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Type of smoker, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2005


                               Total Current daily or occasional smoker Former smoker Never smoked Not stated
   number % number % number % number %
Total, 12 years and over 27,131,964 5,874,689 21.7 10,424,477 38.4 10,682,942 39.4 149,856 0.6
Males 13,371,912 3,155,944 23.6 5,565,625 41.6 4,578,167 34.2 72,177 0.5
Females 13,760,052 2,718,745 19.8 4,858,853 35.3 6,104,776 44.4 77,679 0.6
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 405,109 12.1 396,032 11.8 2,537,991 75.7 14,503 0.4
Males 1,716,269 204,113 11.9 197,032 11.5 1,306,860 76.1 8,264 E 0.5 E
Females 1,637,366 200,996 12.3 199,000 12.2 1,231,131 75.2 6,239 E 0.4 E
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 30,923 2.5 52,859 4.3 1,146,123 92.7 5,859 E 0.5 E
Males 648,825 10,439 1.6 25,488 3.9 610,843 94.1 F F
Females 586,940 20,485 3.5 27,371 4.7 535,280 91.2 3,804 E 0.6 E
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 374,185 17.7 343,173 16.2 1,391,868 65.7 8,644 E 0.4 E
Males 1,067,444 193,674 18.1 171,544 16.1 696,018 65.2 6,209 E 0.6 E
Females 1,050,426 180,511 17.2 171,630 16.3 695,850 66.2 F F
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 1,834,116 28.6 1,940,609 30.2 2,618,295 40.8 29,754 0.5
Males 3,211,070 1,029,625 32.1 963,481 30.0 1,205,406 37.5 12,558 E 0.4 E
Females 3,211,704 804,490 25.0 977,128 30.4 1,412,889 44.0 17,196 E 0.5 E
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 682,127 30.5 578,969 25.9 971,243 43.4 F F
Males 1,167,581 378,655 32.4 294,368 25.2 490,938 42.0 F F
Females 1,071,763 303,472 28.3 284,601 26.6 480,305 44.8 F F
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 1,151,989 27.5 1,361,640 32.5 1,647,053 39.4 22,749 0.5
Males 2,043,490 650,970 31.9 669,113 32.7 714,468 35.0 8,938 E 0.4 E
Females 2,139,941 501,019 23.4 692,527 32.4 932,585 43.6 13,810 E 0.6 E
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 1,362,800 26.8 1,910,964 37.6 1,782,449 35.0 31,414 0.6
Males 2,573,924 761,830 29.6 990,030 38.5 805,646 31.3 16,418 E 0.6 E
Females 2,513,703 600,970 23.9 920,934 36.6 976,803 38.9 14,996 E 0.6 E
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 1,858,517 22.3 4,071,862 48.8 2,367,915 28.4 41,327 0.5
Males 4,122,741 966,449 23.4 2,215,219 53.7 920,235 22.3 20,838 E 0.5 E
Females 4,216,879 892,067 21.2 1,856,643 44.0 1,447,679 34.3 20,489 E 0.5 E
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 1,196,344 25.0 2,164,971 45.2 1,405,243 29.4 18,221 E 0.4 E
Males 2,343,864 610,643 26.1 1,143,167 48.8 581,839 24.8 8,215 E 0.4 E
Females 2,440,914 585,701 24.0 1,021,803 41.9 823,404 33.7 10,006 E 0.4 E
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 662,173 18.6 1,906,891 53.6 962,672 27.1 23,106 E 0.6 E
Males 1,778,877 355,806 20.0 1,072,052 60.3 338,397 19.0 F F
Females 1,775,964 306,367 17.3 834,840 47.0 624,275 35.2 10,483 E 0.6 E
65 years and over 3,928,308 414,148 10.5 2,105,010 53.6 1,376,292 35.0 32,858 0.8
Males 1,747,908 193,927 11.1 1,199,862 68.6 340,019 19.5 14,100 E 0.8 E
Females 2,180,401 220,221 10.1 905,148 41.5 1,036,273 47.5 18,758 0.9
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 290,589 12.9 1,207,105 53.8 730,894 32.6 16,355 E 0.7 E
Males 1,068,532 143,127 13.4 700,518 65.6 216,631 20.3 8,256 E 0.8 E
Females 1,176,411 147,461 12.5 506,587 43.1 514,264 43.7 8,099 E 0.7 E
75 years and over 1,683,365 123,559 7.3 897,905 53.3 645,398 38.3 16,503 1.0
Males 679,376 50,799 7.5 499,345 73.5 123,388 18.2 5,844 E 0.9 E
Females 1,003,989 72,760 7.2 398,560 39.7 522,010 52.0 10,659 E 1.1 E

1. Population aged 12 and over who reported being either a current smoker (daily or occasional) or a non-smoker (former or never smoked). "Type of smoker" was previously referred to as "Smoking status".
2. Current smokers are those who smoke on either a daily or an occasional basis.
3. Daily smokers refers to those who reported smoking cigarettes every day.
4. Occasional smokers refers to those who reported smoking cigarettes occasionally. This includes former daily smokers who now smoke occasionally.
5. Former smokers are those who previously smoked either daily or occasionally and are now non-smokers.
6. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
7. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
8. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
9. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), 2005 (CANSIM table 105-0427).