Table 4
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by selected demographics, time relative to legalization and quarter, Canada (provinces only), first quarters of 2018 and 2019, and fourth quarter of 2020


Table 4
Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source, by selected demographics, time relative to legalization and quarter, Canada (provinces only), first quarters of 2018 and 2019, and fourth quarter of 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of consumers who accessed cannabis from each source Before legalization, After legalization, First quarter of 2018, First quarter of 2019, Fourth quarter of 2020 , % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Before legalization After legalization
First quarter of 2018 First quarter of 2019 Fourth quarter of 2020
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Total
Grown by the user or another person 8.0Note E: Use with caution Table 4 Note ‡ 5.6 11.3 9.0Note E: Use with caution Table 4 Note ‡ 6.4 12.6 14.2 10.7 18.6
Illegal 51.3Table 4 Note ‡ 46.1 56.5 38.1 33.7 42.7 35.4 30.6 40.5
Legal 22.9Table 4 Note ‡ 18.8 27.6 47.4Table 4 Note ‡ 42.6 52.2 68.4 63.8 72.7
Friends and family 47.0Table 4 Note ‡ 41.8 52.4 37.0Table 4 Note ‡ 32.4 41.9 28.6 24.0 33.6
Other (unspecified) 3.6Note E: Use with caution 2.4 5.5 3.6Note E: Use with caution 2.2 6.0 2.1Note E: Use with caution 1.1 3.9
Gender
Female
Grown by the user or another person 9.0Note E: Use with caution 5.1 15.6 9.0Note E: Use with caution 5.4 14.5 13.6Note E: Use with caution 8.7 20.7
Illegal 45.4 37.6 53.4 34.7 27.8 42.2 36.1 28.5 44.5
Legal 25.5Table 4 Note ‡ 18.7 33.8 42.4Table 4 Note ‡ 35.6 49.5 69.3 62.0 75.7
Friends and family 57.1Note * Table 4 Note ‡ 49.3 64.5 42.9Note * Table 4 Note ‡ 35.7 50.5 28.4 21.7 36.2
Other (unspecified) 4.6Note E: Use with caution 2.5 8.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
MaleTable 4 Note †
Grown by the user or another person 7.2Note E: Use with caution Table 4 Note ‡ 4.9 10.5 8.9Note E: Use with caution 5.5 14.0 15.2Note E: Use with caution 10.4 21.6
Illegal 55.6Table 4 Note ‡ 48.6 62.5 40.1 34.2 46.3 32.8 26.8 39.5
Legal 20.3Table 4 Note ‡ 15.5 26.1 50.4Table 4 Note ‡ 44.1 56.8 67.5 61.0 73.3
Friends and family 39.4Table 4 Note ‡ 32.5 46.7 32.8 27.1 39.0 26.6 20.6 33.6
Other (unspecified) 2.9Note E: Use with caution 1.6 5.0 5.1Note E: Use with caution 2.9 8.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Age group (years)
18 to 24Table 4 Note †
Grown by the user or another person Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Illegal 50.1Note E: Use with caution 34.3 65.9 49.7 35.8 63.7 56.6 41.2 70.8
Legal 18.3Note E: Use with caution Table 4 Note ‡ 9.2 33.2 39.8Note E: Use with caution 26.6 54.8 52.8 37.4 67.7
Friends and family 56.4 40.8 70.9 46.3 33.1 60.1 45.8Note E: Use with caution 31.5 60.9
Other (unspecified) Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
25 to 44
Grown by the user or another person 4.8Note E: Use with caution Table 4 Note ‡ 2.8 8.1 8.2Note E: Use with caution 4.8 13.9 12.6Note E: Use with caution 8.2 18.9
Illegal 53.0Table 4 Note ‡ 46.1 59.9 35.3 29.3 41.8 35.6Note * 28.8 43.0
Legal 25.5Table 4 Note ‡ 19.6 32.5 52.1Table 4 Note ‡ 45.2 59.0 76.2Note * 70.4 81.1
Friends and family 49.7Table 4 Note ‡ 42.7 56.7 34.6 28.6 41.2 29.4 23.0 36.7
Other (unspecified) Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
45 and older
Grown by the user or another person 17.6Note E: Use with caution 11.5 26.1 8.9Note E: Use with caution 5.3 14.7 15.0 10.9 20.3
Illegal 52.3Table 4 Note ‡ 44.2 60.3 35.7Table 4 Note ‡ 29.0 43.1 19.5Note * 14.8 25.2
Legal 22.3Table 4 Note ‡ 16.3 29.8 46.9Table 4 Note ‡ 39.7 54.2 68.1 61.6 74.0
Friends and family 32.6Note * Table 4 Note ‡ 25.3 40.8 31.5Table 4 Note ‡ 24.5 39.5 18.0Note * 13.3 23.8
Other (unspecified) Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 5.3Note E: Use with caution 3.0 9.3 4.1Note E: Use with caution 2.2 7.5
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note ‡

significantly different from corresponding estimate for the fourth quarter of 2020 (after legalization) (p < 0.05)

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Notes: Because of the small sample, nearly all estimates pertaining to 15- to 17-year-olds were too unreliable to be published, i.e., each had a coefficient of variation over 33.3%. The exception was the 2019 estimate for friends and family: 91.8% (46.9% to 99.3%), which was significantly higher than the reference category (p < 0.05).


Source: National Cannabis Survey, first quarter of 2018, first quarter of 2019 and fourth quarter of 2020.

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