Students in grades 6 to 12 who report that learning about their culture/heritage is very important or important to them

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
66.4
66.0 - 66.8
65.4
57.5
57.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
67.4
66.7 - 68.0
65.9
57.9
60.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
66.5
65.7 - 67.3
66.3
55.9
56.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
67.1
66.4 - 67.9
67.3
58.0
58.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
61.7
60.1 - 63.3
56.6
57.7
54.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
65.8
63.6 - 68.1
64.0
61.6
57.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
61.4
60.1 - 62.7
59.5
56.4
56.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
69.9
68.3 - 71.4
70.7
59.1
57.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
62.8
60.8 - 64.8
61.3
55.7
62.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
72.3
70.4 - 74.2
69.9
65.7
68.6
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
65.7
62.7 - 68.7
65.8
64.3
57.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
55.6
52.1 - 59.1
51.9
54.2
52.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
66.0
62.7 - 69.4
61.3
57.7
58.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
64.1
62.2 - 65.9
60.0
56.2
58.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
59.2
54.4 - 63.9
65.5
57.6
59.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
61.9
59.7 - 64.2
58.0
55.7
54.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
64.6
62.7 - 66.5
65.1
57.6
53.0
Fredericton
69.0
67.9 - 70.0
67.8
57.5
62.8
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
76.5
68.5
73.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
62.0
59.4 - 64.6
55.8
62.7
55.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
64.0
58.8 - 69.2
63.5
51.8
53.3
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
60.2
56.1 - 64.3
51.5
60.5
52.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
57.7
53.9 - 61.4
71.8
56.0
55.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
69.8
68.2 - 71.5
70.2
57.8
56.4
Moncton
69.4
68.5 - 70.3
68.0
59.3
62.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
65.2
61.4 - 68.9
63.4
56.1
57.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
70.6
66.0 - 75.1
74.5
70.1
63.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
72.2
68.3 - 76.1
67.8
51.5
51.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
66.5
64.6 - 68.4
66.9
59.6
55.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
68.0
64.5 - 71.5
69.2
66.5
66.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
64.0
62.6 - 65.4
67.1
57.3
56.7
Riverview and Coverdale
62.0
59.9 - 64.1
64.4
50.2
53.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
59.0
55.8 - 62.1
63.4
56.5
55.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
67.8
66.7 - 69.0
65.5
54.4
54.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
63.2
60.4 - 66.0
61.8
55.1
52.1
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
70.0
67.5 - 72.4
66.8
57.4
66.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
61.0
57.6 - 64.4
58.0
57.3
52.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
63.3
60.1 - 66.6
67.5
53.3
56.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
70.9
68.3 - 73.4
67.5
56.9
54.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
62.4
59.7 - 65.0
64.4
55.7
57.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
62.7
60.1 - 65.3
62.0
58.9
53.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
66.8
66.0 - 67.7
66.6
56.2
57.3
Anglophone North School District
71.1
69.9 - 72.4
70.7
59.4
59.2
Anglophone South School District
66.2
65.4 - 66.9
66.4
55.4
55.8
Anglophone West School District
66.8
66.1 - 67.6
67.4
57.7
58.4
Anglophone sector
67.1
66.7 - 67.5
67.3
56.8
57.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
60.5
59.2 - 61.8
59.0
57.2
55.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
60.0
58.3 - 61.7
55.0
56.8
52.8
District scolaire francophone Sud
68.5
67.6 - 69.4
64.1
61.5
64.5
Francophone sector
64.7
64.0 - 65.3
60.9
59.2
58.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
74.9
74.4 - 75.4
75.8
66.7
69.4
Grades 9 to 12
60.4
59.9 - 60.9
57.9
51.2
50.1
Gender
Female
70.8
70.3 - 71.3
69.8
n/a
n/a
Male
62.5
62.0 - 63.1
61.7
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
59.8
56.8 - 62.7
62.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
70.5
70.0 - 71.0
69.4
59.5
n/a
Male
62.4
61.9 - 62.9
61.5
55.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
63.3
62.2 - 64.4
64.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
81.5
80.4 - 82.6
82.0
73.3
74.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
79.2
78.3 - 80.1
77.6
72.5
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
64.6
63.2 - 65.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
79.1
78.3 - 79.9
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 report that learning about their culture/heritage is very important or important to them.

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 "important or very important" by the number of respondents who answered "not at all important, not very important, important or very important" to the question: How important are each of the following to you: h) Learning about my culture/heritage (for example, Francophone, First Nations, Irish)

Notes

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_VAL08_1

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