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Students in grades 7 to 12 who reported that someone made them do a sexual activity when they didn't want to

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
11.6
10.8 - 12.5
12.5
12.2 - 12.8
14.1
13.8 - 14.4
10.4
10.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.5
9.2 - 11.7
11.6
11.1 - 12.2
13.5
13.0 - 14.1
11.1
9.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.0
10.3 - 13.7
12.0
11.3 - 12.7
13.8
13.2 - 14.4
10.4
10.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
11.3
9.4 - 13.2
12.6
11.9 - 13.2
15.0
14.3 - 15.6
9.5
9.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
15.5
14.1 - 16.8
12.9
11.8 - 14.1
9.0
10.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.5
11.4 - 17.7
13.8
12.1 - 15.6
15.5
13.6 - 17.3
11.7
11.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
12.6
9.9 - 15.4
14.1
13.1 - 15.2
14.6
13.5 - 15.7
11.7
9.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
12.4
10.6 - 14.1
12.8
11.6 - 14.0
14.7
13.4 - 16.1
9.2
13.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.2
8.8 - 17.6
15.1
13.5 - 16.7
15.2
13.6 - 16.9
11.4
7.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
13.8
10.6 - 17.0
13.9
12.3 - 15.6
15.7
13.8 - 17.6
13.4
13.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
13.9
9.6 - 18.2
12.2
10.1 - 14.4
14.3
12.0 - 16.6
12.0
10.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
11.5
6.7 - 16.3
10.6
8.2 - 13.0
11.9
9.3 - 14.6
9.8
10.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
15.4
10.9 - 19.9
16.1
13.2 - 19.1
17.2
14.1 - 20.4
11.3
12.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
9.1
5.0 - 13.2
9.1
7.9 - 10.3
10.6
9.3 - 11.9
8.6
10.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
12.2
9.6 - 14.8
20.9
16.1 - 25.7
13.3
9.5 - 17.1
5.5
9.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
14.6
12.8 - 16.4
12.1
10.6 - 13.7
8.9
11.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.1
9.5 - 16.7
11.6
10.2 - 13.0
14.0
12.4 - 15.6
9.0
10.0
Fredericton
9.6
7.5 - 11.7
11.5
10.6 - 12.5
14.5
13.5 - 15.5
9.5
7.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
4.4
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.5
15.5 - 17.5
16.8
14.4 - 19.1
15.0
13.0 - 17.1
9.3
10.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
17.1
17.1 - 17.1
13.4
8.0 - 18.7
18.4
13.4 - 23.3
8.9
4.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
15.6
12.1 - 19.1
10.8
7.7 - 14.0
9.0
8.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.0
13.1 - 18.9
11.3
8.6 - 14.0
16.6
13.4 - 19.9
9.3
10.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
11.8
9.8 - 13.7
12.9
11.6 - 14.1
14.5
13.1 - 15.9
9.1
12.7
Moncton
9.1
7.2 - 10.9
10.5
9.8 - 11.3
13.0
12.2 - 13.9
10.3
9.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
12.8
10.4 - 15.2
13.6
10.6 - 16.5
16.6
13.3 - 19.8
7.2
9.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
18.0
16.7 - 19.2
12.6
8.8 - 16.3
17.1
12.8 - 21.5
10.3
17.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
6.7
6.5 - 6.9
10.5
5.9 - 15.1
11.4
8.1 - 14.7
14.9
11.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
14.2
8.4 - 20.1
15.0
13.3 - 16.8
17.5
15.7 - 19.2
11.8
12.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
13.1
8.7 - 17.6
15.5
12.4 - 18.7
14.5
11.6 - 17.3
7.4
12.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
12.5
8.7 - 16.2
12.2
11.0 - 13.4
13.3
12.1 - 14.4
8.5
8.9
Riverview and Coverdale
12.1
10.5 - 13.7
13.2
11.6 - 14.8
15.7
13.9 - 17.5
12.1
9.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
11.5
8.2 - 14.8
14.8
