Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS)

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Smoking Prevalence 1999 - 2011

• Wave 1, 1999
• Wave 2, 1999
• Annual, 1999
• Wave 1, 2000
• Wave 2, 2000
• Annual, 2000
• Wave 1, 2001
• Wave 2, 2001
• Annual, 2001
• Wave 1, 2002
• Wave 2, 2002
• Annual, 2002
• Wave 1, 2003
• Wave 2, 2003
• Annual, 2003
• Wave 1, 2004
• Wave 2, 2004
• Annual, 2004
• Wave 1, 2005
• Wave 2, 2005
• Annual, 2005
• Wave 1, 2006
• Wave 2, 2006
• Annual, 2006
• Wave 1, 2007
• Wave 2, 2007
• Annual, 2007
• Wave 1, 2008
• Wave 2, 2008
• Annual, 2008
• Wave 1, 2009
• Wave 2, 2009
• Annual, 2009
• Wave 1, 2010
• Wave 2, 2010
• Annual, 2010
• Annual, 2011

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Wave 1, 1999

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	25	28	34	31	24
N.L.	28	30	36	33	26
P.E.I.	27	27	40	33	26
N.S.	29	30	36	33	28
N.B.	28	26	39	33	27
Que.	28	36	39	38	26
Ont.	24	24	30	27	23
Man.	23	30	35	32	21
Sask.	25	34	36	35	23
Alta.	27	25	42	33	26
B.C.	20	23	26	25	19

Wave 2, 1999

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	26	28	36	32	24
N.L.	29	29	39	34	28
P.E.I.	24	29	35	32	22
N.S.	29	30	37	33	28
N.B.	25	29	33	31	24
Que.	32	36	39	38	31
Ont.	23	25	37	31	22
Man.	23	29	31	30	22
Sask.	26	30	29	29	26
Alta.	25	27	38	33	23
B.C.	21	18	32	25	20

Annual, 1999

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	25	28	35	32	24
N.L.	28	30	37	33	27
P.E.I.	26	28	37	33	24
N.S.	29	30	37	33	28
N.B.	26	27	36	32	25
Que.	30	36	39	38	29
Ont.	23	25	34	29	22
Man.	23	29	32	31	22
Sask.	26	31	32	32	24
Alta.	26	26	40	33	24
B.C.	20	20	29	25	19

Wave 1, 2000

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	24	26	33	29	23
N.L.	27	31	42	36	25
P.E.I.	28	22	35	28	28
N.S.	30	31	35	33	30
N.B.	26	32	33	32	25
Que.	28	28	39	34	27
Ont.	23	27	29	28	21
Man.	25	30	33	32	24
Sask.	28	29	33	31	28
Alta.	23	17	34	26	22
B.C.	20	20	29	24	19

Wave 2, 2000

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	25	25	32	28	24
N.L.	29	26	39	32	28
P.E.I.	24	21	37	29	23
N.S.	30	20	40	30	30
N.B.	26	29	38	33	25
Que.	29	31	38	34	28
Ont.	23	23	28	26	23
Man.	26	22	39	30	25
Sask.	28	20	39	29	27
Alta.	23	30	26	28	21
B.C.	19	17	27	22	19

Annual, 2000

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	24	25	32	29	24
N.L.	28	28	40	34	26
P.E.I.	26	21	36	29	25
N.S.	30	25	37	31	30
N.B.	27	30	36	33	25
Que.	28	30	38	34	27
Ont.	23	25	28	27	22
Man.	26	25	37	31	25
Sask.	28	24	36	30	28
Alta.	23	24	29	27	22
B.C.	20	18	28	23	19

Wave 1, 2001

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	23	23	34	29	22
N.L.	22	24	42	33	20
P.E.I.	28	24	37	30	27
N.S.	24	27	32	29	23
N.B.	26	26	34	30	25
Que.	26	32	33	33	24
Ont.	22	20	35	27	21
Man.	28	32	44	38	25
Sask.	26	31	40	35	24
Alta.	25	19	37	28	24
B.C.	17	17	24	20	16

Wave 2, 2001

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	21	22	31	26	19
N.L.	28	21	41	31	28
P.E.I.	25	18	33	25	25
N.S.	25	27	31	29	25
N.B.	24	24	44	34	22
Que.	22	25	31	28	21
Ont.	18	18	28	23	17
Man.	24	25	30	27	24
Sask.	24	25	36	30	23
Alta.	25	29	32	31	24
B.C.	17	17	30	23	16

