Table 1 
Number and percentage of people reporting never having used, formerly using, currently using cannabis by frequency, by age group, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), second and third quarters combined 2019 

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Number and percentage of people reporting never having used, formerly using, currently using cannabis by frequency, by age group, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), second and third quarters combined 2019
Thousands – People% – PeopleLower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval 2Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval 2
15 to 24        
Never      2,287.0 59.31 53.5 64.8
Former          559.5 14.51 11.0 18.9
Used once          198.9 5.2E 1 3.2 8.3
Used more than once          360.6 9.3E 6.6 13.1
Current      1,011.4 26.31 21.6 31.6
Once or twice          390.1 10.1E 1 7.2 14.0
Monthly          127.3 3.3E 1.8 6.0
Weekly          194.2 5.0E 1 3.2 7.8
Daily or almost daily          299.8 7.8E 1 5.3 11.2
25 to 44        
Never      4,506.9 42.61 40.1 45.2
Former      3,456.8 32.71 30.3 35.2
Used once          791.1 7.51 6.1 9.1
Used more than once      2,665.6 25.21 23.1 27.5
Current      2,611.4 24.81 22.7 27.1
Once or twice          690.3 6.51 5.5 7.7
Monthly          405.9 3.8 2.9 5.0
Weekly          546.1 5.21 4.1 6.4
Daily or almost daily          969.1 9.21 7.8 10.8
45 to 64        
Never      5,470.9 55.51 53.3 57.6
Former      3,394.8 34.41 32.4 36.5
Used once      1,031.6 10.5 9.1 12.0
Used more than once      2,363.2 24.01 22.2 25.8
Current          997.9 10.31 9.1 11.5
Once or twice          275.9 2.81 2.2 3.5
Monthly          109.6 1.1E 0.7 1.7
Weekly          200.6 2.0 1.5 2.7
Daily or almost daily          411.8 4.21 3.5 5.0
65 or older        
Never      4,486.3 70.9 68.7 73.0
Former      1,431.8 22.6 20.7 24.7
Used once          647.9 10.2 8.8 11.9
Used more than once          783.9 12.4 11.0 13.9
Current          411.1 6.6 5.5 7.9
Once or twice          109.0 1.7E 1.2 2.4
Monthly  F  F ... ...
Weekly          103.9 1.6E 1.0 2.6
Daily or almost daily          184.6 2.9 2.3 3.7
Total        
Never    16,751.1 54.7 53.3 56.1
Former      8,842.8 28.9 27.7 30.1
Used once      2,669.6 8.7 8.0 9.5
Used more than once      6,173.3 20.2 19.1 21.3
Current      5,031.7 16.6 15.5 17.7
Once or twice      1,465.2 4.8 4.2 5.4
Monthly          656.5 2.1 1.7 2.7
Weekly      1,044.8 3.4 2.9 4.0
Daily or almost daily      1,865.2 6.1 5.4 6.8
...
not applicable
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
National Cannabis Survey (5262).

Table note 1

Significantly different from corresponding estimate for seniors aged 65 and older.

Table note 2

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