Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) results for 2019 were released last week on Thursday August 6, 2020.
There was a decrease in current smoking from 15.8% in 2018 to 14.8% in 2019, while daily smoking decreased from 10.9% in 2018 to 10.0% in 2019. These are the lowest smoking prevalence rates ever recorded by CCHS.
Current smoking in 2019 was 17.3% among males and 12.3% among females.
Daily smoking in 2019 was 11.5% among males and 8.4% among females.
Here are trends in current and daily smoking from CCHS Canada-wide:
Current Daily
26% 2001 21.5%
23% 2003 18%
22% 2005 17%
22% 2007 17%
21% 2008 17%
20% 2009 16%
21% 2010 16%
20% 2011 15%
20% 2012 15.5%
19% 2013 14%
18% 2014 13.5%
18% 2015 13%
17% 2016 12%
16% 2017 12%
15.8% 2018 10.9%
14.8% 2019 10.0%
Here is 2019 current smoking prevalence by province (data for territories was not included in the 2019 results released today; the data for the territories below is from the average over two years, 2017 and 2018)
11% BC
14% ON
15% MB
15% CAN
15.5% AB
16% NB
16% PEI
17% SK
17% QC
18% NS
19.5% NL
20% YT (2017-18)
35% NWT (2017-18)
63% NU (2017-18)
More information regarding CCHS can be obtained from Statistics Canada data tables available at the following links:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310009601