12.3 - 17.3
10.3
7.9 - 12.7
10.0
7.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
11.6
8.9 - 14.3
12.2
11.2 - 13.2
13.5
12.6 - 14.4
11.8
11.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
15.9
13.1 - 18.6
14.2
11.7 - 16.7
17.9
15.5 - 20.4
14.2
11.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
10.2
5.2 - 15.2
13.4
11.1 - 15.6
14.4
12.2 - 16.6
14.1
9.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
11.7
6.3 - 17.1
14.7
12.0 - 17.3
15.6
12.7 - 18.6
13.2
11.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.2
12.9 - 15.5
12.6
10.1 - 15.2
13.8
11.0 - 16.6
12.9
12.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.2
9.4 - 16.9
12.4
10.2 - 14.5
14.6
12.4 - 16.9
8.5
6.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
11.7
9.3 - 14.0
9.8
7.9 - 11.7
15.9
13.8 - 18.0
11.3
11.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.8
7.0 - 18.7
14.2
12.1 - 16.3
14.5
12.3 - 16.7
12.8
9.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
11.0
9.6 - 12.4
11.6
10.9 - 12.3
14.5
13.7 - 15.2
10.8
9.2
Anglophone North School District
13.1
11.2 - 14.9
14.1
13.1 - 15.1
15.8
14.7 - 16.9
11.6
11.2
Anglophone South School District
12.2
10.5 - 13.9
12.2
11.6 - 12.9
14.0
13.3 - 14.6
10.4
10.0
Anglophone West School District
11.6
9.6 - 13.6
12.8
12.1 - 13.4
15.1
14.5 - 15.8
9.5
10.0
Anglophone sector
11.8
10.8 - 12.7
12.5
12.1 - 12.9
14.7
14.3 - 15.0
10.4
10.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.2
10.9 - 15.5
13.9
12.9 - 14.9
14.3
13.2 - 15.3
11.1
10.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
15.7
14.2 - 17.1
12.5
11.3 - 13.7
8.6
10.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
9.2
7.2 - 11.2
10.5
9.8 - 11.3
11.7
10.8 - 12.5
10.6
10.5
Francophone sector
11.2
9.6 - 12.9
12.5
12.0 - 13.1
12.6
12.0 - 13.2
10.4
10.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
6.4
5.8 - 7.0
7.0
6.6 - 7.4
9.3
8.8 - 9.7
5.2
4.5
Grades 9 to 12
14.1
13.1 - 15.1
15.3
14.9 - 15.7
16.4
16.0 - 16.8
12.7
12.7
Gender
Female
13.8
12.7 - 15.0
15.0
14.6 - 15.5
18.6
18.1 - 19.1
n/a
n/a
Male
8.5
7.8 - 9.2
9.2
8.8 - 9.5
8.2
7.9 - 8.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
28.2
24.7 - 31.7
28.0
24.6 - 31.4
27.7
25.8 - 29.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
14.4
13.2 - 15.5
15.5
15.1 - 16.0
19.7
19.2 - 20.2
13.3
n/a
Male
8.4
7.7 - 9.1
9.0
8.7 - 9.4
8.0
7.7 - 8.4
7.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
22.4
20.9 - 23.8
22.9
21.8 - 24.1
24.8
23.9 - 25.6
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
19.7
18.0 - 21.5
20.7
19.4 - 22.0
23.9
22.3 - 25.4
14.5
15.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
7.3
6.5 - 8.1
8.6
8.0 - 9.3
8.3
7.6 - 9.0
7.6
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
19.1
17.4 - 20.7
20.7
19.4 - 22.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
9.4
8.3 - 10.6
10.5
9.9 - 11.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
11.2
10.1 - 12.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
14.1
12.9 - 15.4
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 7 to 12 who reported that someone made them do a sexual activity when they didn't want to.

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 "yes or no" to the question: Has anyone ever made you do any sexual activity (e.g. kissing, oral sex, intercourse) when you didn’t want to (by pressuring you with their words or actions, or by using alcohol or drugs)?

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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_SEV01_1

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