Table 3
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by before or after legalization and province, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019

Table 3
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by before or after legalization and province, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source Before legalization, After legalization, '000, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval
	Before legalization				After legalization
	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to
Canada (provinces only)
Grown by the user or another person	393.9	8.8	7.3	10.7	506.9	9.9	8.4	11.7
Illegal	2,302.4	51.7^{Table 3 Note ‡}	48.6	54.8	2,048.7	40.1	37.6	42.7
Legal	1,010.1	22.7^{Table 3 Note ‡}	20.3	25.3	2,656.3	52.0	49.4	54.7
Only Legal	474.5	10.7^{Table 3 Note ‡}	9.0	12.6	1,501.1	29.4	27.1	31.9
Friends and family	2,159.1	48.5^{Table 3 Note ‡}	45.3	51.7	1,929.4	37.8	35.3	40.4
Other (unspecified)	165.1	3.7	2.8	4.9	162.7	3.2	2.4	4.1
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador
Grown by the user or another person	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	5.2	5.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.3	9.4
Illegal	39.4	53.2^{Table 3 Note ‡}	44.7	61.6	35.8	38.8	32.1	45.9
Legal	16.7	22.5^{Table 3 Note ‡}	16.4	30.1	65.4	70.8^Note *	63.7	77.0
Only Legal	9.8	13.3^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 3 Note ‡}	8.9	19.4	37.2	40.2^Note *	33.5	47.4
Friends and family	35.0	47.3^{Table 3 Note ‡}	38.6	56.1	27.1	29.4^Note *	23.3	36.3
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	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
Prince Edward Island
Grown by the user or another person	1.6	8.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.4	14.2	2.5	10.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.2	16.4
Illegal	9.7	48.7^{Table 3 Note ‡}	39.3	58.1	7.0	29.3^Note *	22.7	36.9
Legal	5.5	27.6^{Table 3 Note ‡}	19.7	37.2	17.4	72.2^Note *	64.7	78.6
Only Legal	2.9	14.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 3 Note ‡}	8.8	23.4	10.7	44.4^Note *	37.5	51.6
Friends and family	8.5	42.5	33.4	52.2	7.9	32.7	25.8	40.5
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	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
Nova Scotia
Grown by the user or another person	18.7	11.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.9	17.4	27.5	13.5	10.3	17.5
Illegal	84.5	50.3^{Table 3 Note ‡}	42.4	58.1	70.1	34.3	28.2	41.1
Legal	35.3	21.0^{Table 3 Note ‡}	15.8	27.4	124.2	60.8^Note *	54.4	66.9
Only Legal	16.6	9.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 3 Note ‡}	6.6	14.6	70.0	34.3	28.4	40.8
Friends and family	77.4	46.0^{Table 3 Note ‡}	38.4	53.9	68.8	33.7	27.6	40.5
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	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
New Brunswick
Grown by the user or another person	9.7	10.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.2	16.7	14.4	11.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.8	16.5
Illegal	40.1	42.7	33.9	51.9	40.0	31.7^Note *	25.0	39.4
Legal	14.1	*15.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	10.0	22.0	76.2	60.5^Note *	53.1	67.5
Only Legal	5.8	*6.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	3.2	11.6	50.5	40.1^Note *	33.4	47.2
Friends and family	56.4	*60.1^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	51.7	68.0	38.1	30.3^Note *	24.3	37.0
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	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
Quebec
Grown by the user or another person	77.0	10.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.2	16.1	44.7	5.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	2.9	10.0
Illegal	393.7	55.5^{Table 3 Note ‡}	47.3	63.4	327.3	40.1	33.9	46.6
Legal	56.2	*7.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	4.6	13.3	473.3	58.0^Note *	51.6	64.1
Only Legal	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	280.5	34.3	28.3	41.0
Friends and family	354.9	50.0^{Table 3 Note ‡}	42.3	57.7	256.3	31.4^Note *	26.0	37.4
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	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
Ontario
Grown by the user or another person	173.5	9.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.7	13.5	262.3	12.5^Note *	9.6	16.3
Illegal	916.9	50.6^{Table 3 Note ‡}	44.8	56.3	791.2	37.9	33.0	43.0
