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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported using an electronic device before bed 1 to 3 nights a week

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
14.4
13.4 - 15.5
14.7
14.5 - 15.0
13.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
15.6
13.7 - 17.5
15.7
15.2 - 16.2
13.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.5
12.2 - 16.9
14.6
14.0 - 15.1
12.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
15.0
12.8 - 17.3
15.5
14.9 - 16.1
14.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
13.0
11.9 - 14.0
12.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
10.9
7.1 - 14.7
13.2
11.6 - 14.8
9.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
11.7
9.6 - 13.7
12.7
11.8 - 13.6
11.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
10.8
7.8 - 13.8
11.8
10.7 - 12.8
10.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
12.5
9.4 - 15.6
13.0
11.6 - 14.3
12.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
11.5
6.9 - 16.1
12.8
11.4 - 14.2
10.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
11.7
5.4 - 18.0
12.5
10.4 - 14.6
10.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
9.5
5.4 - 13.7
13.9
11.5 - 16.2
11.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
9.7
7.7 - 11.8
14.3
11.8 - 16.7
9.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
17.2
10.5 - 24.0
14.5
13.1 - 15.9
14.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
12.3
11.1 - 13.6
12.8
9.7 - 16.0
12.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
12.9
11.4 - 14.4
12.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
12.5
8.6 - 16.4
13.4
12.1 - 14.8
12.6
Fredericton
17.6
13.7 - 21.4
16.7
15.8 - 17.5
15.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
15.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
10.1
9.4 - 10.8
12.4
10.7 - 14.2
11.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
13.7
13.7 - 13.7
11.2
7.7 - 14.7
8.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
14.7
11.7 - 17.7
9.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
8.6
6.4 - 10.8
13.0
10.5 - 15.5
13.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
10.8
7.5 - 14.1
11.9
10.7 - 13.0
11.1
Moncton
16.9
14.0 - 19.9
17.0
16.3 - 17.8
14.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
10.5
7.5 - 13.4
16.1
13.2 - 19.0
11.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
11.0
9.4 - 12.7
10.9
7.8 - 14.1
7.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
17.9
16.2 - 19.5
21.2
17.7 - 24.7
10.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
12.1
7.5 - 16.7
13.7
12.3 - 15.1
12.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
12.1
10.8 - 13.4
14.2
11.6 - 16.8
11.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
14.9
8.4 - 21.4
14.9
13.8 - 15.9
14.8
Riverview and Coverdale
14.8
8.7 - 21.0
15.4
13.8 - 17.0
13.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.7
9.0 - 18.4
15.2
12.9 - 17.5
13.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
15.2
12.0 - 18.4
14.4
13.5 - 15.2
11.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
12.5
10.7 - 14.3
15.1
13.0 - 17.2
14.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.6
9.3 - 18.0
15.6
13.7 - 17.6
12.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
9.7
5.5 - 13.9
10.6
8.5 - 12.7
8.8
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
12.9
11.7 - 14.1
11.5
9.4 - 13.6
12.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
11.2
7.0 - 15.4
13.6
11.7 - 15.5
11.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
13.3
11.9 - 14.6
16.2
14.1 - 18.2
14.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.7
8.2 - 17.2
13.0
11.1 - 14.8
10.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
15.2
13.2 - 17.3
16.5
15.8 - 17.1
14.0
Anglophone North School District
10.8
8.4 - 13.2
12.3
11.4 - 13.2
11.0
Anglophone South School District
14.3
12.0 - 16.6
14.3
13.7 - 14.9
12.8
Anglophone West School District
14.4
12.1 - 16.6
15.0
14.5 - 15.6
14.2
Anglophone sector
14.2
13.0 - 15.4
14.9
14.5 - 15.2
13.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
11.5
9.4 - 13.5
12.6
11.7 - 13.5
10.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
13.3
12.2 - 14.5
11.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
17.6
14.3 - 20.8
15.8
15.1 - 16.5
13.8
Francophone sector
15.0
12.8 - 17.3
14.4
13.9 - 14.9
12.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
20.1
19.0 - 21.1
20.2
19.8 - 20.7
18.5
Grades 9 to 12
10.6
9.6 - 11.5
10.8
10.4 - 11.1
9.0
Gender
Female
13.3
12.1 - 14.5
13.2
12.8 - 13.6
11.7
Male
15.7
14.6 - 16.8
16.2
15.8 - 16.6
14.4
Non-binary
10.2
8.1 - 12.4
11.4
9.5 - 13.2
10.6
Sex at birth
Female
13.1
11.9 - 14.2
13.1
12.7 - 13.5
11.7
Male
15.9
14.8 - 16.9
16.4
16.0 - 16.8
14.4
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
9.4
8.3 - 10.4
10.8
10.1 - 11.5
11.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
12.6
11.2 - 14.0
13.1
12.1 - 14.1
11.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
18.6
17.1 - 20.1
19.0
18.2 - 19.9
15.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
12.7
11.3 - 14.1
14.6
13.6 - 15.6
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
19.0
17.5 - 20.4
18.8
18.1 - 19.6
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
15.4
13.9 - 17.0
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
13.2
12.2 - 14.1
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 before bed 1 to 3 nights a week. 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 or 3 nights a week" 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_2

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