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Overview
This progress report is based on what New Brunswickers said matters most. It highlights key actions taken, areas of progress, and where more work is still needed. While there have been important wins, some goals will take longer to achieve. Sharing both progress and challenges helps ensure transparency and accountability.
| ◈ Targets for 2025 have been met or exceeded | ◉ Targets for 2025 have not been met |
Health care
| Measure | Result | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Increase the number of people with a doctor or nurse practitioner | ◉ 72.5% | 81% |
| Increase access to doctor or nurse practitioner within 5 days | ◈ 34.2% | 31.4% |
| Prevent growth of the nursing home waitlist | ◈ 1076 | 1088 |
Affordability and housing
| Measure | Result | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Increasing housing starts | ◈ 7 587 | 6 000 |
| Increase affordable housing starts | ◈ 343 | 320 |
| Lower the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness | ◈ 996 | 1050 |
Education
| Measure | Result | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Improve literacy outcomes | ◉ 69.5% of Francophone students | 71.5 |
| Improve literacy outcomes | ◈ 55.3% of Anglophone students in English Prime | 52.7% |
| Improve literacy outcomes | ◈ 72.7% of Anglophone students in French Immersion | 65.4% |
| Improve math outcomes | ◉ 65.9% of Francophone students | 69.6% |
| Improve math outcomes | ◉ 51.4% of Anglophone students | 54.4% |
| Lower chronic absenteeism rates in both education systems | ◈ 29.3% | 30.9% |
Economy
| Measure | Result | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Increasing the growth rate of average weekly earnings | ◈ 3.7% | 3.0% |
| Increase percentage of youth 20-29 engaged in education, employment or training | ◉ 81.7% | 85.1% |
Environment
| Measure | Result | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Tonnes of GHG per million dollars of GDP | ◈ 266 Tonnes of GHG / GDP | 324-311 |
| Increase energy efficiency savings | ◈ 567 334 GJ | 331 000 |
| Improve our outdoor air quality grade at New Brunswick stations to "good or better" | ◈ 74% | 74% |
| Ensure good indoor air quality in schools | ◉ 30.5% of schools with updated monitoring | TBD |