Table 4
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by selected demographics, time relative to legalization and quarter, Canada (provinces only), first quarters of 2018 and 2019, and fourth quarter of 2020

Table 4
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by selected demographics, time relative to legalization and quarter, Canada (provinces only), first quarters of 2018 and 2019, and fourth quarter of 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source Before legalization, After legalization, First quarter of 2018, First quarter of 2019, Fourth quarter of 2020 , % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	First quarter of 2018			First quarter of 2019			Fourth quarter of 2020
	Before legalization			After legalization
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Total
Grown by the user or another person	8.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 4 Note ‡}	5.6	11.3	9.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 4 Note ‡}	6.4	12.6	14.2	10.7	18.6
Illegal	51.3^{Table 4 Note ‡}	46.1	56.5	38.1	33.7	42.7	35.4	30.6	40.5
Legal	22.9^{Table 4 Note ‡}	18.8	27.6	47.4^{Table 4 Note ‡}	42.6	52.2	68.4	63.8	72.7
Friends and family	47.0^{Table 4 Note ‡}	41.8	52.4	37.0^{Table 4 Note ‡}	32.4	41.9	28.6	24.0	33.6
Other (unspecified)	3.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.4	5.5	3.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.2	6.0	2.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.1	3.9
Gender
Female
Grown by the user or another person	9.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.1	15.6	9.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.4	14.5	13.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.7	20.7
Illegal	45.4	37.6	53.4	34.7	27.8	42.2	36.1	28.5	44.5
Legal	25.5^{Table 4 Note ‡}	18.7	33.8	42.4^{Table 4 Note ‡}	35.6	49.5	69.3	62.0	75.7
Friends and family	57.1^Note *^{Table 4 Note ‡}	49.3	64.5	42.9^Note *^{Table 4 Note ‡}	35.7	50.5	28.4	21.7	36.2
Other (unspecified)	4.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.5	8.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Male^{Table 4 Note †}
Grown by the user or another person	7.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 4 Note ‡}	4.9	10.5	8.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.5	14.0	15.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.4	21.6
Illegal	55.6^{Table 4 Note ‡}	48.6	62.5	40.1	34.2	46.3	32.8	26.8	39.5
Legal	20.3^{Table 4 Note ‡}	15.5	26.1	50.4^{Table 4 Note ‡}	44.1	56.8	67.5	61.0	73.3
Friends and family	39.4^{Table 4 Note ‡}	32.5	46.7	32.8	27.1	39.0	26.6	20.6	33.6
Other (unspecified)	2.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.6	5.0	5.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.9	8.8	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Age group (years)
18 to 24^{Table 4 Note †}
Grown by the user or another person	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Illegal	50.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	34.3	65.9	49.7	35.8	63.7	56.6	41.2	70.8
Legal	18.3^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 4 Note ‡}	9.2	33.2	39.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.6	54.8	52.8	37.4	67.7
Friends and family	56.4	40.8	70.9	46.3	33.1	60.1	45.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	31.5	60.9
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
25 to 44
Grown by the user or another person	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 4 Note ‡}	2.8	8.1	8.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.8	13.9	12.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.2	18.9
Illegal	53.0^{Table 4 Note ‡}	46.1	59.9	35.3	29.3	41.8	35.6^Note *	28.8	43.0
Legal	25.5^{Table 4 Note ‡}	19.6	32.5	52.1^{Table 4 Note ‡}	45.2	59.0	76.2^Note *	70.4	81.1
Friends and family	49.7^{Table 4 Note ‡}	42.7	56.7	34.6	28.6	41.2	29.4	23.0	36.7
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
45 and older
Grown by the user or another person	17.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.5	26.1	8.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.3	14.7	15.0	10.9	20.3
Illegal	52.3^{Table 4 Note ‡}	44.2	60.3	35.7^{Table 4 Note ‡}	29.0	43.1	19.5^Note *	14.8	25.2
Legal	22.3^{Table 4 Note ‡}	16.3	29.8	46.9^{Table 4 Note ‡}	39.7	54.2	68.1	61.6	74.0
Friends and family	32.6^Note *^{Table 4 Note ‡}	25.3	40.8	31.5^{Table 4 Note ‡}	24.5	39.5	18.0^Note *	13.3	23.8
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	5.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.0	9.3	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.2	7.5
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ significantly different from corresponding estimate for the fourth quarter of 2020 (after legalization) (p < 0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Notes: Because of the small sample, nearly all estimates pertaining to 15- to 17-year-olds were too unreliable to be published, i.e., each had a coefficient of variation over 33.3%. The exception was the 2019 estimate for friends and family: 91.8% (46.9% to 99.3%), which was significantly higher than the reference category (p < 0.05). Source: National Cannabis Survey, first quarter of 2018, first quarter of 2019 and fourth quarter of 2020.

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Table 4
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by selected demographics, time relative to legalization and quarter, Canada (provinces only), first quarters of 2018 and 2019, and fourth quarter of 2020

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Table 4
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by selected demographics, time relative to legalization and quarter, Canada (provinces only), first quarters of 2018 and 2019, and fourth quarter of 2020