Table 12 
Number and percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past three months by quarter and other selected characteristics, household population aged 15 years or older, Canada, second quarter 2018 and second quarter 2019 

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Number and percentage of people reporting cannabis use in the past three months by quarter and other selected characteristics, household population aged 15 years or older, Canada, second quarter 2018 and second quarter 2019
Thousands – People% – PeopleLower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval4Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval4
Second quarter 2019        
Canada        
Including territorial capitals 4,878.1 16.1 14.6 17.7
Excluding territorial capitals 4,865.9 16.1 14.6 17.7
Gender        
Female1 1,847.7 12.1 10.4 13.9
Male 2,999.2 20.12 17.8 22.6
Age group        
15 to 241 1,022.5 25.5 19.3 33.1
25 to 44 2,489.4 24.1 21.1 27.4
45 to 64 1,022.7 10.52 8.8 12.4
65 or older 343.5 5.52,3 4.2 7.2
25 or older 3,855.6 14.62 13.2 16.2
Provincial or territorial capital        
Newfoundland and Labrador 69.4 15.9 11.9 20.8
Prince Edward Island 16.8 13.2E 9.5 18.2
Nova Scotia 194.5 24.42 19.9 29.5
New Brunswick 129.9 20.7 15.7 26.8
Quebec 713.6 10.32 7.9 13.3
Ontario 2,000.9 16.8 14.0 19.9
Manitoba 178.6 17.6 13.8 22.1
Saskatchewan 130.4 14.8 11.2 19.5
Alberta 707.5 20.32 16.5 24.7
British Columbia 724.3 17.9 14.0 22.6
Whitehorse (Yukon) 5.3 23.62 18.9 29.1
Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) 4.8 30.12 24.8 35.9
Iqaluit (Nunavut) 2.2 32.12 25.5 39.5
Second quarter 2018        
Canada        
Including territorial capitals 4,654.6 15.6 14.2 17.0
Excluding territorial capitals 4,643.1 15.6 14.2 17.0
Gender        
Female1 1,836.7 12.2 10.4 14.2
Male 2,817.8 19.12 17.0 21.3
Age group        
15 to 241 1,172.4 32.7 25.8 40.5
25 to 44 2,279.0 21.42 18.7 24.4
45 to 64 1,003.4 10.32 8.8 12.0
65 or older 199.8 3.42 2.4 4.6
25 or older 3,482.2 13.22 12.0 14.6
Provincial 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 21.02 17.0 25.6
New Brunswick 107.0 17.3 13.4 21.9
Quebec 727.6 10.62 8.3 13.3
Ontario 2,075.2 17.82 15.1 20.8
Manitoba 153.4 15.1 11.5 19.6
Saskatchewan 86.9 9.92 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 23.12 18.6 28.4
Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) 4.3 26.82 21.9 32.4
Iqaluit (Nunavut) 2.1 33.02 27.1 39.4
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use with caution
Source(s):
National Cannabis Survey (5262).

Table note 1

Reference category.

Table note 2

Significantly different from reference category; for regional comparisons signficantly different from rest of Canada (i.e. province or territorial capital compared to rest of Canada minus the province or territorial capital).

Table note 3

Significantly different than corresponding estimate from the second quarter of 2018.

Table note 4

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