Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported participating in organized sports, clubs or activities in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026
Province
New Brunswick
76.8
75.4 - 78.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
77.7
74.8 - 80.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
78.0
75.1 - 81.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
78.5
75.7 - 81.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
73.0
69.3 - 76.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
72.7
69.1 - 76.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
74.2
70.3 - 78.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
73.8
68.6 - 79.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
71.9
65.5 - 78.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
72.3
68.1 - 76.5
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
66.3
59.9 - 72.6
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
73.9
67.0 - 80.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
84.6
80.4 - 88.9
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
79.0
73.5 - 84.5
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
78.9
74.2 - 83.6
Fredericton
79.9
75.4 - 84.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
68.4
63.5 - 73.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
74.2
74.2 - 74.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
76.3
69.5 - 83.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
75.1
70.7 - 79.5
Moncton
77.5
72.8 - 82.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
79.2
76.6 - 81.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
65.7
64.0 - 67.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
89.1
86.2 - 91.9
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
74.5
68.1 - 80.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
67.0
60.5 - 73.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
82.7
78.2 - 87.2
Riverview and Coverdale
77.0
73.0 - 81.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
79.4
70.0 - 88.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
76.8
72.2 - 81.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
72.4
70.0 - 74.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
76.7
71.2 - 82.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
74.9
68.7 - 81.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
77.4
69.8 - 84.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
75.0
69.7 - 80.3
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
72.2
70.1 - 74.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
73.6
64.6 - 82.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
75.4
72.0 - 78.8
Anglophone North School District
71.9
69.0 - 74.8
Anglophone South School District
77.8
74.8 - 80.9
Anglophone West School District
77.2
74.5 - 79.9
Anglophone sector
76.3
74.7 - 78.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
72.9
69.3 - 76.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
District scolaire francophone Sud
82.9
80.1 - 85.8
Francophone sector
78.0
75.2 - 80.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
83.0
81.8 - 84.2
Grades 9 to 12
72.8
71.0 - 74.6
Gender
Female
78.2
76.5 - 79.8
Male
76.5
75.0 - 77.9
Non-binary
67.5
63.6 - 71.3
Sex at birth
Female
77.4
75.7 - 79.1
Male
76.4
75.0 - 77.8
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
67.2
64.9 - 69.5
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
71.3
68.8 - 73.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
79.1
77.2 - 80.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
69.7
67.5 - 71.8
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
78.5
76.8 - 80.2
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
87.8
86.4 - 89.2
Low socioeconomic status
61.6
59.8 - 63.5
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 participating in organized sports, clubs or activities in the last 12 months.

Source

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

Calculations

This indicator is based on 3 individual survey questions: question #1 "In the past 12 months, have you participated in a sport or physical activity with a coach or instructor?", question #2 "In the past 12 months, have you participated in music, drama or art clubs or lessons? Only include activities that take place outside of school hours (they can take place at school).", and question #3 "In the past 12 months, have you participated in other types of organized clubs or community groups such as Scouts, Guides or chess clubs?". Response options for all three questions are: yes or no. This indicator identifies respondents who participated in at least one organized activity by including those who answered "yes" to at least one of the three questions, and excluding those who answered "no" to all three questions.

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_SPOOR_1

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