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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they strongly agree or agree that people say hello and often stop to talk to each other in the street

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
51.6
50.4 - 52.8
53.7
53.3 - 54.1
54.3
63.7
65.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
50.9
49.0 - 52.8
52.7
51.9 - 53.4
51.7
59.9
62.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
53.1
50.1 - 56.0
55.7
54.8 - 56.5
57.0
67.5
67.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
52.4
49.7 - 55.0
53.5
52.6 - 54.3
55.1
64.4
66.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
53.6
52.0 - 55.3
50.3
61.3
61.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
46.2
41.4 - 51.0
48.0
45.5 - 50.4
49.9
61.6
64.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
49.2
46.9 - 51.6
51.0
49.6 - 52.4
53.7
60.3
62.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
54.0
50.3 - 57.8
58.9
57.2 - 60.6
61.0
71.0
73.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
47.0
44.2 - 49.9
51.5
49.4 - 53.5
52.4
60.7
61.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
51.7
48.2 - 55.2
55.9
53.7 - 58.1
53.6
62.2
65.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
43.9
42.3 - 45.5
46.9
43.6 - 50.1
48.9
61.3
59.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
52.5
50.3 - 54.6
53.9
50.3 - 57.5
54.8
60.5
63.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
49.8
39.9 - 59.7
49.6
45.9 - 53.3
51.4
62.1
69.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
53.6
48.5 - 58.7
57.4
55.4 - 59.3
56.1
63.0
62.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
55.5
48.6 - 62.3
55.4
50.6 - 60.3
65.5
75.1
75.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
52.2
49.8 - 54.5
49.2
61.1
63.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
56.1
53.4 - 58.9
54.5
52.5 - 56.5
58.2
65.4
67.5
Fredericton
53.3
50.1 - 56.5
55.3
54.1 - 56.4
56.3
64.7
66.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
68.3
74.2
76.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
46.3
42.4 - 50.2
52.2
49.4 - 55.0
47.8
57.8
57.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
46.8
46.8 - 46.8
54.7
49.1 - 60.4
47.9
74.3
68.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
63.5
59.3 - 67.7
62.4
66.4
69.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
49.6
44.0 - 55.2
59.8
56.0 - 63.7
55.1
61.8
68.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
55.0
51.1 - 58.9
60.1
58.3 - 62.0
62.7
73.1
74.4
Moncton
48.6
46.7 - 50.5
50.2
49.1 - 51.2
48.8
54.8
59.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
54.4
49.7 - 59.1
60.4
56.4 - 64.3
62.8
74.0
76.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
43.7
41.7 - 45.7
48.4
43.1 - 53.6
46.3
52.1
63.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
60.9
60.7 - 61.2
59.1
54.8 - 63.4
55.3
68.4
68.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
45.7
39.5 - 52.0
42.9
40.8 - 44.9
46.0
57.3
58.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
43.1
41.8 - 44.5
46.2
42.3 - 50.0
46.8
64.2
71.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
60.5
57.4 - 63.7
60.7
59.2 - 62.2
62.6
72.1
69.8
Riverview and Coverdale
51.5
51.0 - 52.1
51.7
49.3 - 54.1
52.0
63.1
64.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
59.0
56.4 - 61.6
52.6
49.3 - 55.9
64.7
70.8
73.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
48.6
46.0 - 51.1
52.0
50.7 - 53.2
52.2
62.9
64.3
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.6
42.4 - 62.8
54.2
51.2 - 57.2
47.9
64.0
65.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
54.6
52.4 - 56.8
56.0
53.2 - 58.7
51.1
60.5
63.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
51.5
48.3 - 54.6
46.1
42.6 - 49.7
57.6
57.6
65.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
57.4
53.2 - 61.7
62.8
59.5 - 66.2
66.3
71.9
75.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
54.9
45.0 - 64.7
54.7
51.8 - 57.7
58.5
71.6
70.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
48.6
45.5 - 51.7
53.6
50.8 - 56.5
55.9
66.2
68.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
49.9
45.8 - 53.9
51.3
48.5 - 54.1
53.1
60.9
60.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
50.0
47.6 - 52.4
51.4
50.5 - 52.4
50.9
60.6
63.5
Anglophone North School District
51.8
48.9 - 54.8
56.4
55.1 - 57.8
57.4
69.8
69.5
Anglophone South School District
53.2
50.2 - 56.3
55.8
55.0 - 56.7
57.1
68.0
67.8
Anglophone West School District
51.9
49.1 - 54.8
53.3
52.5 - 54.2
55.2
64.7
67.2
Anglophone sector
51.9
50.3 - 53.4
54.0
53.5 - 54.5
55.0
65.5
66.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
48.3
46.0 - 50.5
50.0
48.7 - 51.4
53.0
59.2
62.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
54.8
53.0 - 56.5
51.0
61.7
61.6
District scolaire francophone Sud
52.1
49.9 - 54.2
53.8
52.8 - 54.8
52.5
58.0
61.9
Francophone sector
50.9
49.1 - 52.7
52.8
52.1 - 53.6
52.4
59.1
62.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
52.5
51.0 - 54.0
53.5
52.9 - 54.1
53.3
61.0
64.6
Grades 9 to 12
50.9
49.3 - 52.5
53.8
53.3 - 54.4
54.9
65.5
66.1
Gender
Female
54.4
52.9 - 55.8
56.2
55.6 - 56.8
57.1
n/a
n/a
Male
50.2
48.9 - 51.5
52.4
51.8 - 52.9
53.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
35.1
31.9 - 38.3
45.2
42.2 - 48.3
39.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
53.4
52.0 - 54.8
55.1
54.5 - 55.6
55.0
64.7
n/a
Male
49.9
48.6 - 51.3
52.4
51.8 - 53.0
53.7
62.7
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
40.7
38.7 - 42.8
43.5
42.4 - 44.6
44.2
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
48.5
46.4 - 50.5
51.2
49.7 - 52.7
50.1
63.9
61.6
Immigrant
Immigrants
52.7
51.4 - 54.1
56.6
55.5 - 57.8
56.8
64.9
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
46.1
44.2 - 48.0
49.0
47.5 - 50.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
52.1
50.8 - 53.3
56.2
55.2 - 57.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
60.8
59.0 - 62.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
41.2
39.8 - 42.5
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 6 to 12 who reported that they strongly agree or agree that people say hello and often stop to talk to each other in the street.

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 "agree or strongly Agree" by the number of respondents who answered "strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree or strongly agree" to the question: How do you feel about these statements about the area where you live? a) People say ‘hello’ and often stop to talk to each other in the street.

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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_SOC01_1

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