![Bar chart showing current smoking prevalence in Canada, adults aged 15+, 2020. Trends described in text. Data table below with 95% confidence intervals.](/tobacco-use-canada/sites/default/files/uploads/images/1_2_2022_figure_0.jpg)
In 2020, the overall prevalence of smoking in Canada was 10.3%, equivalent to approximately 3.2 million Canadians. This represents a significant decrease from the 2019 estimate of 11.9%.1
Approximately 8.0% of Canadians (2.5 million) were daily smokers, while 2.4% (741,000) were non-daily smokers (Figure 1.2). Whereas non-daily smoking decreased significantly from 3.3% in 2019,2 daily smoking did not change significantly from the 2019 estimate of 8.6%.3
As shown in Figure 1.3, overall smoking prevalence has decreased significantly over time since 1999.4 Reduction in daily smoking appears to be responsible for most of the observed decline in smoking rates during this time period, since non-daily smoking has remained relatively constant.
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