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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they strongly agree or agree that it is safe for younger children to play outside during the day

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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
70.2
68.6 - 71.8
71.3
71.0 - 71.7
74.9
83.0
84.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
73.0
70.6 - 75.5
72.2
71.6 - 72.9
75.1
82.6
84.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
68.5
64.5 - 72.5
70.6
69.8 - 71.3
74.5
84.0
84.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
70.0
67.3 - 72.8
71.6
70.8 - 72.3
75.1
83.3
85.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
73.7
72.2 - 75.2
76.2
82.6
81.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
62.1
55.2 - 69.0
65.2
62.8 - 67.5
71.2
78.9
78.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
71.4
67.8 - 75.0
72.1
70.8 - 73.3
76.8
82.2
83.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
66.5
62.0 - 71.1
67.8
66.2 - 69.5
71.7
82.7
84.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
68.3
63.7 - 72.9
72.1
70.2 - 73.9
74.3
81.6
83.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
70.2
63.8 - 76.5
68.7
66.6 - 70.7
72.4
80.3
79.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
58.7
49.7 - 67.6
62.3
59.2 - 65.5
71.2
78.4
75.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
79.5
74.7 - 84.3
75.7
72.7 - 78.8
82.4
82.4
87.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
67.3
60.1 - 74.4
69.5
66.1 - 72.9
71.2
79.8
81.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
80.9
80.0 - 81.8
80.7
79.1 - 82.3
82.8
87.6
88.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
73.4
69.2 - 77.6
68.9
64.3 - 73.4
76.4
87.3
86.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
74.5
72.4 - 76.5
76.5
81.5
81.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
68.6
66.9 - 70.2
69.2
67.3 - 71.1
72.7
82.0
82.6
Fredericton
71.8
67.3 - 76.3
74.6
73.5 - 75.6
78.8
84.4
86.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
78.3
89.1
91.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
61.7
59.7 - 63.7
71.0
68.5 - 73.6
73.0
80.9
80.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
63.2
63.2 - 63.2
71.4
66.2 - 76.5
65.7
85.0
85.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
77.5
73.8 - 81.1
83.5
89.0
87.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
58.5
49.0 - 67.9
69.0
65.3 - 72.6
69.2
74.3
81.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
66.8
61.8 - 71.9
68.0
66.2 - 69.7
72.2
83.5
84.4
Moncton
71.9
68.5 - 75.2
71.5
70.6 - 72.4
73.2
80.2
83.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
69.4
63.3 - 75.4
76.9
73.4 - 80.4
74.9
86.7
88.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
63.4
60.7 - 66.1
66.9
62.0 - 71.9
67.3
75.3
81.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
82.3
80.7 - 83.9
79.9
76.3 - 83.5
78.9
87.9
85.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
69.8
63.5 - 76.0
67.2
65.2 - 69.1
70.9
82.9
85.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
53.8
48.2 - 59.4
52.8
48.9 - 56.6
57.2
80.2
80.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
79.4
75.7 - 83.0
80.5
79.3 - 81.7
83.1
90.7
89.3
Riverview and Coverdale
73.6
71.5 - 75.7
69.2
67.0 - 71.4
75.6
86.1
87.3
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
73.8
67.9 - 79.8
71.5
68.5 - 74.5
80.8
85.0
83.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
64.7
60.9 - 68.6
67.1
65.9 - 68.3
70.0
79.5
80.6
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
66.6
65.8 - 67.4
70.5
67.7 - 73.3
69.6
84.1
83.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
75.4
70.3 - 80.4
72.4
69.9 - 74.9
77.4
81.3
87.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
72.5
70.5 - 74.5
70.3
67.0 - 73.5
79.3
83.3
83.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
67.6
60.8 - 74.3
71.2
68.1 - 74.4
79.5
85.8
84.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
58.2
48.1 - 68.3
55.5
52.6 - 58.4
70.2
84.7
84.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
63.9
61.4 - 66.4
69.0
66.3 - 71.6
73.0
81.8
84.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
71.1
65.9 - 76.4
70.8
68.3 - 73.4
76.1
82.7
80.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
69.6
67.5 - 71.6
70.5
69.7 - 71.4
73.1
82.3
84.5
Anglophone North School District
63.9
60.5 - 67.3
66.6
65.3 - 68.0
69.5
80.4
81.7
Anglophone South School District
68.2
64.1 - 72.3
70.5
69.7 - 71.3
74.4
84.3
84.1
Anglophone West School District
68.9
66.1 - 71.6
70.5
69.8 - 71.3
74.5
83.1
85.0
Anglophone sector
68.3
66.5 - 70.0
70.1
69.7 - 70.5
73.5
83.0
84.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
71.2
68.0 - 74.4
71.1
69.9 - 72.4
76.8
81.7
82.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
75.5
74.0 - 77.0
77.4
83.1
81.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
78.8
77.5 - 80.1
76.1
75.2 - 76.9
79.3
83.4
85.8
Francophone sector
75.0
72.3 - 77.7
74.5
73.8 - 75.1
78.2
82.8
83.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
73.5
72.0 - 75.1
73.2
72.6 - 73.7
75.2
82.9
86.4
Grades 9 to 12
67.9
65.6 - 70.1
70.0
69.5 - 70.5
74.7
83.0
82.5
Gender
Female
69.7
67.8 - 71.6
70.7
70.2 - 71.3
74.7
n/a
n/a
Male
72.1
70.7 - 73.5
73.3
72.8 - 73.8
76.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
54.5
50.9 - 58.0
60.6
57.6 - 63.6
63.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
68.8
67.0 - 70.7
69.6
69.1 - 70.2
73.1
82.9
n/a
Male
71.9
70.5 - 73.4
73.4
72.8 - 73.9
77.1
83.0
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
61.4
59.1 - 63.7
62.9
61.8 - 64.0
67.6
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
61.0
57.9 - 64.0
62.1
60.7 - 63.6
66.2
77.7
77.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
72.9
71.2 - 74.7
74.1
73.1 - 75.1
74.8
81.4
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
64.0
61.8 - 66.3
63.7
62.3 - 65.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
70.6
69.0 - 72.2
72.4
71.5 - 73.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
75.7
73.6 - 77.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
59.1
57.1 - 61.1
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 it is safe for younger children to play outside during the day.

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? b) It is safe for younger children to play outside during the day.

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_SOC02_1

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