Table 2
Number and percentage of people driving within two hours of having consumed cannabis or reporting having been a passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver who had consumed within two hours, by before or after legalization and selected characteristics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019

Table 2
Number and percentage of people driving within two hours of having consumed cannabis or reporting having been a passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver who had consumed within two hours, by before or after legalization and selected characteristics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada (provinces only), 2018 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of people driving within two hours of having consumed cannabis or reporting having been a passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver who had consumed within two hours Driving within two hours of having consumed cannabis, Being a passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver who had consumed cannabis within two hours, Before legalization, After legalization, '000, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	Before legalization				After legalization				Before legalization				After legalization
	Driving within two hours of having consumed cannabis in past 3 months								Being a passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver who had consumed cannabis within two hours in past 3 months
	'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval		'000	%	95% confidence interval
	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to	'000	%	from	to
Total	572.6	14.2	12.1	16.6	621.7	13.2	11.4	15.3	1,459.1	5.3^{Table 2 Note ‡}	4.6	6.1	1,180.5	4.2	3.7	4.6
Age group
15 to 17	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	F	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	63.0	6.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.3	10.6
18 to 24^{Table 2 Note †}	111.9	16.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.9	25.8	75.4	9.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.8	16.0	364.5	15.2	10.9	20.8	289.1	11.9	9.4	15.0
25 to 44	296.8	14.6	11.8	17.8	367.8	15.3	12.6	18.5	701.1	7.6^Note *	6.3	9.1	618.5	6.4^Note *	5.5	7.4
45 to 64	121.6	13.0	9.9	16.7	138.2	12.5	9.8	15.9	272.0	*3.0^Note ^{Table 2 Note ‡}**	2.3	3.8	166.5	1.8^Note *	1.4	2.3
65 and older	33.0	13.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.8	20.9	35.8	10.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.8	15.4	34.4	0.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.3	1.1	43.4	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	0.5	1.0
15 to 24^{Table 2 Note †}	121.3	14.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.1	23.1	79.9	9.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.6	15.0	451.6	13.1	9.7	17.5	352.0	10.1	8.1	12.6
25 and older	451.3	14.0	12.0	16.4	541.8	14.1	12.1	16.3	1,007.5	*4.2^Note ^{Table 2 Note ‡}**	3.6	4.9	828.5	3.3^Note *	3.0	3.8
Gender
Female	160.7	9.7^Note *	7.4	12.7	174.6	9.4^Note *	7.0	12.4	672.4	4.8^{Table 2 Note ‡}	3.9	5.9	523.4	3.6	3.1	4.3
Male^{Table 2 Note †}	401.9	17.0	14.0	20.4	440.7	15.6	13.1	18.4	762.5	5.7	4.7	6.8	642.0	4.7^Note *	4.0	5.4
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador	10.8	15.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.2	22.4	9.3	10.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.1	16.4	27.0	6.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 2 Note ‡}	4.7	9.5	14.4	3.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.5	5.0
Prince Edward Island	2.1	12.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.5	19.6	4.3	18.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	12.7	25.3	6.9	5.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.8	9.1	5.5	4.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.3	6.4
Nova Scotia	25.9	16.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.3	23.6	19.3	10.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.3	14.3	41.4	5.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.9	8.1	46.2	6.3^Note *	4.8	8.2
New Brunswick	15.4	17.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.4	26.1	13.2	11.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.4	17.2	33.8	5.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.2	8.2	31.3	5.4	4.0	7.3
Quebec	91.8	14.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.7	21.2	102.9	13.7	9.9	18.7	261.0	4.0^Note *	3.0	5.5	250.7	3.8	3.0	4.7
Ontario	210.8	13.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.4	18.2	239.9	12.4	9.2	16.4	624.2	5.9^{Table 2 Note ‡}	4.5	7.6	410.9	3.7	3.0	4.7
Manitoba	20.8	13.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.3	20.0	27.5	17.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	12.5	24.1	45.6	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.3	6.8	47.7	4.9	3.7	6.5
Saskatchewan	23.0	20.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	13.3	29.6	15.1	11.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.1	16.2	50.0	6.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.0	8.9	39.5	4.9	3.8	6.3
Alberta	92.1	17.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	12.5	24.3	86.0	13.7	10.3	18.0	201.1	6.4^{Table 2 Note ‡}	4.6	8.8	126.3	3.9	3.0	5.0
British Columbia	79.7	11.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.1	16.8	104.3	15.1	11.0	20.4	168.2	4.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.2	6.5	208.1	5.5^Note *	4.3	7.0
Used cannabis in the past 3 months
No	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	478.2	*2.0^Note ^{Table 2 Note ‡}**	1.6	2.6	330.9	1.4^Note *	1.1	1.7
Yes^{Table 2 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	980.9	26.2^{Table 2 Note ‡}	22.5	30.4	848.2	20.1	17.8	22.5
Cannabis use frequency
Less than daily or almost daily	139.4	5.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.0	7.9	163.2	5.2^Note *	3.9	7.0	478.6	21.0^Note *	16.7	26.0	429.7	15.5^Note *	13.1	18.4
Once or twice	39.5	3.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	1.8	5.3	25.7	1.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	1.0	3.1	247.8	*20.5^Note ^{Table 2 Note ‡}**	14.7	27.9	156.0	11.6^Note *	8.7	15.3
Monthly	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	109.5	24.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.6	37.2	94.0	17.8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	12.0	25.7
Weekly	87.2	12.8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8.0	19.9	94.4	9.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6.5	13.5	121.3	19.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	13.5	27.5	179.7	20.0^Note *	15.4	25.6
Daily or almost daily^{Table 2 Note †}	433.1	27.9	23.5	32.7	458.5	28.8	24.7	33.4	502.3	34.5	28.1	41.4	418.4	28.6	24.5	33.1
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † Reference category Return to note † referrer Note * significantly different from reference category or Rest of Canada for provincial comparisons (e.g., Ontario compared with other nine other provinces combined)(p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note ‡ Significantly different from corresponding "After-legalization" estimate (p<0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Note: Because the passenger question was not asked in the first quarter 2018 survey, the 'Before legalization' period is defined using second and third quarter 2018 data only. Prior to legalization, 8.6% of Canadians and 6.9% afterwards reported that they did not know whether they had been in a motor vehicle operated by someone who had consumed cannabis within 2 hours. This analysis is limited to those reporting either yes or no; representing over 91% of Canadians aged 15 or older. Source: National Cannabis Survey first, second, and third quarters 2018 and first, second, third, and fourth quarters 2019.

Date modified:: 2020-02-19

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