Canada’s young people like pot.
According to a Department of Health report, close to half — 48% — of those under the age of 24 said they used cannabis in the past year with the practice most common among young working adults out West in Alberta (54%), British Columbia (52%) and Manitoba (51.5%).
Of Canadian high schoolers, 40.5% said they are marijuana users.
“Use of cannabis is common in Canada,” says the Canadian Cannabis Survey 2024, Blacklock’s Reporter reports.
Data came from polling 12,031 people throughout Canada who self-identified as weed users, with the health department paying $299,907 to Waterloo’s Advanis Inc. for the survey.
In terms of race or ethnicity, pot use was highest among Indigenous Canadians at 37% followed by Latinos (29%), whites (28%), Southeast Asians (17%), Blacks (16%) and Arab Canadians (14%).
Among young adults under age 24, the highest rate overall was among Indigenous (58%) and white Canadians (57%).
In 2018, Parliament enacted Bill C-45, which made Canada only the second country to legalize weed after Uruguay.