Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they strongly agree or agree that most people around here would try to take advantage of you if they got the chance

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
22.4
21.0 - 23.8
25.5
25.2 - 25.9
23.5
20.9
20.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
24.3
21.7 - 26.9
26.8
26.2 - 27.4
23.6
22.3
21.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
20.6
18.6 - 22.6
24.4
23.7 - 25.2
23.7
20.7
19.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
20.1
17.6 - 22.7
23.8
23.1 - 24.5
22.2
19.7
20.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
28.4
26.9 - 29.9
24.1
19.5
23.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
26.0
23.1 - 28.9
32.7
30.4 - 35.0
27.9
25.9
23.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
22.5
20.1 - 24.8
23.8
22.6 - 24.9
20.9
16.6
15.6
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
22.4
19.7 - 25.0
27.5
25.9 - 29.0
29.1
24.7
27.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
22.4
18.6 - 26.2
26.5
24.7 - 28.3
24.8
18.4
20.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.4
22.6 - 42.2
35.1
33.0 - 37.2
31.8
31.4
31.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
27.0
25.4 - 28.7
32.9
29.8 - 36.0
28.2
27.7
20.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
21.8
18.4 - 25.3
18.7
15.9 - 21.5
16.5
15.4
11.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.4
19.1 - 29.6
32.4
28.8 - 35.9
27.4
23.3
26.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
29.2
26.5 - 32.0
28.0
26.2 - 29.8
25.3
22.3
23.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
19.2
10.5 - 28.0
20.9
16.9 - 24.9
26.5
20.2
20.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
24.2
22.2 - 26.2
22.3
18.7
19.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.8
21.5 - 26.2
27.2
25.3 - 29.0
27.8
21.0
21.6
Fredericton
19.2
15.2 - 23.2
21.7
20.7 - 22.7
19.5
17.8
16.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
21.1
15.5
12.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
31.6
26.4 - 36.7
37.8
35.1 - 40.5
30.3
28.3
29.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
29.2
29.2 - 29.2
25.8
20.8 - 30.8
26.7
17.0
24.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
21.7
18.1 - 25.2
16.8
13.5
18.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
21.8
17.8 - 25.9
27.9
24.3 - 31.5
27.9
25.7
23.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
22.0
19.0 - 24.9
27.7
26.0 - 29.3
28.2
24.3
27.6
Moncton
22.1
19.3 - 25.0
24.7
23.8 - 25.6
21.9
20.2
20.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
18.7
15.9 - 21.5
26.2
22.6 - 29.9
22.4
23.0
21.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
26.4
25.8 - 26.9
25.7
21.1 - 30.3
36.8
28.0
20.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
20.2
17.2 - 23.1
21.2
17.6 - 24.8
15.8
19.1
24.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
18.6
17.6 - 19.6
23.3
21.6 - 25.1
22.0
19.5
20.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
24.9
20.7 - 29.1
34.5
30.7 - 38.2
31.0
23.8
28.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
15.8
14.3 - 17.3
18.5
17.3 - 19.7
19.6
15.7
15.6
Riverview and Coverdale
18.5
18.2 - 18.8
24.5
22.4 - 26.6
18.7
19.4
15.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
17.7
16.1 - 19.3
21.0
18.3 - 23.7
18.8
18.2
17.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
22.2
19.7 - 24.7
25.8
24.7 - 27.0
25.0
23.2
20.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.2
16.9 - 19.4
27.5
24.8 - 30.2
21.4
22.9
20.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
35.7
30.6 - 40.8
34.0
31.4 - 36.6
29.7
29.0
25.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.4
14.8 - 22.1
20.2
17.3 - 23.0
19.0
14.6
12.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
19.7
19.4 - 20.1
28.0
24.9 - 31.2
24.1
24.4
20.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
26.3
20.4 - 32.3
30.7
28.0 - 33.5
26.7
23.9
22.5
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
22.7
20.5 - 24.9
28.2
25.6 - 30.8
26.4
20.6
21.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
25.6
22.3 - 28.9
24.2
21.8 - 26.6
17.5
15.0
14.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
19.3
18.3 - 20.2
24.4
23.6 - 25.2
20.4
18.9
18.5
Anglophone North School District
21.0
18.7 - 23.3
27.7
26.4 - 28.9
27.8
25.4
25.6
Anglophone South School District
20.2
18.3 - 22.1
24.2
23.4 - 24.9
23.5
20.3
19.2
Anglophone West School District
19.4
17.3 - 21.5
23.8
23.0 - 24.5
22.2
19.6
20.3
Anglophone sector
19.8
18.8 - 20.8
24.5
24.1 - 24.9
22.8
20.3
20.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
24.4
22.3 - 26.6
25.4
24.2 - 26.6
21.7
17.6
15.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
28.4
26.8 - 30.0
23.6
19.3
22.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
31.7
29.0 - 34.5
29.9
28.9 - 30.8
27.8
26.4
26.0
Francophone sector
29.0
27.0 - 31.1
28.2
27.6 - 28.9
25.1
22.2
21.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
23.0
21.4 - 24.5
24.5
24.0 - 25.0
22.4
19.2
18.8
Grades 9 to 12
22.0
20.1 - 23.9
26.3
25.8 - 26.8
24.2
22.0
21.9
Gender
Female
20.8
19.3 - 22.3
24.4
23.9 - 24.9
22.5
n/a
n/a
Male
24.0
22.5 - 25.4
26.5
25.9 - 27.0
24.3
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
23.8
20.6 - 27.1
28.5
25.7 - 31.3
23.8
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
20.8
19.4 - 22.3
24.5
24.0 - 24.9
22.6
18.5
n/a
Male
24.0
22.6 - 25.5
26.6
26.0 - 27.1
24.4
23.2
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
20.2
18.6 - 21.8
24.3
23.3 - 25.3
22.4
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.4
26.2 - 30.6
33.8
32.3 - 35.2
31.8
31.2
29.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
21.3
20.0 - 22.7
24.6
23.6 - 25.6
23.1
22.4
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
26.1
24.2 - 28.0
31.4
30.0 - 32.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
22.7
21.3 - 24.1
26.3
25.4 - 27.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
26.3
23.8 - 28.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
23.5
22.0 - 24.9
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 most people around here would try to take advantage of you if they got the chance.

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? f) Most people around here would try to take advantage of you if they got the chance.

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_SOC06_1

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