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Household information (DEM)
Household information (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q05
Including yourself, how many people live in your household?
Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including who to include and who not to include.
- 01: 1
- 02: 2
- 03: 3
- 04: 4
- 05: 5
- 06: 6
- 07: 7
- 08: 8
- 09: 9
- 10: 10
- 11: 11
- 12: 12
- 13: 13
- 14: 14
- 15: 15
- 16: 16
- 17: 17
- 18: 18
- 19: 19
- 20: 20 or more
Household information (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q10
Including yourself, how many of these people are 15 years of age or more?
Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including who to include and who not to include.
- 01: 1
- 02: 2
- 03: 3
- 04: 4
- 05: 5
- 06: 6
- 07: 7
- 08: 8
- 09: 9
- 10: 10
- 11: 11
- 12: 12
- 13: 13
- 14: 14
- 15: 15
- 16: 16
- 17: 17
- 18: 18
- 19: 19
- 20: 20 or more
Household information (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q15
What is your gender?
Gender refers to current gender which may be different from sex assigned at birth and may be different from what is indicated on legal documents.
- 1: Male
- 2: Female
- 3: Or please specify
Household information (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q19
What is your age?
Min = 0; Max = 999
Household information (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q20
What is your age group?
- 1: 15 to 24 years
- 2: 25 to 34 years
- 3: 35 to 44 years
- 4: 45 to 54 years
- 5: 55 to 64 years
- 6: 65 years and over
Household information (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q30
To determine which geographic region you live in, please provide your postal code.
Long Answer Length = 6
Postal code
Example: A9A 9A9
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN)
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_R05
The following questions are about cannabis use. In this series of questions when we use the term cannabis, we mean the use of cannabis (marijuana), hashish, hash oil or any other preparation of the cannabis plant.
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q05
During the past three months, how often did you use cannabis?
Your answers will be kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes.
- 1: Not in the past three months
- 2: Once or twice
- 3: Monthly
- 4: Weekly
- 5: Daily or almost daily
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q06
Have you ever used or tried cannabis?
- 1: Yes, just once
- 2: Yes, more than once
- 3: No
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q10
Did you start using cannabis in the past three months?
- 1: Yes
- 2: No, I started more than three months ago
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q15
Did you use or try cannabis for the first time because it is now legal?
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q17
What is the main reason you use cannabis?
- 1: Medical use with a medical document
- 2: Medical use without a medical document
- 3: Non-medical use
- 4: Both medical use and non-medical use
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q20
In the past three months, where did you get the cannabis you used?
Include medical and non-medical purposes.
Select all that apply.
- 01: I grow my own
- 02: Someone grows it for me
- 03: From an authorized retailer
- 04: From a compassion club, dispensary or storefront
- 05: Online from a licensed producer
- 06: Online from another source
- 07: It was shared around a group of friends
- 08: From an acquaintance
- 09: From a family member or friend
- 10: From a dealer
- 11: Other
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q25
In the past three months did you intend to obtain or purchase cannabis products from a legal source but were unable to do so?
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q30
What was the main reason that you were not able to obtain or purchase it legally?
- 1: I was not sure where to obtain it
- 2: There are no retail outlets near me
- 3: The type of cannabis I wanted was not available or not legal yet
- 4: I did not have a medical document
- 5: Other
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q35
How much did you spend on cannabis in the past three months?
Include purchases of seeds and plants.
- 01: Nothing, got it free or traded something for it
- 02: Between $1 and $10
- 03: Between $11 and $25
- 04: Between $26 and $50
- 05: Between $51 and $100
- 06: Between $101 and $150
- 07: Between $151 and $250
- 08: Between $251 and $500
- 09: Between $501 and $750
- 10: Between $751 and $1,000
- 11: Between $1,001 and $1,250
- 12: Over $1,250
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40A_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Dried flower or leaf
e.g., grass, weed
Unit of measure
- 13: Grams
- 30: 1/8 of an ounce
- 31: 1/4 of an ounce
- 32: 1/2 of an ounce
- 33: Ounces
- 40: Joints
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40A_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Dried flower or leaf
e.g., grass, weed
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40B_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Hashish or kief
Unit of measure
- 13: Grams
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40B_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Hashish or kief
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40C_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Liquid concentrate
e.g., hash oil, butane honey oil
Unit of measure
- 10: Milligrams
- 13: Grams
- 20: Millilitres
- 39: Fluid ounces
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40C_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Liquid concentrate
e.g., hash oil, butane honey oil
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40D_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Cannabis oil cartridges or disposable vape pens
Unit of measure
- 10: Milligrams
- 20: Millilitres
- 43: Cartridges
- 44: Pens
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40D_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Cannabis oil cartridges or disposable vape pens
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40E_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Solid concentrate
e.g., shatter, budder
Unit of measure
- 10: Milligrams
- 13: Grams
- 30: 1/8 of an ounce
- 31: 1/4 of an ounce
- 32: 1/2 of an ounce
- 33: Ounces
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40E_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Solid concentrate
e.g., shatter, budder
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40F_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Edibles
e.g., prepared food products
Unit of measure
- 41: Packages
- 42: Servings
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40F_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Edibles
e.g., prepared food products
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40G_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Liquid
e.g., cola, tea
Unit of measure
- 20: Millilitres
- 23: Litres
- 42: Servings
- 45: Cups
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40G_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Liquid
e.g., cola, tea
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40H_2
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Other
e.g., tinctures, topical ointments, fresh flower or leaf for juicing
Unit of measure
- 10: Milligrams
- 13: Grams
- 20: Millilitres
- 23: Litres
- 30: 1/8 of an ounce
- 31: 1/4 of an ounce
- 32: 1/2 of an ounce
- 33: Ounces
- 39: Fluid ounces
- 40: Joints
- 41: Packages
- 42: Servings
- 43: Cartridges
- 44: Pens
- 45: Cups
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q40H_1
How much cannabis did you use in the past three months?
