On March 17, 2021, initial results from the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS), 2020, were released. Below is information from Statistics Canada. CTNS was first conducted in 2019. CTNS smoking prevalence has tracked lower than the Canadian Community Health Survey, which has a much larger sample size.
In 2019, the survey was conducted between Dec. 8, 2019 and Jan. 16, 2021.