Annual, 2001

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	22	22.5	32	27	21
N.L.	26	22	41	31	24
P.E.I.	26	20	35	27	25
N.S.	25	27	31	29	24
N.B.	25	25	39	32	24
Que.	24	29	32	30	23
Ont.	20	19	31	25	19
Man.	26	28	37	32	24
Sask.	25	27	38	32	24
Alta.	25	24	34	29	24
B.C.	17	17	27	22	16

Wave 1, 2002

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	21	22	31	27	20
N.L.	25	22	36	29	24
P.E.I.	23	20	32	25	23
N.S.	22	25	40	32	20
N.B.	22	15*	28	22	22
Que.	27	35	36	35	25
Ont.	19	18*	29	24	18
Man.	22	17	34	25	22
Sask.	20	28	33	31	17
Alta.	23	20	27	24	22
B.C.	17	14*	28	21	16

Wave 2, 2002

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	21	22	30	26	20
N.L.	23	22	35	29	22
P.E.I.	23	19	38	28	22
N.S.	28	16*	29	22	29
N.B.	20	20	33	26	19
Que.	25	30	36	33	23
Ont.	20	20	29	25	20
Man.	20	28	32	30	18
Sask.	22	29	35	32	20
Alta.	23	18	32	25	22
B.C.	16	16	18	17	16

Annual, 2002

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	21	22	31	26	20
N.L.	24	22	36	29	23
P.E.I.	23	19	35	27	22
N.S.	25	20	34	27	25
N.B.	21	18	31	24	20
Que.	26	32	36	34	24
Ont.	20	19	29	24	19
Man.	21	23	33	28	20
Sask.	21	29	34	32	19
Alta.	23	19	30	24	22
B.C.	16	15	22	18	16

Wave 1, 2003

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	20	18	30	24	19
N.L.	23	22	32	27	22
P.E.I.	23	19	33	25	22
N.S.	22	20	29	25	21
N.B.	24	20	31	26	23
Que.	23	27	33	30	21
Ont.	19	13*	29	21	18
Man.	21	22	32	27	20
Sask.	21	21	36	28	19
Alta.	21	16	36	27	19
B.C.	16	15*	16*	15	16

Wave 2, 2003

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	22	19	31	25	21
N.L.	24	21	36	29	23
P.E.I.	21	20	32	26	20
N.S.	22	17	40	28	21
N.B.	25	22	33	28	24
Que.	27	25	38	31	26
Ont.	21	16	30	23	20
Man.	21	18	27	23	21
Sask.	27	34	33	33	25
Alta.	19	20	27	23	18
B.C.	17	12	23	18	17

Annual, 2003

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	21	18	30	25	20
N.L.	23	22	34	28	22
P.E.I.	21	20	32	26	20
N.S.	22	18	35	27	21
N.B.	24	22	32	27	24
Que.	25	26	36	31	23
Ont.	20	14	30	22	19
Man.	21	20	29	25	20
Sask.	24	28	34	31	22
Alta.	20	18	31	25	19
B.C.	16	14	20	17	16

Wave 1, 2004

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	20	20	27	24	19
N.L.	22	22	30	26	21
P.E.I.	21	15*	32	23	21
N.S.	20	20	34	27	18
N.B.	24	22*	36	29	23
Que.	22	26	32	29	21
Ont.	20	20*	22*	21	20
Man.	19	21	24	23	18
Sask.	21	23	29	26	20
Alta.	20	15*	24	20	20
B.C.	16	16*	30	23	14

Wave 2, 2004

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	19	17	28	23	19
N.L.	21	21	36	28	20
P.E.I.	21	18*	30	23	21
N.S.	20	20	31	26	19
N.B.	25	14*	30	22	25
Que.	22	22	35	29	21
Ont.	18	14*	25	19	18
Man.	22	21	27	24	22
Sask.	22	27	29	28	21
Alta.	20	17	32	25	19
B.C.	15	11*	23	17	15

Annual, 2004

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	20	18	28	23	19
N.L.	22	21	34	27	21
P.E.I.	21	17	31	24	21
N.S.	20	20	33	26	19
N.B.	24	18	32	25	24
Que.	22	24	34	29	21
Ont.	19	17	24	20	18
Man.	21	21	26	23	20
Sask.	22	25	29	27	21
Alta.	20	16	28	22	20
B.C.	15	13	26	20	14

