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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported using an electronic device in their bedroom in the last hour before going to sleep

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
87.0
85.5 - 88.5
88.9
88.7 - 89.1
89.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
85.4
81.9 - 89.0
87.9
87.5 - 88.4
88.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
87.7
85.3 - 90.2
89.7
89.2 - 90.2
89.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
87.3
84.4 - 90.2
88.3
87.8 - 88.8
88.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
87.9
86.9 - 88.9
90.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
91.1
86.5 - 95.8
92.2
90.9 - 93.4
92.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
89.3
85.2 - 93.3
89.9
89.1 - 90.7
91.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
89.4
85.4 - 93.3
91.2
90.2 - 92.1
93.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
88.0
80.9 - 95.2
88.1
86.8 - 89.4
90.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
91.0
86.5 - 95.5
92.5
91.3 - 93.6
92.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
90.8
83.5 - 98.2
91.0
89.2 - 92.8
92.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
90.1
82.1 - 98.2
91.9
90.0 - 93.8
92.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
91.6
87.8 - 95.3
93.9
92.2 - 95.6
92.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
85.4
75.8 - 94.9
86.1
84.8 - 87.4
87.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
89.1
88.2 - 89.9
92.0
89.3 - 94.6
94.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
88.2
86.8 - 89.6
89.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
89.1
84.6 - 93.6
89.8
88.6 - 91.0
90.6
Fredericton
85.4
80.2 - 90.6
86.8
86.0 - 87.5
86.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
82.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
85.8
84.1 - 87.5
86.3
84.5 - 88.1
90.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
87.5
87.5 - 87.5
92.1
89.2 - 95.1
92.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
91.1
88.7 - 93.5
93.4
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
92.9
90.4 - 95.4
92.6
90.7 - 94.6
94.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
89.2
84.8 - 93.6
91.1
90.1 - 92.1
92.7
Moncton
83.2
77.1 - 89.3
86.8
86.2 - 87.5
87.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
90.3
86.6 - 94.0
93.0
91.0 - 94.9
92.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
91.0
87.1 - 94.9
91.5
88.7 - 94.3
95.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
79.9
75.4 - 84.4
83.8
80.6 - 86.9
82.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
90.2
84.6 - 95.8
88.7
87.5 - 90.0
89.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
91.4
87.8 - 95.0
93.4
91.5 - 95.2
92.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
85.8
80.0 - 91.5
89.4
88.5 - 90.3
89.1
Riverview and Coverdale
87.4
75.6 - 99.1
88.6
87.2 - 90.0
88.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
87.1
79.9 - 94.3
90.4
88.5 - 92.2
85.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
88.0
84.5 - 91.5
90.4
89.7 - 91.1
90.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
88.8
87.9 - 89.7
88.3
86.5 - 90.2
87.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
87.4
79.5 - 95.3
88.7
87.1 - 90.4
90.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
89.1
83.7 - 94.5
93.1
91.4 - 94.9
90.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
90.5
90.4 - 90.7
90.8
88.8 - 92.7
94.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
91.1
84.8 - 97.3
88.7
86.9 - 90.4
88.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
89.0
82.5 - 95.5
89.3
87.6 - 91.0
88.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
91.1
83.6 - 98.6
89.9
88.3 - 91.6
91.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
86.0
82.0 - 90.1
88.5
87.9 - 89.1
88.3
Anglophone North School District
90.7
87.3 - 94.1
91.9
91.1 - 92.6
92.9
Anglophone South School District
87.9
85.4 - 90.4
90.0
89.5 - 90.5
90.0
Anglophone West School District
87.6
84.6 - 90.5
88.7
88.2 - 89.2
88.8
Anglophone sector
87.6
86.0 - 89.3
89.4
89.2 - 89.7
89.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
89.5
86.2 - 92.9
90.3
89.5 - 91.1
91.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
88.1
87.0 - 89.2
90.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
83.4
77.9 - 88.9
85.8
85.1 - 86.5
87.4
Francophone sector
85.3
81.9 - 88.7
87.5
87.1 - 88.0
89.1
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
78.3
76.9 - 79.8
82.5
82.0 - 82.9
83.1
Grades 9 to 12
92.9
92.2 - 93.5
93.5
93.3 - 93.8
94.1
Gender
Female
89.6
88.2 - 91.1
91.3
90.9 - 91.6
91.3
Male
84.5
82.8 - 86.2
86.6
86.2 - 87.0
87.5
Non-binary
89.6
87.5 - 91.8
90.5
88.8 - 92.3
92.1
Sex at birth
Female
89.6
88.1 - 91.0
91.3
91.0 - 91.6
91.4
Male
84.3
82.6 - 86.0
86.4
86.1 - 86.8
87.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
91.8
90.6 - 92.9
92.6
92.1 - 93.2
91.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
90.4
88.8 - 92.1
91.1
90.2 - 91.9
89.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
85.0
82.4 - 87.7
86.0
85.2 - 86.7
86.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
87.1
85.7 - 88.6
86.9
85.9 - 87.9
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
84.5
82.0 - 87.1
86.8
86.2 - 87.4
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
85.9
84.0 - 87.8
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
87.0
85.2 - 88.7
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 using an electronic device in their bedroom in the last hour before going to sleep. This indicator is based on the Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth.

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 "1 night a week, 2 nights a week, 3 nights a week, 4 nights a week, 5 nights a week, 6 nights a week or every night" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1 night a week, 2 nights a week, 3 nights a week, 4 nights a week, 5 nights a week, 6 nights a week or every night" to the question: How often do you use an electronic device in your bedroom in the last hour before going to sleep?

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_SLE02_1

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