Table 1
Prevalence of cannabis use and daily or almost daily use in the past 3 months, by before or after legalization and selected demographics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019

Table 1
Prevalence of cannabis use and daily or almost daily use in the past 3 months, by before or after legalization and selected demographics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of cannabis use and daily or almost daily use in the past 3 months Cannabis use (any) in the past 3 months, Daily or almost daily use , Before legalization, After legalization, '000, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	Before legalization				After legalization				Before legalization				After legalization
	Cannabis use (any) in the past 3 months								Daily or almost daily use
	'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval
	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to
Total	4,457.5	14.9^{Table 1 Note ‡}	14.1	15.7	5,122.2	16.8	16.1	17.6	1,774.7	5.9	5.4	6.5	1,824.5	6.0	5.5	6.5
Age group
15 to 17	217.8	19.8^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	13.4	28.3	119.2	10.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6.9	15.3	F	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
18 to 24^{Table 1 Note †}	811.2	30.9	26.2	36.1	896.7	33.3	29.0	37.8	269.1	10.3	7.7	13.6	268.5	10.0	7.5	13.2
25 to 44	2,203.2	21.2^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	19.6	22.8	2,577.3	24.4^Note *	22.9	25.9	889.9	8.6	7.5	9.8	937.4	8.9	7.9	10.0
45 to 64	981.6	10.0^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	9.1	11.0	1,159.3	11.9^Note *	11.0	12.9	438.3	4.5^Note *	3.9	5.2	432.9	4.4^Note *	3.9	5.1
65 and older	243.7	4.1^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	3.4	4.9	369.8	5.9^Note *	5.2	6.8	96.1	1.6^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	1.2	2.1	159.2	2.6^Note *	2.1	3.1
15 to 24^{Table 1 Note †}	1,029.0	27.6	23.8	31.9	1,015.9	26.4	23.1	30.1	350.4	9.4	7.1	12.3	295.0	7.7	5.8	10.0
25 and older	3,428.5	13.1^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	12.4	13.9	4,106.4	15.5^Note *	14.8	16.2	1,424.3	5.4^Note *	4.9	6.0	1,529.5	5.8	5.3	6.3
Gender
Female	1,857.7	12.3^Note *	11.3	13.4	2,065.0	13.4^Note *	12.6	14.4	735.5	4.9^Note *	4.2	5.7	685.2	4.5^Note *	3.8	4.9
Male^{Table 1 Note †}	2,568.1	17.5^{Table 1 Note ‡}	16.3	18.7	3,029.1	20.3	19.1	21.5	1,016.2	6.9	6.1	7.8	1,152.7	7.7	6.9	8.5
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador	74.2	16.9^{Table 1 Note ‡}	14.5	19.6	92.3	21.1^Note *	18.9	23.6	34.9	7.9^Note *	6.2	10.0	38.7	8.9^Note *	7.3	10.7
Prince Edward Island	20.0	16.1	13.7	18.8	24.1	18.8	16.6	21.3	8.6	6.9	5.3	8.9	9.1	7.2	5.6	9.1
Nova Scotia	168.4	21.3^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	18.9	24.0	205.5	25.7^Note *	23.1	28.5	75.9	9.6^Note *	7.9	11.7	81.1	10.2^Note *	8.4	12.2
New Brunswick	93.9	15.1^{Table 1 Note ‡}	12.9	17.7	126.8	20.3^Note *	17.9	22.9	40.1	6.5	5.0	8.3	48.5	7.7^Note *	6.3	9.5
Quebec	714.2	10.4^Note *	8.9	12.0	822.7	11.8^Note *	10.5	13.2	220.5	3.2^Note *	2.4	4.2	229.8	3.3^Note *	2.6	4.1
Ontario	1,812.6	15.5	14.0	17.1	2,095.7	17.5	16.1	19.0	747.2	6.4	5.4	7.5	723.0	6.0	5.1	7.1
Manitoba	170.8	16.9	14.4	19.6	166.8	16.3	14.3	18.5	67.8	6.7	5.1	8.7	61.2	6.0	4.8	7.4
Saskatchewan	119.0	13.6	11.4	16.0	137.2	15.5	13.7	17.5	50.5	5.8	4.4	7.5	52.7	6.0	4.8	7.4
Alberta	563.6	16.4^{Table 1 Note ‡}	14.3	18.7	676.2	19.3^Note *	17.4	21.3	248.1	7.2	5.9	8.8	248.1	7.1	5.9	8.5
British Columbia	720.8	18.2^Note *	16.1	20.4	774.8	19.1^Note *	17.2	21.1	280.9	7.1	5.7	8.7	332.3	8.2^Note *	6.9	9.8
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † Reference category Return to note † referrer Note * significantly different from reference category or Rest of Canada for provincial comparisons (e.g., Ontario compared against other nine other provinces combined)(p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note ‡ Significantly different from corresponding "After-legalization" estimate (p<0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Source: National Cannabis Survey first, second and third quarters 2018 and first, second, third, and fourth quarters 2019.

Date modified:: 2020-02-19

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Table 1
Prevalence of cannabis use and daily or almost daily use in the past 3 months, by before or after legalization and selected demographics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019

Table 1 Prevalence of cannabis use and daily or almost daily use in the past 3 months, by before or after legalization and selected demographics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019

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Table 1
Prevalence of cannabis use and daily or almost daily use in the past 3 months, by before or after legalization and selected demographics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019