Quebec’s annual cannabis consumption survey shows overall cannabis use increased slightly in 2024, but rates of consumption among younger Quebecers declined.

The Québec Cannabis Survey—conducted by the Institut de la statistique du Québec in 2024 among 15,197 people aged 15 and over—found that those over 35 who said they had consumed cannabis in the past 12 months increased from 12% to 13.4%, but declined by similar rates for those under 35. 

Quebecers aged 21-34 years who had consumed cannabis in the past 12 months declined from 34.4% in 2023 to 32% in 2024, while those aged 15-20 years declined from 22.6% in 2023 to 21.9% in 2024.

In 2024, the most commonly reported purposes for consuming cannabis were for fun (80%), to relax (79%), to socialize (69%), to get high (49%), and to sleep better (45%).

The share of cannabis users who consume it because they feel they are addicted increased from 9% in 2022 to 12% in 2024.

The survey is the sixth annual version, first conducted in 2018, and had the largest number of respondents thus far. The survey frame was constructed from the Insured Persons Registration File (FIPA) of the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec.

In 2024, about 17% of people who used cannabis in the previous 12 months said they did so on a daily basis, while nearly 23% used it 1 to 6 days a week (“regularly”). 

Another 18% used it “occasionally” (1 to 3 days a month), and nearly 42% used it less than once a month. 

This means that around 3% of people aged 15 and over in Quebec used cannabis daily, 4.1% used it regularly, 3.2% used it occasionally, and 8% used it less than once a month over that period.

Smoking was once again the most common form of consumption at 81%, while 32% said they consumed it in food, and 21% said they used cannabis oil or capsules. 

About 25% of survey respondents said they vaped cannabis, or about 4.5% of the total Quebec population. This number declined among Quebecers aged 15-20, from 62% in 2023 to 57% in 2024, the first annual decline observed in this age group so far. 

Of those who vaped cannabis in the 12 months preceding the 2024 survey, nearly three-quarters did so no more than 3 days a month, while around 19% vaped cannabis 1 to 6 days a week, and about 9% vaped it every day.

At the Quebec population level, though, there was no increase in the proportion of people who vaped cannabis between 2022 and 2024. 

In 2024, nearly 69% of Quebecers aged 15 and over who used cannabis in the 12 months preceding the survey obtained at least some of it from SQDC, which was down slightly from 71% in 2023. 

Around 36% of users sourced cannabis from a family member, a friend, or an acquaintance, and about 13% got their cannabis in person from a legal source in another province.

In 2024, of those who reported consuming cannabis in the past year: 69.1% said they got it from the SQDC; 35.8% said they got it from a family member, friend, or acquaintance; 12.9% got it in person from a legal source in another province; 7.6% from an illicit supplier; 4% from a dispensary or compassion club (which would also not be licensed); 3.6% grew it themselves; and 2.1% got it from a legal medical producer. 

Quebec also recently announced a plan to begin allowing the sale of cannabis vapes in SQDC stores by fall 2025.

Quebec recently launched its 2025 survey.

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