Table 1 Unweighted and weighted sample characteristics of past 12-month cannabis consumers in Canada in 2019, 2020, and 2021 (n = 15,311)

Age group

MLA-25

14.5 (702)

11.6 (540)

10.1 (584)

13.8 (672)

9.5 (450)

12.8 (732)

26–35

26.6 (1293)

24.4 (1133)

26.2 (1521)

30.5 (1482)

31.3 (1480)

29.9 (1707)

36–45

23.1 (1121)

22.2 (1033)

25.0 (1448)

22.5 (1094)

23.7 (1120)

24.9 (1422)

46–55

18.0 (876)

19.9 (921)

17.3 (1002)

18.4 (894)

19.0 (896)

17.2 (985)

56–65

17.8 (865)

22.0 (1025)

21.5 (1247)

14.9 (726)

16.5 (782)

15.2 (870)

Sex at birth

Female

58.6 (2848)

60.7 (2822)

57.2 (3317)

45.5 (2213)

46.9 (2217)

47.0 (2686)

Male

41.4 (2009)

39.3 (1830)

42.8 (2485)

54.5 (2654)

53.1 (2512)

53.0 (3030)

Race/Ethnicity

Black

3.1 (150)

2.5 (115)

3.2 (188)

4.0 (193)

3.8 (180)

3.6 (205)

East/Southeast Asian

4.6 (222)

4.6 (212)

5.6 (325)

4.7 (227)

4.9 (232)

5.0 (288)

Indigenous

3.9 (187)

3.1 (146)

3.2 (185)

4.0 (193)

2.7 (128)

3.6 (206)

Latinx

1.4 (66)

1.2 (56)

2.1 (123)

1.8 (85)

1.6 (76)

2.6 (150)

Middle Eastern

0.8 (40)

1.1 (53)

1.6 (94)

0.7 (36)

1.3 (61)

1.5 (85)

South Asian

2.2 (109)

2.4 (113)

2.8 (163)

2.7 (132)

3.0 (140)

3.1 (176)

White

77.2 (3749)

78.4 (3647)

74.2 (4304)

74.6 (3633)

76.0 (3594)

72.6 (4148)

Other/Mixed

6.9 (334)

6.7 (310)

7.2 (420)

7.6 (368)

6.7 (317)

8.0 (458)

Education

Less than high school

6.2 (303)

6.0 (278)

5.8 (334)

12.1 (587)

9.4 (444)

12.2 (696)

High school diploma

17.4 (844)

16.6 (771)

15.9 (925)

28.0 (1361)

29.4 (1388)

29.0 (1656)

Some college or technical vocation

46.5 (2259)

44.8 (2086)

44.2 (2567)

36.1 (1758)

36.4 (1723)

35.8 (2049)

Bachelor’s degree or higher

28.9 (1404)

31.8 (1480)

33.4 (1935)

22.7 (1106)

24.0 (1133)

22.2 (1270)

Unstated

1.0 (47)

0.8 (37)

0.7 (41)

1.2 (56)

0.9 (41)

0.8 (45)

Income adequacy

Very difficult

11.0 (532)

9.0 (417)

9.8 (566)

10.9 (533)

9.4 (442)

10.8 (615)

Difficult

24.4 (1183)

21.6 (1005)

20.8 (1209)

25.1 (1222)

20.9 (987)

22.0 (126)

Neither easy nor difficult

33.6 (1634)

36.4 (1692)

34.8 (2018)

33.5 (1628)

36.8 (1742)

34.6 (1980)

Easy

19.4 (944)

21.2 (985)

21.0 (1216)

18.6 (906)

21.2 (1003)

19.3 (1101)

Very Easy

9.2 (449)

9.7 (449)

11.5 (668)

8.8 (430)

9.2 (437)

10.3 (590)

Unstated

2.4 (115)

2.2 (104)

2.2 (125)

3.1 (148)

2.5 (118)

3.0 (174)

Province of residence

British Columbia

15.3 (743)

16.8 (782)

14.0 (811)

14.5 (705)

15.1 (713)

15.4 (880)

Alberta

15.6 (757)

15.7 (729)

13.5 (781)

13.0 (633)

12.5 (590)

12.8 (730)

Saskatchewan

5.4 (260)

6.3 (292)

4.8 (279)

3.1 (150)

3.6 (168)

3.0 (174)

Manitoba

6.0 (289)

5.6 (258)

5.3 (308)

3.7 (180)

3.4 (162)

3.8 (220)

Ontario

23.4 (1134)

20.6 (959)

33.3 (1932)

41.1 (1998)

40.6 (1919)

40.6 (2322)

Québec

18.4 (892)

13.5 (626)

12.6 (729)

17.5 (853)

17.6 (830)

17.4 (994)

New Brunswick

5.1 (246)

7.1 (332)

5.6 (322)

2.3 (110)

2.4 (111)

2.3 (129)

Nova Scotia

6.8 (328)

7.1 (328)

6.1 (355)

3.1 (149)

3.0 (141)

2.9 (167)

Prince Edward Island

0.8 (41)

1.3 (62)

1.1 (65)

0.4 (20)

0.4 (19)

0.4 (22)

Newfoundland & Labrador

3.4 (167)

6.1 (284)

3.8 (220)

1.4 (70)

1.6 (75)

1.4 (79)