Legal	429.0	*23.7^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	19.1	28.9	988.1	47.3^Note *	42.3	52.3
Only Legal	205.1	11.3^{Table 3 Note ‡}	8.3	15.2	575.9	27.6	23.4	32.2
Friends and family	916.9	50.6^{Table 3 Note ‡}	44.8	56.4	893.8	42.8^Note *	38.1	47.6
Other (unspecified)	72.6	4.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.4	6.5	74.9	3.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.3	5.5
Manitoba
Grown by the user or another person	7.8	4.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	2.5	8.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Illegal	76.5	44.8	36.7	53.1	64.1	38.6	32.0	45.6
Legal	59.7	*35.0^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	27.2	43.6	98.6	59.3^Note *	52.4	65.9
Only Legal	23.9	14.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 3 Note ‡}	9.8	19.7	50.3	30.3	24.5	36.8
Friends and family	85.0	49.7	41.3	58.2	68.6	41.3	34.4	48.5
Other (unspecified)	9.0	5.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.9	9.5	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan
Grown by the user or another person	7.7	6.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.5	12.0	7.6	5.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.0	10.0
Illegal	71.4	60.1^{Table 3 Note ‡}	51.3	68.3	59.6	43.5	37.0	50.1
Legal	23.8	20.1^{Table 3 Note ‡}	14.1	27.8	80.6	58.8	52.1	65.1
Only Legal	10.1	8.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 3 Note ‡}	4.8	14.5	37.6	27.4	21.7	33.9
Friends and family	48.8	41.0	33.1	49.5	47.6	34.7	28.4	41.7
Other (unspecified)	6.5	5.5	2.9	10.1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Alberta
Grown by the user or another person	33.1	5.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.4	9.9	41.0	6.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.9	9.2
Illegal	277.4	49.2^{Table 3 Note ‡}	41.8	56.7	256.7	38.0	32.5	43.8
Legal	202.7	*36.0^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	29.5	43.0	450.3	66.7^Note *	60.8	72.1
Only Legal	102.2	*18.1^Note ^{Table 3 Note ‡}**	13.5	24.0	258.9	38.3^Note *	32.4	44.6
Friends and family	256.9	45.6^{Table 3 Note ‡}	38.3	53.0	195.0	28.9^Note *	23.7	34.7
Other (unspecified)	29.9	5.3	2.7	10.0	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia
Grown by the user or another person	62.0	8.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.7	12.7	96.5	12.5	9.3	16.7
Illegal	392.7	54.5	47.3	61.5	396.9	51.4^Note *	45.2	57.6
Legal	167.0	23.2^{Table 3 Note ‡}	17.6	29.9	282.3	36.6^Note *	30.9	42.6
Only Legal	83.7	11.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.8	17.0	129.6	16.8^Note *	12.7	21.9
Friends and family	319.4	44.3	37.1	51.8	326.2	42.3	36.3	48.5
Other (unspecified)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	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
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * Significantly different from rest of Canada (p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note ‡ Significantly different from corresponding "After legalization" estimate (p<0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Note: A higher than expected number of cannabis users reported having accessed cannabis from a legal source prior to official legalization (Cannabis Act). This suggests some Canadians were unable to distinguish authorized dispensaries from illegal ones. The accurate identification of a legal cannabis source might have been more challenging during the months immediately preceding the implementation of the Cannabis Act when unlicensed cannabis storefronts and dispensaries were comparatively common but nonetheless illegal. The legal status of the reported source was not verified. Because respondents could choose more than one category, the sum of the percentages may not add to 100%. The reference period for obtaining cannabis occurred over the three month period preceding survey participation. Source: National Cannabis Survey first, second and third quarters 2018 and first, second, third, and fourth quarters 2019.

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Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by before or after legalization and province, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019

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Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by before or after legalization and province, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019