Table 4 
Frequency of cannabis use among past-three-month users, by gender and age group, household population aged 15 or older, Canada, first quarter 2018 and first quarter 2019 

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Frequency of cannabis use among past-three-month users, by gender and age group, household population aged 15 or older, Canada, first quarter 2018 and first quarter 2019
Thousands – People % – People Lower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval4 Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval4
First quarter 2019        
Total         
Once or Twice 1,754.9 5.81 4.9 6.8
Monthly 627.1 2.1 1.5 2.8
Weekly 1,086.0 3.61 2.9 4.5
Daily or almost daily 1,838.1 6.1 5.2 7.1
Gender        
Females        
Once or Twice 778.6 5.1 4.0 6.4
Monthly 200.2 1.3E 2 0.8 2.2
Weekly 264.0 1.7E 2 1.2 2.5
Daily or almost daily 694.9 4.52 3.6 5.8
Males        
Once or Twice 956.9 6.41 5.1 8.1
Monthly 421.3 2.8E 1.9 4.2
Weekly 806.1 5.41 4.1 7.1
Daily or almost daily 1,136.7 7.6 6.2 9.3
Age group        
15 to 24        
Once or Twice 377.2 10.4E 6.8 15.5
Monthly 160.5 4.4E 2.3 8.2
Weekly F F ... ...
Daily or almost daily 357.0 9.8E 6.4 14.7
25 or older        
Once or Twice 1,377.7 5.21 3 4.3 6.1
Monthly 466.6 1.8E 1.2 2.5
Weekly 908.6 3.41 2.7 4.3
Daily or almost daily 1,481.1 5.63 4.7 6.5
First quarter 2018        
Total         
Once or Twice 1,267.5 4.3 3.5 5.2
Monthly 572.7 1.9 1.4 2.6
Weekly 718.5 2.4 1.9 3.1
Daily or almost daily 1,620.0 5.4 4.6 6.3
Gender        
Females        
Once or Twice 655.9 4.4 3.3 5.7
Monthly 240.6 1.6E 1.0 2.5
Weekly 242.3 1.6E 2 1.1 2.3
Daily or almost daily 703.5 4.7 3.6 6.0
Males        
Once or Twice 611.7 4.2 3.2 5.5
Monthly 332.1 2.3E 1.5 3.4
Weekly 475.6 3.2 2.3 4.5
Daily or almost daily 900.5 6.1 5.0 7.5
Age group        
15 to 24        
Once or Twice 239.3 6.8E 3.8 11.9
Monthly 198.4 5.6E 3.0 10.4
Weekly F F ... ...
Daily or almost daily 268.3 7.6E 4.7 12.2
25 or older        
Once or Twice 1,028.2 3.9 3.2 4.8
Monthly 374.3 1.4E 3 1.0 2.0
Weekly 608.9 2.3 1.8 2.9
Daily or almost daily 1,351.7 5.1 4.4 6.0
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
National Cannabis Survey (5262).

Table note 1

Significantly higher than corresponding estimate from the first quarter of 2018.

Table note 2

Significantly lower than corresponding estimate for males.

Table note 3

Significantly lower than corresponding estimate for 15 to 24 year olds.

Table note 4

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