Wave 1, 2005

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	20	19	27	23	19
N.L.	21	19	27	23	21
P.E.I.	20	12*	31*	21	20
N.S.	20	13*	24*	19	21
N.B.	22	17*	27	22	21
Que.	23	26	38	32	22
Ont.	19	18*	20*	19	20
Man.	21	16*	32	24	20
Sask.	22	24	37	30	20
Alta.	20	21	26	23	19
B.C.	14	13*	26	20	13

Wave 2, 2005

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	18	17	25	21	17
N.L.	20	19	29	24	19
P.E.I.	20	14*	33	23	19
N.S.	21	12*	28	20	22
N.B.	22	19	33	26	21
Que.	21	20	27	24	20
Ont.	14	14*	22*	18	13
Man.	24	23	34	28	23
Sask.	23	25	35	30	21
Alta.	21	17	28	23	21
B.C.	15	15*	22	19	15

Annual, 2005

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	19	18	26	22	18
N.L.	21	19	28	24	20
P.E.I.	20	13	32	22	19
N.S.	21	13	27	20	21
N.B.	22	18	30	24	21
Que.	22	23	32	27	21
Ont.	16	16	21	19	16
Man.	22	20	33	26	21
Sask.	22	25	36	30	20
Alta.	21	19	27	23	20
B.C.	15	14	24	19	14

Wave 1, 2006

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	18	16	25	21	17
N.L.	22	13*	33	23	22
P.E.I.	17	15	34	24	15
N.S.	22	13*	30	22	21
N.B.	20	17	32	25	20
Que.	22	22	24	23	22
Ont.	14	14	23	19	13
Man.	21	22	39	30	19
Sask.	24	21	36	28	23
Alta.	21	14	31	23	20
B.C.	14	#	18	15	14

Wave 2, 2006

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	19	14	29	21	19
N.L.	21	19	34	26	20
P.E.I.	21	13*	27	20	21
N.S.	22	16	35	25	22
N.B.	25	14	32	23	25
Que.	18	15	34	25	17
Ont.	19	11*	26	19	19
Man.	19	18	27	22	19
Sask.	23	20	27	24	23
Alta.	22	16	29	23	21
B.C.	17	13*	28	21	17

Annual, 2006

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	19	15	27	21	18
N.L.	22	16	33	25	21
P.E.I.	19	14	31	22	19
N.S.	22	15	33	24	21
N.B.	23	16	32	24	22
Que.	20	18	30	24	19
Ont.	17	12	25	19	16
Man.	20	20	32	26	19
Sask.	24	21	31	26	23
Alta.	21	15	30	23	21
B.C.	16	12	24	19	16

Wave 1, 2007

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
# High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	19	15	24	20	18
N.L.	22	20	30	25	21
P.E.I.	18	#	23	16	19
N.S.	20	12	30	21	20
N.B.	20	15	25	20	20
Que.	20	19	30	25	19
Ont.	17	13	18	16	18
Man.	20	20	32	26	19
Sask.	25	19	39	29	24
Alta.	21	18	28	23	20
B.C.	15	#	23	16	15

Wave 2, 2007

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
# High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	20	15	26	21	19
N.L.	21	13	31	22	20
P.E.I.	19	16	26	21	18
N.S.	20	14	28	21	20
N.B.	21	18	23	21	22
Que.	24	16	34	25	23
Ont.	19	14	26	20	19
Man.	20	20	30	25	18
Sask.	23	24	24	24	23
Alta.	21	22	28	25	20
B.C.	14	#	#	12	14

Annual, 2007

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	19	15	25	20	19
N.L.	21	17	31	24	21
P.E.I.	18	13	25	19	18
N.S.	20	13	29	21	20
N.B.	21	17	24	20	21
Que.	22	17	32	25	21
Ont.	18	13	22	18	18
Man.	20	20	31	25	19
Sask.	24	22	31	27	23
Alta.	21	20	27	24	20
B.C.	14	9	18	14	15

Wave 1, 2008

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	18	15	28	22	17
N.L.	20	14	24	19	20
P.E.I.	18	13*	28	20	18
N.S.	19	14	25	19	19
N.B.	19	15	30	23	18
Que.	19	17	31	24	18
Ont.	17	13*	27	20	17
Man.	19	13	21	17	19
Sask.	21	24	23	23	20
Alta.	19	18	29	24	18
B.C.	15	16	28	22	14