Other
e.g., tinctures, topical ointments, fresh flower or leaf for juicing
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Quantity used in the past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q42
In the past three months, which of the following methods did you use most often?
- 1: Smoked
- 2: Vaped
- 3: Consumed in food or drink
- 4: Other
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45A_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Dried flower or leaf
e.g., grass, weed
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45A_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Dried flower or leaf
e.g., grass, weed
Unit of measure
- 13: Per gram
- 30: Per 1/8 of an ounce
- 31: Per 1/4 of an ounce
- 32: Per 1/2 of an ounce
- 33: Per ounce
- 40: Per joint
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45B_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Hashish or kief
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45B_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Hashish or kief
Unit of measure
- 13: Per gram
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45C_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Liquid concentrate
e.g., hash oil, butane honey oil
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45C_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Liquid concentrate
e.g., hash oil, butane honey oil
Unit of measure
- 10: Per milligram
- 13: Per gram
- 20: Per millilitre
- 39: Per fluid ounce
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45D_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Cannabis oil cartridges or disposable vape pens
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45D_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Cannabis oil cartridges or disposable vape pens
Unit of measure
- 10: Per milligram
- 20: Per millilitre
- 43: Per cartridge
- 44: Per pen
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45E_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Solid concentrate
e.g., shatter, budder
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45E_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Solid concentrate
e.g., shatter, budder
Unit of measure
- 10: Per milligram
- 13: Per gram
- 30: Per 1/8 of an ounce
- 31: Per 1/4 of an ounce
- 32: Per 1/2 of an ounce
- 33: Per ounce
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45F_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Edibles
e.g., prepared food products
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45F_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Edibles
e.g., prepared food products
Unit of measure
- 41: Per package
- 42: Per serving
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45G_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Liquid
e.g., cola, tea
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45G_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Liquid
e.g., cola, tea
Unit of measure
- 20: Per millilitre
- 23: Per litre
- 42: Per serving
- 45: Per cup
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45H_1
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Other
e.g., tinctures, topical ointments, fresh flower or leaf for juicing
Min = 0; Max = 99999.99
Price of last purchase in CAN$
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q45H_2
What was the price you paid for your last purchase?
Other
e.g., tinctures, topical ointments, fresh flower or leaf for juicing
Unit of measure
- 10: Per milligram
- 13: Per gram
- 20: Per millilitre
- 23: Per litre
- 30: Per 1/8 of an ounce
- 31: Per 1/4 of an ounce
- 32: Per 1/2 of an ounce
- 33: Per ounce
- 39: Per fluid ounce
- 40: Per joint
- 41: Per package
- 42: Per serving
- 43: Per cartridge
- 44: Per pen
- 45: Per cup
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q50A
Now that cannabis is legal for non-medical purposes, will you be more likely to use it or change your consumption?
I will be more likely to try it or to increase my consumption
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
- 3: Maybe
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q50B
Now that cannabis is legal for non-medical purposes, will you be more likely to use it or change your consumption?
I will be more likely to try or consume different types of cannabis products
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
- 3: Maybe
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q50C
Now that cannabis is legal for non-medical purposes, will you be more likely to use it or change your consumption?
I will be more likely to obtain or purchase it from another source
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
- 3: Maybe
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51A
What are the 3 most important factors to you when selecting a source to buy cannabis?
Select up to 3 factors.
- 01: Lowest price
- 02: Quality and safety (e.g., free from mold, tested for pesticides, reputable grower)
- 03: Sales support (e.g., able to discuss products and get advice before purchasing)
- 04: Location (e.g., close to home)
- 05: Accessible when I want (e.g., available (open) evenings and weekends)
- 06: Able to make purchases online
- 07: Anonymity or discretion
- 08: Sell preferred THC and/or CBD potencies/formulations
- 09: Sell preferred strain (e.g., purple kush, blue dream)
- 10: Sell products not available in licenced stores or websites (e.g., concentrates, edibles, drinkables)
- 11: Free shipping (online purchases)
- 12: Fast delivery (e.g., same day shipping)
- 13: Other
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51F
Now that cannabis consumption is legal, how often are you likely to use cannabis in the next three months?
