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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they strongly agree or agree that there are good places to spend your free time (recreation centres, parks, shopping centres)

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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
62.3
60.0 - 64.6
60.5
60.1 - 60.9
62.4
65.7
63.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
67.8
64.3 - 71.2
65.7
65.0 - 66.4
66.9
69.5
69.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
61.8
58.0 - 65.6
60.2
59.3 - 61.0
63.4
68.4
66.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
61.9
57.4 - 66.4
59.5
58.7 - 60.3
61.9
66.0
63.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
55.9
54.2 - 57.5
57.2
60.5
56.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
57.7
51.4 - 63.9
53.9
51.5 - 56.4
54.9
57.1
53.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
57.4
51.6 - 63.2
56.2
54.9 - 57.6
57.8
56.7
56.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
51.8
44.6 - 59.0
52.5
50.7 - 54.2
53.2
57.7
53.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
59.0
50.1 - 67.8
57.9
55.8 - 59.9
58.2
56.8
60.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
57.4
50.1 - 64.7
56.4
54.3 - 58.6
58.2
58.3
57.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
56.8
48.5 - 65.0
54.9
51.6 - 58.2
55.2
60.6
57.0
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
58.9
48.9 - 69.0
56.7
53.1 - 60.2
60.9
61.0
62.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
59.0
49.9 - 68.2
52.4
48.7 - 56.2
54.3
52.1
50.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
74.9
72.1 - 77.6
72.9
71.2 - 74.7
74.8
80.1
79.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
53.6
49.6 - 57.6
47.7
42.8 - 52.6
60.0
63.6
55.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
58.5
56.1 - 60.8
59.5
62.7
58.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
61.3
58.3 - 64.4
56.4
54.3 - 58.4
58.9
66.3
64.5
Fredericton
66.8
60.0 - 73.7
64.6
63.5 - 65.8
67.9
69.7
69.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
72.9
75.5
78.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
43.6
39.3 - 47.8
50.9
48.1 - 53.7
53.8
57.0
54.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
51.6
51.6 - 51.6
55.5
49.8 - 61.1
50.5
58.1
62.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
58.0
53.7 - 62.3
54.7
54.9
54.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
40.3
34.5 - 46.2
44.6
40.6 - 48.5
47.7
53.3
45.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
52.7
44.7 - 60.7
52.4
50.6 - 54.3
53.7
58.7
54.7
Moncton
71.0
66.3 - 75.7
68.9
67.9 - 69.8
68.8
71.7
73.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
54.3
46.5 - 62.1
58.4
54.4 - 62.5
51.7
63.2
63.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
42.8
35.7 - 50.0
52.9
47.6 - 58.1
49.1
48.7
43.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
66.4
50.9 - 82.0
68.6
64.5 - 72.8
57.8
61.3
62.0
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
57.3
43.0 - 71.5
54.2
52.1 - 56.3
56.9
62.3
60.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
46.5
39.4 - 53.5
42.3
38.5 - 46.1
45.4
60.8
56.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
66.3
57.9 - 74.8
65.6
64.2 - 67.1
71.1
75.2
72.8
Riverview and Coverdale
65.2
54.5 - 75.9
63.3
60.9 - 65.6
69.5
74.2
74.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
59.5
44.8 - 74.3
58.3
55.0 - 61.5
67.7
59.9
56.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
62.2
57.1 - 67.4
60.6
59.4 - 61.9
61.4
66.9
64.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
52.5
49.3 - 55.8
53.8
50.8 - 56.9
53.1
61.3
61.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
68.6
60.6 - 76.5
62.9
60.2 - 65.6
63.3
62.6
64.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
58.9
50.5 - 67.3
54.8
51.3 - 58.4
61.9
60.4
53.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
57.5
56.6 - 58.3
50.3
46.8 - 53.8
58.0
55.4
61.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
54.5
45.6 - 63.3
50.0
47.0 - 52.9
57.8
68.4
66.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
52.8
41.2 - 64.4
53.8
51.0 - 56.7
57.7
61.5
59.9
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
52.6
39.8 - 65.3
53.8
51.0 - 56.6
52.3
51.6
52.0
School districts
Anglophone East School District
65.7
61.5 - 69.9
65.0
64.1 - 65.9
66.5
69.2
70.2
Anglophone North School District
53.8
48.0 - 59.5
52.4
51.0 - 53.8
54.2
58.0
56.6
Anglophone South School District
61.5
57.6 - 65.4
59.9
59.1 - 60.8
63.4
68.2
65.8
Anglophone West School District
60.4
55.8 - 65.1
58.4
57.5 - 59.2
61.6
65.4
62.8
Anglophone sector
61.3
58.9 - 63.8
59.8
59.3 - 60.3
62.5
66.3
64.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
56.9
51.8 - 62.0
55.9
54.5 - 57.2
57.3
56.3
55.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
56.8
55.0 - 58.6
57.8
61.8
56.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
71.7
68.5 - 75.0
68.0
67.0 - 69.0
67.0
70.1
68.8
Francophone sector
64.7
59.7 - 69.7
62.4
61.6 - 63.1
62.2
64.1
61.5
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
72.5
71.0 - 74.1
70.5
69.9 - 71.0
70.3
73.3
74.4
Grades 9 to 12
55.2
52.2 - 58.2
53.6
53.0 - 54.1
56.7
60.5
56.6
Gender
Female
61.6
59.0 - 64.3
58.6
58.1 - 59.2
61.6
n/a
n/a
Male
64.0
62.0 - 66.1
63.3
62.7 - 63.8
64.9
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
46.7
43.1 - 50.4
51.7
48.7 - 54.8
50.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
60.9
58.3 - 63.6
58.1
57.5 - 58.6
60.4
63.6
n/a
Male
63.8
61.7 - 65.9
63.4
62.8 - 63.9
64.8
67.8
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
51.9
49.6 - 54.3
51.3
50.1 - 52.4
55.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
57.4
54.2 - 60.5
55.5
54.0 - 57.0
60.7
66.3
59.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
69.1
66.8 - 71.4
66.5
65.4 - 67.6
65.6
67.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
57.9
55.6 - 60.2
58.4
56.9 - 59.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
68.6
66.3 - 70.9
66.2
65.2 - 67.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
68.0
65.2 - 70.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
56.8
54.6 - 59.1
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 there are good places to spend your free time (recreation centres, parks, shopping centres).

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? d) There are good places to spend your free time (e.g., recreation centres, parks, shopping centres).

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_SOC04_1

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