74.9 - 77.9
76.1
74.6 - 77.7
81.3
79.9 - 82.7
79.7
84.0
84.7
Moncton
85.1
81.6 - 88.6
80.3
79.5 - 81.1
78.0
77.2 - 78.8
80.8
80.0 - 81.7
78.0
84.7
85.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
81.7
77.3 - 86.1
79.3
76.2 - 82.4
78.0
74.9 - 81.2
77.7
74.4 - 81.0
71.5
85.2
87.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
65.4
62.1 - 68.8
65.3
60.4 - 70.2
61.2
56.4 - 66.1
69.0
64.1 - 73.9
63.0
82.8
83.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
84.0
80.3 - 87.8
77.2
72.8 - 81.6
78.6
75.2 - 82.1
83.5
80.3 - 86.7
74.6
68.7
77.8
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
70.8
64.3 - 77.4
63.0
60.9 - 65.0
55.4
53.4 - 57.4
64.3
62.4 - 66.3
52.8
75.3
70.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
70.1
66.7 - 73.4
66.6
63.0 - 70.1
64.6
61.0 - 68.2
62.6
58.9 - 66.2
61.6
71.5
74.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
82.7
79.4 - 85.9
77.1
75.8 - 78.4
77.9
76.7 - 79.2
81.1
79.9 - 82.3
79.1
86.5
86.6
Riverview and Coverdale
79.1
77.9 - 80.4
75.5
73.7 - 77.3
73.6
71.7 - 75.5
72.1
70.1 - 74.1
69.5
73.9
84.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
82.9
77.7 - 88.1
73.0
70.2 - 75.8
72.6
69.8 - 75.5
81.6
78.9 - 84.3
77.8
82.7
83.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
79.8
75.3 - 84.2
73.5
72.3 - 74.6
72.8
71.7 - 73.8
75.0
74.0 - 76.0
76.3
84.5
85.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
70.9
64.0 - 77.7
63.4
60.4 - 66.5
66.7
64.0 - 69.4
71.7
69.2 - 74.3
69.9
76.0
78.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
83.0
78.7 - 87.3
80.5
78.2 - 82.8
76.6
74.4 - 78.9
84.5
82.3 - 86.7
80.6
82.9
92.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
79.5
73.7 - 85.3
80.1
77.4 - 82.8
74.0
71.0 - 77.1
75.7
72.6 - 78.9
79.7
94.4
88.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
75.9
73.8 - 77.9
69.0
65.9 - 72.2
73.7
70.7 - 76.6
79.2
76.3 - 82.1
76.1
75.4
80.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
80.2
74.8 - 85.5
73.1
70.5 - 75.6
73.5
71.0 - 76.0
72.9
70.5 - 75.4
76.9
83.6
88.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
74.0
72.7 - 75.4
65.8
63.1 - 68.5
72.8
70.4 - 75.1
74.3
72.0 - 76.5
75.1
81.4
81.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
83.8
77.5 - 90.2
81.1
79.0 - 83.3
76.3
74.0 - 78.6
81.3
79.0 - 83.5
79.8
86.6
90.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
80.9
77.7 - 84.1
76.2
75.4 - 77.0
74.9
74.1 - 75.7
77.0
76.2 - 77.8
74.5
79.4
82.4
Anglophone North School District
80.7
78.2 - 83.2
73.7
72.5 - 74.9
73.6
72.4 - 74.8
78.8
77.7 - 80.0
77.4
80.7
81.9
Anglophone South School District
79.7
77.0 - 82.4
73.0
72.2 - 73.8
74.3
73.6 - 75.1
76.6
75.9 - 77.3
77.1
84.1
85.2
Anglophone West School District
75.5
72.4 - 78.7
72.0
71.2 - 72.7
70.7
70.0 - 71.5
74.8
74.1 - 75.6
70.9
81.8
82.5
Anglophone sector
78.8
77.0 - 80.7
73.6
73.2 - 74.0
73.2
72.8 - 73.6
76.4
76.0 - 76.8
74.5
81.9
83.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
81.6
79.1 - 84.1
80.5
79.4 - 81.5
76.4
75.2 - 77.5
80.6
79.5 - 81.6
77.8
88.1
90.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
81.4
80.0 - 82.8
80.7
79.3 - 82.0
83.9
82.7 - 85.2
81.2
91.7
91.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
88.0
86.5 - 89.5
83.9
83.1 - 84.7
80.7
80.0 - 81.5
85.4
84.6 - 86.2
80.1
88.0
93.1
Francophone sector
85.7
84.0 - 87.3
82.4
81.8 - 83.0
79.4
78.8 - 80.0
83.7
83.1 - 84.2
79.6
88.7
91.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
81.0
79.3 - 82.7
76.9
76.4 - 77.4
75.4
74.9 - 75.9
78.9
78.4 - 79.4
77.4
84.9
88.1
Grades 9 to 12
80.6
78.1 - 83.0
75.3
74.8 - 75.8
74.6
74.2 - 75.1
78.1
77.6 - 78.5
74.9
83.1
84.1
Gender
Female
82.7
80.8 - 84.6
77.7
77.2 - 78.2
76.0
75.5 - 76.5
79.6
79.1 - 80.1
77.8
n/a
n/a
Male
80.6
79.1 - 82.1
76.1
75.6 - 76.6
75.8
75.4 - 76.3
80.2
79.8 - 80.7
77.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
56.0
52.2 - 59.8
50.6
47.3 - 54.0
50.0
47.0 - 52.9
55.2
53.3 - 57.1
55.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
81.4
79.5 - 83.3
76.3
75.8 - 76.8
74.4
73.9 - 74.8
77.2
76.7 - 77.6
75.3
84.4
n/a
Male
80.5
79.0 - 82.0
76.1
75.6 - 76.6
76.0
75.5 - 76.5
80.0
79.5 - 80.4
77.1
83.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
67.4
64.3 - 70.5
60.7
59.6 - 61.9
59.8
58.8 - 60.9
66.5
65.6 - 67.3
65.1
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
73.2
71.0 - 75.3
67.0
65.6 - 68.4
65.8
64.4 - 67.1
69.5
67.9 - 71.0
68.9
77.9
77.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
85.9
84.2 - 87.6
82.2
81.4 - 83.0
80.4
79.6 - 81.3
84.7
83.9 - 85.6
81.0
89.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
68.8
66.4 - 71.3
63.9
62.5 - 65.3
63.1
61.7 - 64.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
83.8
82.1 - 85.5
80.1
79.4 - 80.8
77.9
77.2 - 78.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
83.4
81.5 - 85.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
76.4
74.4 - 78.3
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 safe in 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? e) I feel safe in 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_SCC05_1

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