Table 1 
Number and percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past three months by gender, age group and province, household population aged 15 or older, Canada, fourth quarter 2018  

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Number and percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past three months by gender, age group and province, household population aged 15 or older, Canada, fourth quarter 2018
Thousands – People % – People Lower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval5 Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval5
Canada 4,629.7 15.4 14.1 16.8
Gender        
Female1 1,720.9 11.3 9.7 13.1
Male 2,865.1 19.42 17.3 21.8
Age group        
15 to 17 158.2 13.7E4 7.5 23.6
18 to 241 917.6 33.2 25.9 41.4
25 to 44 2,111.9 20.54 17.9 23.4
45 to 64 1,128.8 11.64 9.8 13.6
65 or older 313.1 5.14 3.9 6.8
15 to 241 1,075.8 27.4 21.7 34.1
25 or older 3,553.9 13.64 12.3 14.9
Province         
Newfoundland and Labrador 84.5 19.2 14.3 25.2
Prince Edward Island 22.5 17.9 13.6 23.2
Nova Scotia 170.4 21.63 17.2 26.8
New Brunswick 117.4 18.9 14.2 24.5
Quebec 939.6 13.6 10.9 16.8
Ontario 1,826.1 15.4 13.1 18.1
Manitoba 154.9 15.1 11.6 19.5
Saskatchewan 144.7 16.5 12.9 20.8
Alberta 553.8 16.2 12.7 20.4
British Columbia 615.9 15.3 12.0 19.2
E
use with caution
Source(s):
National Cannabis Survey (5262).

Table note 1

Reference category.

Table note 2

Significantly higher than reference category.

Table note 3

Significantly higher than the rest of Canada.

Table note 4

Significantly lower than reference category.

Table note 5

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