Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they strongly agree or agree that you can trust people around here

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
54.4
52.6 - 56.3
53.2
52.8 - 53.6
55.5
67.4
67.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
57.0
54.1 - 59.8
54.7
54.0 - 55.4
55.7
67.7
69.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
54.9
50.5 - 59.4
53.0
52.1 - 53.8
56.2
69.4
69.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
53.5
49.8 - 57.3
52.3
51.5 - 53.1
55.5
67.4
67.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
52.7
51.0 - 54.4
54.8
65.5
64.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
42.8
35.9 - 49.6
45.4
43.0 - 47.9
46.2
57.4
61.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
54.7
51.8 - 57.5
54.9
53.5 - 56.2
58.1
67.0
67.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
52.0
46.9 - 57.0
52.1
50.4 - 53.8
53.4
65.8
64.5
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
53.8
48.7 - 58.9
53.8
51.8 - 55.9
54.5
65.7
65.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
57.2
48.2 - 66.2
51.9
49.7 - 54.1
56.7
63.9
63.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
40.3
30.5 - 50.1
41.9
38.6 - 45.1
46.4
56.3
61.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
59.8
56.2 - 63.3
58.5
55.0 - 62.1
66.1
66.6
75.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
46.5
39.2 - 53.8
50.8
47.1 - 54.6
46.0
59.0
61.2
Dieppe and Memramcook
64.2
58.0 - 70.4
66.7
64.8 - 68.6
66.5
76.2
77.0
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
58.6
48.6 - 68.6
50.9
46.0 - 55.8
57.1
71.6
67.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
53.9
51.6 - 56.3
54.8
66.0
65.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
52.9
47.9 - 57.8
47.9
45.8 - 49.9
49.0
65.8
64.0
Fredericton
56.2
50.2 - 62.3
56.5
55.4 - 57.7
62.0
71.8
74.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
68.5
82.3
83.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
45.0
39.4 - 50.6
50.2
47.4 - 53.0
52.9
59.1
59.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
43.1
43.1 - 43.1
50.8
45.1 - 56.5
44.9
66.3
64.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
54.1
49.8 - 58.5
60.3
70.5
73.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
38.6
31.6 - 45.6
41.9
38.0 - 45.8
47.4
53.7
58.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
52.0
46.4 - 57.5
52.5
50.6 - 54.3
53.3
66.4
64.5
Moncton
54.5
51.5 - 57.5
52.2
51.2 - 53.2
52.3
64.8
68.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
51.4
43.3 - 59.4
59.1
55.0 - 63.2
49.8
68.9
73.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
52.1
48.7 - 55.4
48.7
43.5 - 53.9
54.3
59.9
64.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
69.0
61.1 - 76.9
65.6
61.4 - 69.8
61.0
64.6
75.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
50.0
41.8 - 58.1
47.5
45.4 - 49.7
49.2
63.0
61.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
34.9
28.2 - 41.6
28.3
24.8 - 31.8
32.8
55.2
49.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
67.4
63.4 - 71.3
65.5
64.1 - 67.0
65.5
80.0
77.8
Riverview and Coverdale
59.6
57.8 - 61.4
50.2
47.8 - 52.6
54.0
70.0
71.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
60.1
51.1 - 69.0
56.7
53.4 - 60.0
64.1
72.5
71.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
50.4
45.6 - 55.2
48.9
47.7 - 50.2
51.8
64.2
65.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
50.9
50.0 - 51.8
52.8
49.8 - 55.9
50.3
65.2
62.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
62.2
56.8 - 67.7
60.1
57.4 - 62.8
57.1
70.4
76.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
54.1
48.9 - 59.2
58.5
55.0 - 62.0
61.1
71.6
67.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
55.5
53.0 - 58.0
48.3
44.8 - 51.8
56.5
63.6
64.7
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
42.6
31.7 - 53.5
37.8
34.9 - 40.6
50.3
61.3
62.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
49.7
44.7 - 54.8
49.5
46.7 - 52.4
54.1
67.8
69.2
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
53.3
49.0 - 57.7
52.0
49.1 - 54.8
57.6
67.3
66.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
53.8
51.2 - 56.5
51.4
50.4 - 52.3
52.6
66.6
68.8
Anglophone North School District
47.5
43.5 - 51.6
47.8
46.4 - 49.2
48.7
60.0
61.1
Anglophone South School District
54.7
50.1 - 59.3
52.9
52.0 - 53.7
55.9
69.5
69.2
Anglophone West School District
51.7
48.2 - 55.2
51.3
50.5 - 52.2
54.5
66.7
66.4
Anglophone sector
52.7
50.6 - 54.7
51.4
51.0 - 51.9
53.8
66.8
67.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
54.7
52.3 - 57.1
55.2
53.8 - 56.5
58.5
67.2
67.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
53.5
51.7 - 55.3
57.0
67.4
65.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
63.1
60.5 - 65.7
60.6
59.6 - 61.6
61.4
70.7
73.0
Francophone sector
58.8
56.0 - 61.7
57.7
57.0 - 58.5
59.7
68.9
69.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
58.0
56.1 - 59.8
54.9
54.3 - 55.5
56.1
68.6
72.3
Grades 9 to 12
52.0
49.4 - 54.6
52.0
51.5 - 52.6
55.2
66.6
64.9
Gender
Female
53.0
50.9 - 55.2
51.3
50.7 - 51.9
53.7
n/a
n/a
Male
57.3
55.6 - 59.0
57.0
56.4 - 57.5
60.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
38.3
34.5 - 42.0
37.3
34.3 - 40.3
35.9
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
52.2
50.1 - 54.3
49.9
49.4 - 50.5
51.3
65.1
n/a
Male
57.1
55.4 - 58.8
56.9
56.3 - 57.5
60.4
69.9
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
42.4
40.1 - 44.8
41.5
40.4 - 42.6
42.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
43.5
40.7 - 46.3
42.0
40.5 - 43.5
45.9
58.0
54.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
54.0
52.0 - 55.9
52.6
51.5 - 53.8
53.8
65.6
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
47.6
45.3 - 49.9
45.5
43.9 - 47.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
51.9
50.1 - 53.8
51.0
50.0 - 52.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
64.8
62.6 - 66.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
39.2
37.1 - 41.2
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 you can trust people around here.

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? c) You can trust people around here.

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_SOC03_1

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