- 1: Will not use cannabis in the next three months
- 2: Less than once a month
- 3: Monthly
- 4: Weekly
- 5: Daily or almost daily
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51KA
In the past three months, how often did you use cannabis before or at the following places?
School
- 1: Have not done this in the past three months
- 2: Once or twice
- 3: Monthly
- 4: Weekly
- 5: Daily or almost daily
- 6: Not a student
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51KB
In the past three months, how often did you use cannabis before or at the following places?
Work
- 1: Have not done this in the past three months
- 2: Once or twice
- 3: Monthly
- 4: Weekly
- 5: Daily or almost daily
- 6: Not working
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51PA
Thinking of your own cannabis use, please answer each of the following questions.
Have you ever had a strong desire or urge to use cannabis?
- 1: No
- 2: Yes, but not in past 3 months
- 3: Yes, in past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51PB
Thinking of your own cannabis use, please answer each of the following questions.
Has your cannabis use ever led to health, social, legal or financial problems?
- 1: No
- 2: Yes, but not in past 3 months
- 3: Yes, in past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51PC
Thinking of your own cannabis use, please answer each of the following questions.
Have you ever failed to do what was normally expected of you because of your use of cannabis?
- 1: No
- 2: Yes, but not in past 3 months
- 3: Yes, in past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51PD
Thinking of your own cannabis use, please answer each of the following questions.
Has a friend or relative or anyone else ever expressed concern about your use of cannabis?
- 1: No
- 2: Yes, but not in past 3 months
- 3: Yes, in past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q51PE
Thinking of your own cannabis use, please answer each of the following questions.
Have you ever tried to control, cut down or stop using cannabis, but discovered that you were not able to do so?
- 1: No
- 2: Yes, but not in past 3 months
- 3: Yes, in past 3 months
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q52
In the past three months, have you driven a motor vehicle within two hours of using cannabis?
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
- 3: Do not have a valid driver's license
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q52A
In the past three months, have you driven a motor vehicle within two hours of using both cannabis and alcohol?
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
- 3: Do not have a valid driver's license
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q53
In the past three months, have you been a passenger in a motor vehicle driven by someone who had been using cannabis in the previous two hours?
- 1: Not in the past three months
- 2: Yes, once
- 3: Yes, more than once
- 4: Don't know
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q53A
In the past three months, have you been a passenger in a motor vehicle driven by someone who had been using both cannabis and alcohol in the previous two hours?
- 1: Not in the past three months
- 2: Yes, once
- 3: Yes, more than once
- 4: Don't know
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q54A
As far as you know, when is it safe for someone to drive a motor vehicle after using cannabis?
- 01: Immediately
- 02: 30 minutes to just under 1 hour
- 03: 1 hour to just under 3 hours
- 04: 3 hours to just under 5 hours
- 05: 5 hours to just under 7 hours
- 06: 7 hours to 8 hours
- 07: More than 8 hours
- 08: Depends on each person, weight, quantity and method of consumption
- 09: Other
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q54G
As far as you know, can cannabis use be addictive for some people?
- 1: Yes
- 2: No
- 3: Don't know
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q55
What is your marital status?
- 1: Married
- 2: Living common-law
- 3: Widowed
- 4: Separated
- 5: Divorced
- 6: Single, never married
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q60A
In general, how would you rate
your physical health?
- 1: Excellent
- 2: Very good
- 3: Good
- 4: Fair
- 5: Poor
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q60B
In general, how would you rate
your mental health?
- 1: Excellent
- 2: Very good
- 3: Good
- 4: Fair
- 5: Poor
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q65
Last week, what was your main activity?
Main activity means the activity on which you spend most of your time.
- 01: Working at a paid job or business
- 02: Vacation (From paid work)
- 03: Looking for paid work
- 04: Going to school
- 05: Caring for children
- 06: Household work
- 07: Retired
- 08: Maternity/paternity or parental leave
- 09: Long-term illness
- 10: Volunteering or care-giving other than for children
- 11: Other
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q70
What is the highest certificate, diploma or degree that you have completed?
- 1: Less than high school diploma or its equivalent
- 2: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
- 3: Trade certificate or diploma
- 4: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma (Other than trades certificates or diplomas)
- 5: University certificate or diploma below the bachelor's level
- 6: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., LL.B.)
- 7: University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor's level
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_Q75
What is your best estimate of your total household income received by all household members, from all sources, before taxes and deductions, during the year ending December 31, [2018]?
Income can come from various sources such as from work, investments, pensions or government. Examples include Employment Insurance, social assistance, child benefits and other income such as child support, spousal support (alimony) and rental income.
Capital gains should not be included in the household income.
- 1: Less than $20,000
- 2: $20,000 to less than $40,000
- 3: $40,000 to less than $60,000
- 4: $60,000 to less than $80,000
- 5: $80,000 to less than $100,000
- 6: $100,000 to less than $150,000
- 7: $150,000 and over
Cannabis Use and Spending (CAN) - Question identifier:CAN_R100
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