Montréal, October 28, 2026. – In 2026, approximately 14% of the Québec population used cannabis. This proportion is lower than what was observed in 2025 (17%) and similar to the proportion recorded in 2018, before legalization.
Different trends across age groups
The proportion of people who used cannabis is higher in 2026 than it was before legalization among those aged 35 and over (11%, up from 8% in 2018), whereas it is lower in 2026 than in 2018 among those aged 15 to 20 (18%, down from 28%) and 21 to 34 (25%, down from 29%).
Cannabis use in the 12 months preceding the survey by age
Population aged 15 and over, Québec
| 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||||
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| % | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 14,0 | 16,4 | + | 19,7 | + | 19,4 | 17,4 | 18,1 | 16,9 | – | 14,4 | – | |||||
| 15-20 ans | 28,0 | 28,4 | 27,1 | 25,3 | 22,6 | – | 21,9 | 19,4 | – | 17,9 | ↓ | ||||||
| 21-34 ans | 29,3 | 32,3 | + | 38,3 | + | 37,5 | 34,4 | 32,0 | 30,3 | 25,5 | – | ↓ | |||||
| 35 ans et plus | 7,9 | 10,4 | + | 13,4 | + | 13,6 | 12,0 | – | 13,4 | + | 12,5 | 10,8 | – | ↑ | |||
| Notes +/– Pour une population donnée, proportion significativement supérieure (+) ou inférieure (–) à la proportion de l’édition précédente, au seuil de 0,05. |
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| ↑/↓ Pour une population donnée, proportion de 2026 significativement supérieure ou inférieure à la proportion de l’édition 2018, au seuil de 0,05. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source Institut de la statistique du Québec, Enquête québécoise sur le cannabis. |
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Source
Institut de la statistique du Québec, Québec Cannabis Survey.
Among cannabis users, 40% use it less than one day per month
In 2026, about 18% of people who used cannabis in the 12 months preceding the survey did so daily, 22% used it regularly, 20% used it occasionally, and 40% used it less than one day per month.
Cannabis vaping is popular among young users
Approximately one third (34%) of people who used cannabis in the past year vaped cannabis, which represents about 4.9% of all people aged 15 and over in Québec.
The proportion of cannabis users aged 15 to 20 who vaped cannabis increased every year from 2019 (24%) to 2023 (62%) and stands at 60% in 2026. The proportion of users who vaped cannabis also increased in the other age groups between 2025 and 2026, rising from 33% to 38% among those aged 21 to 34 and from 18% to 26% among those aged 35 and over.
The majority of users get their cannabis from SQDC
In 2026, nearly 72% of Quebecers aged 15 and over who used cannabis in the 12 months preceding the survey obtained at least some of it from SQDC.
Among users aged 21 and over, in the past year:
- 46% purchased all the cannabis they used from SQDC
- 15% purchased between 50% and 99% of it from SQDC
- 21% purchased between 1% and 49% of it from SQDC
- 18% did not purchase any cannabis from SQDC
The proportions observed in 2026 are similar to those of 2021, about three years after legalization.
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