Chart 1
Smoking prevalence¹ in Canada, adults aged 15 and older, 1965 to 2013
1.
Includes daily and non-daily smokers.
Source(s):
Health and Welfare Canada: Data from 1965 to 1986 were taken from the publication A Critical Review of Canadian Survey Data on Tobacco Use, Attitudes and Knowledge; data for 1989 were taken from the publication Smoking Behaviour of Canadians: A National Alcohol and Other Drugs Survey Report; data for 1990 were taken from the publication Canada Health Promotion Survey 1990: Technical Report. Statistics Canada: Data for 1991 for were taken from the publication Health Status of Canadians: A Report of the 1991 General Social Survey (3894); data for 1994 are from the National Population Health Survey (5004); data for 1996 are from the General Social Survey (3894); data from 1992 to 2012 are from the Canadian Tobacco Use and Monitoring Survey (4440); data for 2013 are from the Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (4440).
Chart description
This is a line chart.
Both sexes | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|
1965 | 49.50 | 61.00 | 38.00 |
1966 | 48.90 | 59.80 | 38.00 |
1967 | 48.30 | 58.60 | 38.00 |
1968 | 47.70 | 57.40 | 38.00 |
1969 | 47.10 | 56.20 | 38.00 |
1970 | 46.50 | 55.00 | 38.00 |
1971 | 46.25 | 54.25 | 38.25 |
1972 | 46.00 | 53.50 | 38.50 |
1973 | 45.75 | 52.75 | 38.75 |
1974 | 45.50 | 52.00 | 39.00 |
1975 | 44.50 | 51.00 | 38.00 |
1976 | 43.75 | 49.50 | 38.00 |
1977 | 43.00 | 48.00 | 38.00 |
1978 | 40.50 | 44.00 | 37.00 |
1979 | 41.00 | 45.00 | 37.00 |
1980 | 40.25 | 44.50 | 36.00 |
1981 | 39.50 | 44.00 | 35.00 |
1982 | 38.50 | 42.50 | 34.50 |
1983 | 37.50 | 41.00 | 34.00 |
1984 | 34.00 | 38.50 | 33.00 |
1985 | 33.00 | 36.00 | 32.00 |
1986 | 32.66 | 35.00 | 31.00 |
1987 | 32.33 | 34.47 | 30.83 |
1988 | 32.00 | 33.94 | 30.66 |
1989 | 31.00 | 33.40 | 30.50 |
1990 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 28.00 |
1991 | 30.53 | 32.00 | 30.00 |
1992 | 30.06 | 31.73 | 29.17 |
1993 | 29.60 | 31.46 | 28.34 |
1994 | 26.00 | 31.20 | 27.50 |
1995 | 28.90 | 28.00 | 25.00 |
1996 | 27.60 | 31.50 | 26.30 |
1997 | 26.30 | 30.00 | 25.20 |
1998 | 25.00 | 28.50 | 24.10 |
1999 | 24.00 | 27.00 | 23.00 |
2000 | 22.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 |
2001 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 20.00 |
2002 | 21.00 | 23.00 | 20.00 |
2003 | 20.00 | 23.00 | 18.00 |
2004 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 17.00 |
2005 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 16.00 |
2006 | 19.00 | 20.00 | 17.00 |
2007 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 18.00 |
2008 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 16.00 |
2009 | 17.00 | 19.00 | 16.00 |
2010 | 17.30 | 20.00 | 14.00 |
2011 | 16.10 | 19.70 | 18.40 |
2012 | 14.60 | 15.00 | 13.90 |
2013 | 14.60 | 16.00 | 13.30 |
1.
Includes daily and non-daily smokers.
Source(s):
Health and Welfare Canada: Data from 1965 to 1986 were taken from the publication A Critical Review of Canadian Survey Data on Tobacco Use, Attitudes and Knowledge; data for 1989 were taken from the publication Smoking Behaviour of Canadians: A National Alcohol and Other Drugs Survey Report; data for 1990 were taken from the publication Canada Health Promotion Survey 1990: Technical Report. Statistics Canada: Data for 1991 for were taken from the publication Health Status of Canadians: A Report of the 1991 General Social Survey (3894); data for 1994 are from the National Population Health Survey (5004); data for 1996 are from the General Social Survey (3894); data from 1992 to 2012 are from the Canadian Tobacco Use and Monitoring Survey (4440); data for 2013 are from the Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (4440).
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