Table 4 
Number of people reporting current smoking and alcohol, cannabis and other illegal drugs used in the past 12 months and by cannabis use, household population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2017  

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Number of people reporting current smoking and alcohol, cannabis and other illegal drugs used in the past 12 months and by cannabis use, household population aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2017
  Total population Cannabis consumers (past 12 months) Non-cannabis consumers (past 12 months)
  thousandthousandthousand
Alcohol      
Total 23,254.5 4,032.8 19,099.5
Sex      
Male 11,646.2 2,503.3 2,315.0
Female 11,608.3 1,529.6 2,729.0
Age group      
15 to 19 years 1,133.0 355.2 776.3
20 to 24 years  1,954.3 754.0 1,194.3
25 years and older 20,167.2 2,923.6 17,128.8
Heavy drinker      
Total 7,212.8 2,439.8 4,734.9
Sex      
Male 4,102.5 1,552.4 2,513.9
Female 3,110.3 887.4 2,221.0
Age group      
15 to 19 years 386.8 216.0 170.6
20 to 24 years  943.8 517.0 425.3
25 years and older 5,882.2 1,706.8 4,139.1
Current cigarette smoker1      
Total 4,564.8 1,673.0 2,695.0
Sex      
Male 2,493.8 986.9 1,353.8
Female 2,070.9 686.0 1,341.2
Age group      
15 to 19 years 159.3 110.4 43.4
20 to 24 years  387.0 248.2 121.9
25 years and older 4,018.5 1,314.5 2,529.7
Illegal drugs (excluding cannabis)      
Total 989.1 876.0 113.1
Sex      
Male 720.9 637.6 F
Female 268.2 238.4 F
Age group      
15 to 19 years 82.5 73.0 F
20 to 24 years  241.3 202.3 38.9
25 years and older 665.3 600.6 F
Cannabis      
Total 4,390.8 ... ...
Sex      
Male 2,719.5 ... ...
Female 1,671.2 ... ...
Age group      
15 to 19 years 387.0 ... ...
20 to 24 years  776.7 ... ...
25 years and older 3,227.1 ... ...
...
not applicable
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (4440).

Table note 1

Current cigarette smoker at the time of the survey.
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