Students in grades 6 to 12 who identify themselves with a minority sexual identity other than homosexual

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
18.2
17.9 - 18.5
19.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.1
17.5 - 18.7
19.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.4
18.8 - 20.1
20.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.6
18.9 - 20.3
20.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
13.9
12.7 - 15.0
15.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
15.9
14.1 - 17.6
18.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
15.8
14.7 - 16.9
16.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
16.9
15.6 - 18.2
17.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.8
16.2 - 19.5
17.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
16.2
14.4 - 17.9
17.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
15.3
13.0 - 17.5
18.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
12.4
9.9 - 14.8
13.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
16.7
13.9 - 19.5
19.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.3
12.8 - 15.7
15.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.6
14.8 - 22.4
14.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
14.1
12.5 - 15.7
15.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
16.7
15.1 - 18.2
16.3
Fredericton
19.8
18.7 - 20.8
21.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
20.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
15.4
13.4 - 17.3
17.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
17.6
13.0 - 22.1
16.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
8.8
6.2 - 11.4
11.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
21.6
18.3 - 25.0
19.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.3
15.9 - 18.7
17.5
Moncton
19.5
18.6 - 20.4
21.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
16.7
13.7 - 19.6
14.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
13.6
9.9 - 17.3
17.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
13.0
9.9 - 16.1
14.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
24.1
22.2 - 25.9
25.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
19.8
16.7 - 22.8
17.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
17.2
16.0 - 18.3
18.4
Riverview and Coverdale
19.4
17.6 - 21.2
21.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.9
21.8 - 28.0
28.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.3
20.3 - 22.3
22.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
16.2
14.1 - 18.4
20.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.0
12.9 - 17.2
16.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
16.1
13.3 - 18.8
16.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.6
13.9 - 19.4
15.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
21.3
19.0 - 23.7
21.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
15.9
14.0 - 17.8
18.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
13.9
11.8 - 16.0
15.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
20.1
19.3 - 20.8
21.7
Anglophone North School District
19.6
18.5 - 20.8
21.0
Anglophone South School District
19.5
18.8 - 20.2
20.5
Anglophone West School District
19.8
19.1 - 20.5
20.2
Anglophone sector
19.8
19.4 - 20.1
20.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.9
12.9 - 14.8
14.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
12.0
10.9 - 13.2
14.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
15.1
14.3 - 16.0
17.6
Francophone sector
14.2
13.6 - 14.8
16.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
19.4
18.9 - 19.9
20.9
Grades 9 to 12
17.5
17.1 - 17.9
18.5
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 identify themselves with a minority sexual identity other than homosexual.

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 "bisexual, pansexual, Two-Spirit, asexual, I am not sure of my sexual identity or please specify" by the number of respondents who answered "heterosexual, homosexuel, bisexual, pansexual, Two-Spirit, asexual, I am not yet sure of my sexual identity or please specify" to the question: Which of the following best describes you?

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

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NBHC code

SH_SEO02_10

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