This statistic illustrates the average amount spent in a typical month on non-medical cannabis by users of cannabis in the past 12 months in Canada in 2018, broken down by gender. Females on average spent 67.2 Canadian dollars on cannabis in a typical month, whilst men on average spent 77.34 Canadian dollars on cannabis in one month.
Average monthly expenditure on non-medical cannabis in Canada in 2018, by gender (in Canadian dollars)*
* 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.
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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