This statistic illustrates the share of respondents who have used cannabis in the past year for non-medical purposes in Canada in 2018, broken down by region. Some 23.7 percent of respondents in Ontario have used cannabis in the past year and some 15.9 percent of respondents in Quebec have used cannabis in the past year.
Consumers who have used cannabis for non-medical purposes in the past year in Canada in 2018, by province*
* Cannabis use for non-medical purposes is defined as use for a range of non-medical reasons (e.g., socially for enjoyment, pleasure, amusement or for spiritual, lifestyle and other non-medical reasons). Cannabis use includes using cannabis in its dry form or when mixed or processed into another product, such as an edible, a concentrate, including hashish, a liquid, or other product. ** Territories includes Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, canada.ca, May 15 to July 9, 2018. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Government of Canada. (August 27, 2018). Consumers who have used cannabis for non-medical purposes in the past year in Canada in 2018, by province* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
Government of Canada. "Consumers who have used cannabis for non-medical purposes in the past year in Canada in 2018, by province*." Chart. August 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
Government of Canada. (2018). Consumers who have used cannabis for non-medical purposes in the past year in Canada in 2018, by province*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
Government of Canada. "Consumers Who Have Used Cannabis for Non-medical Purposes in The past Year in Canada in 2018, by Province*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
Government of Canada, Consumers who have used cannabis for non-medical purposes in the past year in Canada in 2018, by province* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Consumers who have used cannabis for non-medical purposes in the past year in Canada in 2018, by province* [Graph], Government of Canada, August 27, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
