* 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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Provincial Canadian recreational cannabis usage in the last year 2018
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 **** percent of respondents in Ontario have used cannabis in the past year and some **** percent of respondents in Quebec have used cannabis in the past year.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /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*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /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*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 27 Aug 2018, /statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
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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: /statistics/812744/past-12-month-recreational-cannabis-use-canada-region/
