Table 3 
Number and percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past three months by quarter, gender, age, household population aged 15 years or older, Canada, first and second quarters of 2018  

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Number and percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past three months by quarter, gender, age, household population aged 15 years or older, Canada, first and second quarters of 2018
Thousands – People% – PeopleLower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval7Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval7
Second quarter        
Canada     4,654.6 15.6 14.2 17.0
Gender        
Female1    1,836.7 12.2 10.4 14.2
Male    2,817.8 19.12,5 17.0 21.3
Age group        
15 to 24    1,172.4 32.72 25.8 40.5
25 or older1    3,482.2 13.2 12.0 14.6
Province or territorial capital        
Newfoundland and Labrador          79.4 18.1 14.1 22.8
Prince Edward Island          23.7 19.2 14.7 24.8
Nova Scotia        165.6 21.03 17.0 25.6
New Brunswick        107.0 17.3 13.4 21.9
Quebec        727.6 10.64 8.3 13.3
Ontario    2,075.2 17.83,5 15.1 20.8
Manitoba        153.4 15.1 11.5 19.6
Saskatchewan          86.9 9.94,6 7.2 13.4
Alberta        533.4 15.6 12.3 19.4
British Columbia        690.9 17.3 13.7 21.6
Whitehorse (Yukon)             5.1 23.13 18.6 28.4
Yellowknife (Northwest Territories)             4.3 26.83 21.9 32.4
Iqaluit (Nunavut)             2.1 33.03 27.1 39.4
First quarter        
Canada  4,178.8 14.0 12.7 15.4
Gender        
Female1 1,842.2 12.2 10.6 14.1
Male 2,319.8 15.82 13.9 17.9
Age group        
15 to 24 815.7 23.22 17.0 30.8
25 or older1 3,363.2 12.8 11.6 14.1
Province        
Newfoundland and Labrador          72.3 16.4          12.6          21.1
Prince Edward Island          17.4 14.1          10.3          18.9
Nova Scotia        158.1 20.03          15.5          25.5
New Brunswick          88.9 14.3          10.3          19.5
Quebec        712.0 10.44            8.2          13.0
Ontario    1,583.3 13.5          11.2          16.3
Manitoba        168.5 16.6          13.0          21.0
Saskatchewan        132.4 15.1          11.8          19.2
Alberta        570.9 16.6          13.3          20.6
British Columbia        675.0 17.2          13.9          21.0
First and second quarters combined        
Canada     4,422.5 14.8          13.9          15.8
Gender        
Female1    1,841.8 12.2          11.0          13.6
Male    2,572.2 17.52          16.1          19.0
Age group        
15 to 24        995.4 28.02          23.3          33.3
25 or older1    3,427.1 13.0          12.1          14.0
Province or territorial capital        
Newfoundland and Labrador          75.9 17.2          14.3          20.6
Prince Edward Island          20.5 16.6          13.7          20.0
Nova Scotia        161.9 20.53          17.5          23.9
New Brunswick          97.9 15.8          13.0          19.1
Quebec        719.8 10.54            8.9          12.3
Ontario    1,829.3 15.6          13.8          17.6
Manitoba        161.0 15.9          13.2          18.9
Saskatchewan        109.6 12.5          10.2          15.2
Alberta        552.1 16.1          13.7          18.8
British Columbia        682.9 17.2          14.8          19.9
Whitehorse (Yukon)             5.1 23.13          18.6          28.4
Yellowknife (Northwest Territories)             4.3 26.83          21.9          32.4
Iqaluit (Nunavut)             2.1 33.03          27.1          39.4
Note(s):
For the combined National Cannabis Survey analysis the original sampling weights of provincial respondents were adjusted by a factor of two (because there are two quarters); no sampling weight adjustments are needed for territorial respondents as only second quarter data are available. By combining quarters the analytical power of the survey is improved and the estimates reflect the average of the two quarters.
Source(s):
National Cannabis Survey (5262).

Table note 1

Reference category.

Table note 2

Significantly higher than reference category.

Table note 3

Signifcantly higher than the rest of Canada (for example, for the second quarter, or combined first quarter and second quarter, Nova Scotia compared with nine other provinces and three territorial capitals; for the first quarter, it compared with nine other provinces).

Table note 4

Signifcantly lower than the rest of Canada.

Table note 5

Significantly higher than corresponding estimate from the first quarter.

Table note 6

Significantly lower than corresponding estimate from the first quarter.

Table note 7

Confidence intervals are used to express the precision of the estimate.
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