Table 9 
Number and percentage of current consumers who access cannabis from each source (exclusively or not), by gender, Canada, first half of 2019 

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Number and percentage of current consumers who access cannabis from each source (exclusively or not), by gender, Canada, first half of 2019
Thousands – People% – PeopleLower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval2Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval2
Males        
Legal source        
Total      1557.8 49.5 44.7 54.4
One source          966.1 30.7 26.4 35.5
Multiple sources          591.7 18.8 15.6 22.6
Illegal source        
Total      1343.7 42.7 38.3 47.3
One source          608.3 19.3 15.9 23.3
Multiple sources          735.3 23.4 19.6 27.6
Friends and family        
Total      1037.8 33.01 28.6 37.7
One source          464.6 14.81 11.8 18.3
Multiple sources          573.1 18.2 14.7 22.3
Grown by the user or another person        
Total          295.2 9.4 6.8 12.9
One source            99.5 3.2E 1.8 5.4
Multiple sources          195.7 6.2E 4.2 9.2
Other        
Total          145.8 4.6 3.0 7.1
One source            96.7 3.1 1.8 5.2
Multiple sources  F  F ... ...
Females        
Legal source        
Total 882.0 46.7 41.3 52.1
One source          497.7 26.3 21.8 31.4
Multiple sources          384.4 20.3 16.4 25.0
Illegal source        
Total 762.2 40.4 34.9 46.0
One source          361.6 19.1 15.0 24.2
Multiple sources          400.6 21.2 16.9 26.3
Friends and family        
Total 801.7 42.4 37.0 48.1
One source          427.9 22.7 18.4 27.6
Multiple sources          371.2 19.6 15.5 24.5
Grown by the user or another person        
Total 128.7 6.8 4.7 9.8
One sources            45.2 2.4 1.3 4.3
Multiple sources            80.8 4.3 2.6 7.0
Other        
Total  F  F ... ...
One source  F  F ... ...
Multiple sources  F  F ... ...
Total        
Legal source        
Total      2448.6 48.3 44.6 51.9
One source      1463.8 28.9 25.6 32.4
Multiple sources          984.8 19.4 16.9 22.2
Illegal source        
Total      2126.3 41.9 38.4 45.5
One source          970.4 19.1 16.4 22.2
Multiple sources      1155.9 22.8 19.9 26.0
Friends and family        
Total      1876.8 37.0 33.5 40.6
One source          904.2 17.8 15.3 20.7
Multiple sources          969.9 19.1 16.4 22.2
Grown by the user or another person        
Total          429.6 8.5 6.6 10.8
One source          144.7 2.9E 1.9 4.3
Multiple sources          282.2 5.6 4.1 7.5
Other        
Total          190.7 3.8E 2.6 5.4
One source          111.3 2.2E 1.4 3.5
Multiple sources            76.8 1.5E 0.8 2.7
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Data for the first half of 2019 represent combined data from the first and second quarters of 2019.
Source(s):
National Cannabis Survey (5262).

Table note 1

Significantly different from corresponding estimate for females.

Table note 2

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