Wave 2, 2008

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	18	14	27	21	17
N.L.	21	15	32	23	20
P.E.I.	20	15	33	24	19
N.S.	20	15	28	21	20
N.B.	21	13	28	21	21
Que.	20	16	31	23	19
Ont.	16	12*	28	20	16
Man.	22	20	27	24	21
Sask.	20	16	30	23	19
Alta.	22	15*	30	23	21
B.C.	13	15	16*	15	13

Annual, 2008

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	18	15	27	21	17
N.L.	20	15	28	21	20
P.E.I.	19	14	31	22	19
N.S.	20	14	26	20	20
N.B.	20	14	29	22	20
Que.	19	17	31	24	18
Ont.	17	13	27	20	16
Man.	21	17	25	21	21
Sask.	20	20	27	24	20
Alta.	20	16	29	23	20
B.C.	15	15	21	18	14

Wave 1, 2009

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	17	14	21	18	17
N.L.	21	13*	33	23	20
P.E.I.	18	#	19*	15	18
N.S.	19	14	32	23	18
N.B.	21	17*	29	23	21
Que.	18	20	25	22	18
Ont.	16	#	#	13	17
Man.	18	14*	26*	20	18
Sask.	21	19*	29	24	21
Alta.	18	#	27	21	17
B.C.	15	#	#	16	15

Wave 2, 2009

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	18	12	24	18	18
N.L.	20	18	26	22	20
P.E.I.	17	16	24	20	16
N.S.	20	14	28	21	20
N.B.	21	14	26	20	21
Que.	23	17	35	26	22
Ont.	15	#	21	14	15
Man.	20	21	25	23	19
Sask.	23	18	27	22	23
Alta.	18	12*	25	19	18
B.C.	14	13*	17*	15	14

Annual 2009

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	18	13	23	18	17
N.L.	21	16	29	23	20
P.E.I.	18	14	22	18	18
N.S.	20	14	30	22	19
N.B.	21	16	27	22	21
Que.	21	18	30	24	20
Ont.	15	9	18	14	16
Man.	19	18	25	22	18
Sask.	22	18	28	23	22
Alta.	18	12	26	19	18
B.C.	15	13	18	15	15

Wave 1, 2010

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	18	14	20	17	18
N.L.	19	#	28	20	18
P.E.I.	17	#	22*	17	17
N.S.	19	17	25	21	19
N.B.	21	#	27	20	21
Que.	20	18	21	19	20
Ont.	16	#	17	14	17
Man.	24	18	25	21	24
Sask.	21	21	22	21	21
Alta.	20	18	19	18	20
B.C.	12	#	22*	16	12

Wave 2, 2010

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution. # High sampling variability, data should be suppressed.
CANADA	16	11	24	18	16
N.L.	21	18*	38	28	20
P.E.I.	16	#	22	16	16
N.S.	22	15	23	19	23
N.B.	19	#	30	21	18
Que.	17	12	26	19	16
Ont.	14	#	21	15	14
Man.	18	12	29	20	17
Sask.	21	19	28	24	21
Alta.	18	16*	22	19	18
B.C.	17	#	27	19	16

Annual 2010

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
CANADA	17	12	22	17	17
N.L.	20	15	33	24	19
P.E.I.	16	11	22	16	16
N.S.	21	16	23	20	21
N.B.	19	12	29	20	19
Que.	18	15	24	19	18
Ont.	15	9	19	14	15
Man.	21	15	27	21	20
Sask.	21	20	25	23	21
Alta.	19	17	20	19	19
B.C.	14	9	25	17	14

Annual 2011

Province	Age Group
	15+ (%)	15-19 (%)	20-24 (%)	15-24 (%)	25+ (%)
* Moderate sampling variability, interpret with caution.
CANADA	17	12	21	17	17
N.L.	19	11	25	18	19
P.E.I.	19	14	30	22	18
N.S.	18	12	29	21	18
N.B.	19	14	25	20	19
Que.	20	17	23	20	20
Ont.	16	9	21	15	17
Man.	19	14	27	21	18
Sask.	19	20	27	24	18
Alta.	18	8	24	17	18
B.C.	14	10Footnote *	13	12	15

For more information about the survey and/or its results, please go to the Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate (CSTD) website at: www.gosmokefree.ca/ctums

Note that when comparing results across different data releases of CTUMS, Health Canada advises that it is more accurate and reliable to compare results from one wave with those of other waves and to compare annual results with other annual results.

For this reason, time series results are presented in two separate formats - by wave and by year.

For further information, please email TCP-PLT-questions@hc-sc.gc.ca