Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported having trouble going to sleep or staying asleep sometimes, most of the time or all of the time

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
53.7
52.7 - 54.7
60.9
60.5 - 61.3
65.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
52.0
50.1 - 54.0
59.9
59.2 - 60.6
64.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
54.4
52.7 - 56.1
60.8
60.0 - 61.6
65.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
55.3
53.5 - 57.2
61.8
61.0 - 62.5
65.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
59.0
57.4 - 60.6
64.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
55.4
49.8 - 61.0
62.4
60.1 - 64.7
67.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
51.8
49.5 - 54.1
62.0
60.7 - 63.3
65.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
55.6
53.9 - 57.4
62.4
60.8 - 64.1
65.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
50.2
47.0 - 53.4
62.4
60.5 - 64.4
66.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
54.1
49.7 - 58.5
63.4
61.3 - 65.4
64.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
55.9
47.0 - 64.7
61.9
58.7 - 65.0
68.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
53.3
49.7 - 56.8
59.9
56.4 - 63.3
59.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
54.7
50.7 - 58.8
63.1
59.7 - 66.5
66.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
47.0
44.3 - 49.7
59.2
57.3 - 61.1
60.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
64.6
60.5 - 68.6
64.9
60.4 - 69.4
66.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
57.5
55.2 - 59.8
64.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
55.5
52.6 - 58.3
60.5
58.6 - 62.5
64.8
Fredericton
53.5
50.9 - 56.1
58.9
57.8 - 60.1
62.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
72.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
52.7
49.6 - 55.8
60.8
58.2 - 63.5
63.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
62.1
62.1 - 62.1
63.3
57.9 - 68.6
76.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
59.8
55.6 - 63.9
65.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
67.2
62.4 - 71.9
70.5
67.1 - 73.9
70.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
55.2
53.4 - 57.1
62.3
60.5 - 64.0
64.4
Moncton
50.8
48.1 - 53.4
58.4
57.4 - 59.3
63.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
58.1
52.5 - 63.7
62.2
58.4 - 66.0
69.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
59.8
59.1 - 60.4
63.9
59.1 - 68.7
69.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
50.5
47.5 - 53.5
61.3
57.1 - 65.5
65.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
55.9
53.8 - 57.9
66.7
64.8 - 68.7
71.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
59.2
50.4 - 68.0
72.1
68.6 - 75.5
69.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
53.7
51.7 - 55.8
60.0
58.5 - 61.5
63.0
Riverview and Coverdale
53.2
49.0 - 57.3
60.4
58.2 - 62.6
67.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
60.6
58.9 - 62.2
65.4
62.3 - 68.5
69.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
54.4
51.3 - 57.6
60.5
59.3 - 61.7
67.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
54.0
53.6 - 54.4
63.0
60.1 - 65.8
68.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
58.2
54.5 - 62.0
59.9
57.3 - 62.5
63.5
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
51.3
44.8 - 57.8
60.9
57.6 - 64.3
64.0
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
57.7
56.2 - 59.2
62.8
59.5 - 66.0
64.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
54.9
50.7 - 59.1
62.5
59.7 - 65.2
64.2
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
54.0
50.5 - 57.5
60.4
57.7 - 63.1
65.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
54.2
50.3 - 58.1
63.3
60.6 - 65.9
67.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
53.6
51.6 - 55.6
60.0
59.1 - 60.9
65.4
Anglophone North School District
56.6
54.6 - 58.5
63.3
62.0 - 64.6
66.2
Anglophone South School District
54.7
52.9 - 56.4
61.0
60.2 - 61.8
65.8
Anglophone West School District
56.1
54.5 - 57.8
62.1
61.3 - 62.9
65.8
Anglophone sector
55.1
54.1 - 56.1
61.4
60.9 - 61.8
65.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
51.6
49.3 - 53.9
61.4
60.1 - 62.7
65.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
57.8
56.1 - 59.5
63.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
48.8
46.8 - 50.9
59.3
58.3 - 60.3
62.5
Francophone sector
50.2
48.6 - 51.7
59.7
59.0 - 60.4
63.6
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
54.9
53.8 - 56.0
61.9
61.4 - 62.5
66.6
Grades 9 to 12
52.8
51.4 - 54.3
60.1
59.6 - 60.6
64.0
Gender
Female
59.6
58.5 - 60.8
67.9
67.3 - 68.4
71.7
Male
46.4
45.2 - 47.5
52.5
52.0 - 53.1
56.1
Non-binary
72.2
67.8 - 76.5
77.9
75.4 - 80.3
86.1
Sex at birth
Female
60.6
59.5 - 61.7
68.9
68.4 - 69.5
73.6
Male
46.3
45.2 - 47.4
52.4
51.8 - 52.9
56.2
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
68.3
66.3 - 70.3
77.6
76.7 - 78.5
80.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
60.0
57.8 - 62.2
68.4
67.0 - 69.8
70.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
47.5
46.1 - 48.9
53.3
52.2 - 54.3
58.1
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
65.0
63.5 - 66.6
71.2
69.9 - 72.5
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
49.7
48.3 - 51.2
55.3
54.3 - 56.2
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
48.2
46.9 - 49.5
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
60.1
58.6 - 61.6
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 having trouble going to sleep or staying asleep sometimes, most of the time or all of the time. 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 "sometimes, 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: How often do you have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep?

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_SLE05_1

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