We have had a full year of marijuana legalization in Canada and Statistics Canada says, from 2018 to 2019, cannabis use increased from 15 per cent to 17 per cent. According to its survey, more Canadians reported using legal sources, fewer used illegal sources, and fewer obtained cannabis from friends and family. The increased usage can be pinned down to four provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Alberta. In Nova Scotia, the heaviest users of pot, 26 per cent of the population 15 years and older, reported using the drug in the three months prior to the survey being conducted. Saskatchewan was steady at 16 per cent.
Stats Canada says the prevalence of driving within two hours of cannabis consumption was stable at 13 per cent. Riding in vehicle with a driver who had used cannabis decreased from five per cent to 4 per cent.