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Average score, sense of community belonging of students in grades 6 to 12 (based on 5 questions, using a scale of 5 to 25, where a higher score represents a higher level of community belonging)

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Unit Number

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
18.1
17.9 - 18.3
18.1
18.1 - 18.1
18.4
19.2
19.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
18.4
18.1 - 18.7
18.3
18.2 - 18.4
18.4
19.2
19.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
18.0
17.6 - 18.4
18.1
18.0 - 18.1
18.4
19.5
19.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18.0
17.5 - 18.4
18.0
17.9 - 18.1
18.3
19.2
19.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
18.0
17.9 - 18.1
18.3
19.0
19.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
17.4
16.7 - 18.1
17.3
17.1 - 17.6
17.6
18.6
18.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
18.1
17.7 - 18.5
18.2
18.1 - 18.3
18.6
18.9
19.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
17.7
17.1 - 18.3
17.9
17.8 - 18.1
18.2
19.3
19.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.9
17.3 - 18.5
18.2
18.0 - 18.3
18.3
18.9
19.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.1
17.2 - 18.9
18.0
17.9 - 18.2
18.2
18.9
18.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
17.2
16.2 - 18.1
17.3
17.0 - 17.6
17.6
18.7
18.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
18.7
18.0 - 19.3
18.7
18.4 - 18.9
19.1
19.0
19.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
17.8
16.9 - 18.6
17.4
17.1 - 17.8
17.6
18.5
18.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
19.2
19.2 - 19.3
19.4
19.2 - 19.6
19.5
20.4
20.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.1
17.4 - 18.7
17.9
17.5 - 18.3
18.9
19.9
19.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
18.1
17.9 - 18.3
18.4
19.0
19.1
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
18.0
17.7 - 18.3
17.8
17.6 - 18.0
18.0
19.1
19.2
Fredericton
18.3
17.6 - 19.0
18.4
18.3 - 18.5
18.8
19.5
19.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
19.3
20.9
21.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.9
16.6 - 17.2
17.6
17.3 - 17.8
17.8
18.6
18.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
17.1
17.1 - 17.1
18.0
17.6 - 18.4
17.6
19.3
19.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
18.7
18.4 - 19.0
19.2
19.6
19.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
16.5
16.0 - 17.0
17.2
16.9 - 17.5
17.8
18.4
18.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
17.8
17.0 - 18.5
18.0
17.8 - 18.1
18.2
19.4
19.3
Moncton
18.3
17.9 - 18.7
18.2
18.1 - 18.2
18.2
18.9
19.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
17.9
17.3 - 18.5
18.5
18.2 - 18.8
18.3
19.6
19.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
17.1
16.8 - 17.5
17.6
17.2 - 18.0
17.5
18.1
19.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.1
18.1 - 20.0
19.1
18.8 - 19.5
18.6
19.3
19.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
17.5
16.4 - 18.5
17.3
17.1 - 17.4
17.7
18.9
18.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
16.3
15.9 - 16.7
16.1
15.8 - 16.4
16.3
18.1
18.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
18.9
18.3 - 19.5
18.9
18.8 - 19.0
19.2
20.3
20.1
Riverview and Coverdale
18.2
17.8 - 18.7
17.9
17.8 - 18.1
18.3
19.4
19.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
18.4
17.4 - 19.3
18.1
17.8 - 18.4
19.1
19.3
19.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
17.7
17.3 - 18.1
17.8
17.7 - 17.9
18.0
18.9
19.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
17.5
17.2 - 17.8
17.9
17.6 - 18.1
17.6
19.0
19.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
18.8
18.4 - 19.2
18.5
18.3 - 18.7
18.6
19.1
19.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
18.1
17.8 - 18.4
17.9
17.6 - 18.2
19.0
19.2
19.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
17.9
17.6 - 18.3
18.0
17.7 - 18.3
18.7
19.1
19.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
17.3
16.4 - 18.2
17.0
16.7 - 17.2
18.0
19.3
19.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
17.3
16.4 - 18.3
17.6
17.4 - 17.9
18.3
19.2
19.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
18.0
17.3 - 18.6
18.1
17.8 - 18.3
18.4
18.8
18.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
18.0
17.7 - 18.3
18.0
17.9 - 18.1
18.1
19.0
19.4
Anglophone North School District
17.4
17.0 - 17.9
17.6
17.5 - 17.7
17.8
18.9
18.9
Anglophone South School District
18.0
17.6 - 18.4
18.1
18.0 - 18.1
18.4
19.5
19.5
Anglophone West School District
17.8
17.4 - 18.2
17.9
17.8 - 18.0
18.3
19.2
19.3
Anglophone sector
17.9
17.7 - 18.1
17.9
17.9 - 18.0
18.2
19.2
19.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
18.1
17.8 - 18.4
18.2
18.1 - 18.3
18.5
18.9
19.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
18.1
18.0 - 18.3
18.5
19.2
19.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
19.1
18.9 - 19.2
18.8
18.7 - 18.9
18.9
19.5
19.8
Francophone sector
18.6
18.2 - 18.9
18.5
18.4 - 18.6
18.7
19.3
19.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
18.7
18.5 - 18.9
18.5
18.5 - 18.6
18.6
19.6
20.1
Grades 9 to 12
17.6
17.4 - 17.9
17.8
17.8 - 17.9
18.2
19.0
18.9
Gender
Female
18.1
17.9 - 18.4
18.1
18.0 - 18.1
18.4
n/a
n/a
Male
18.2
18.0 - 18.3
18.3
18.2 - 18.3
18.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
15.8
15.4 - 16.1
16.4
16.1 - 16.7
16.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
18.0
17.8 - 18.2
17.9
17.9 - 18.0
18.2
19.1
n/a
Male
18.1
17.9 - 18.3
18.3
18.2 - 18.3
18.6
19.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
16.6
16.4 - 16.8
16.8
16.7 - 16.9
17.1
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
17.1
16.8 - 17.3
17.2
17.0 - 17.3
17.4
18.7
18.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
18.3
18.1 - 18.5
18.3
18.2 - 18.4
18.4
19.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
17.2
17.0 - 17.4
17.3
17.1 - 17.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
18.1
17.9 - 18.3
18.2
18.1 - 18.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
19.0
18.8 - 19.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
16.7
16.5 - 16.9
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 average score, sense of community belonging of students in grades 6 to 12 (based on 5 questions, using a scale of 5 to 25, where a higher score represents a higher level of community belonging).

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by doing the 'sum of the values provided by the respondents' divided by 'the total number of respondents' to 5 individual questions on how they feel about the area where they live: People say ‘hello' and often stop to talk to each other in the street, it is safe for younger children to play outside during the day, you can trust people around here, there are good places to spend your free time (e.g., recreation centres, parks, shopping centres) and I could ask for help or a favour from neighbours. The response options for these 5 items are: strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree and strongly agree.

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

Number

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_SOCTS_1

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