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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they felt lonely most or all of the time in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
20.1
18.9 - 21.3
23.4
23.1 - 23.8
28.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.8
16.7 - 21.0
22.3
21.7 - 22.9
28.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.2
18.0 - 22.5
25.3
24.6 - 26.1
30.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
21.9
19.2 - 24.7
24.5
23.8 - 25.2
29.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
18.3
17.0 - 19.5
22.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
22.7
18.9 - 26.5
25.2
23.1 - 27.3
29.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
18.9
16.3 - 21.6
22.0
20.9 - 23.1
25.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
22.5
19.6 - 25.5
23.6
22.1 - 25.0
27.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
20.8
16.6 - 25.0
23.6
21.9 - 25.4
28.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
20.7
13.4 - 28.0
22.8
21.0 - 24.6
28.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
21.9
16.4 - 27.4
25.1
22.3 - 27.9
27.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.2
12.0 - 24.4
19.9
17.0 - 22.7
19.9
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.0
20.1 - 27.9
25.4
22.3 - 28.6
30.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.1
12.1 - 16.1
16.7
15.3 - 18.2
23.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
25.4
24.6 - 26.2
24.0
19.9 - 28.1
24.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
17.8
16.0 - 19.6
22.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
20.5
15.5 - 25.5
21.6
19.9 - 23.2
29.8
Fredericton
20.4
16.4 - 24.3
23.0
22.0 - 24.0
27.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
22.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.0
14.5 - 21.5
19.3
17.1 - 21.4
24.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
27.6
27.6 - 27.6
32.5
27.3 - 37.7
35.8
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
17.4
14.2 - 20.7
21.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
27.6
21.0 - 34.1
30.2
26.8 - 33.7
28.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
22.4
19.2 - 25.7
23.3
21.8 - 24.8
27.4
Moncton
19.2
15.9 - 22.5
22.8
22.0 - 23.7
28.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
25.7
19.0 - 32.4
22.8
19.5 - 26.1
33.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
23.5
17.5 - 29.5
26.0
21.6 - 30.4
31.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
15.8
10.7 - 20.9
20.1
16.6 - 23.7
24.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.6
19.0 - 34.3
31.5
29.5 - 33.4
34.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
23.6
18.4 - 28.7
27.7
24.2 - 31.1
33.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.2
13.6 - 22.8
23.3
22.0 - 24.6
28.3
Riverview and Coverdale
20.8
14.0 - 27.6
24.7
22.8 - 26.7
29.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
20.5
16.1 - 24.9
24.9
22.0 - 27.7
29.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.2
17.8 - 24.6
26.3
25.3 - 27.4
32.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
20.8
18.7 - 23.0
23.2
20.7 - 25.7
31.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.8
12.4 - 19.2
20.4
18.3 - 22.6
25.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.2
14.1 - 22.2
21.3
18.5 - 24.2
24.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
21.4
15.8 - 27.0
24.5
21.5 - 27.4
27.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
23.6
20.1 - 27.1
26.5
24.0 - 29.1
28.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.1
15.5 - 20.6
26.6
24.1 - 29.0
30.1
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
16.5
12.4 - 20.5
20.7
18.5 - 22.9
22.3
School districts
Anglophone East School District
21.3
19.1 - 23.6
24.8
24.0 - 25.6
29.9
Anglophone North School District
25.1
22.8 - 27.4
27.3
26.1 - 28.5
31.9
Anglophone South School District
20.6
18.4 - 22.8
25.7
25.0 - 26.4
30.1
Anglophone West School District
22.6
19.9 - 25.2
24.9
24.2 - 25.7
29.6
Anglophone sector
21.9
20.6 - 23.2
25.4
25.0 - 25.8
30.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
18.1
16.0 - 20.2
20.5
19.4 - 21.6
23.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
17.3
15.9 - 18.6
22.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.1
12.9 - 15.3
17.5
16.7 - 18.3
24.6
Francophone sector
15.6
14.4 - 16.9
18.4
17.8 - 18.9
23.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
16.0
15.1 - 16.9
18.8
18.4 - 19.3
22.9
Grades 9 to 12
23.1
21.5 - 24.6
26.7
26.3 - 27.2
32.3
Gender
Female
24.6
23.1 - 26.1
28.0
27.4 - 28.5
33.3
Male
13.7
12.7 - 14.7
16.9
16.4 - 17.3
19.2
Non-binary
48.4
44.7 - 52.1
51.9
48.9 - 54.8
61.2
Sex at birth
Female
26.1
24.6 - 27.6
29.8
29.3 - 30.3
36.6
Male
13.7
12.7 - 14.7
16.5
16.1 - 17.0
19.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
42.9
41.0 - 44.8
47.3
46.2 - 48.4
51.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
27.8
25.7 - 29.9
33.4
32.0 - 34.8
36.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
17.8
16.7 - 19.0
20.9
20.0 - 21.8
25.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
32.4
30.3 - 34.4
36.2
34.8 - 37.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
19.1
17.9 - 20.2
22.3
21.5 - 23.1
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
14.6
13.3 - 15.9
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
28.2
26.6 - 29.8
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 felt lonely most or all of the time 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 "most of the time or all of the time" by the number of respondents who answered "never, rarely, sometimes, most of the time or all of the time" to the question: During the last 12 months, how often have you felt lonely?

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_SIL01_1

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