How Many Canadians Vape? Rates by Age, Sex and Province
Key takeaways
Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey found that 5.9% of adults in the ten provinces, about 1.96 million people, vaped in the past 30 days in 2025, the same share as in 2024. The rate is 11.7% at ages 18 to 34 and 1.2% at 65 and over, 6.9% for males and 5.0% for females, and ranges from 5.1% in Ontario to 8.4% in Prince Edward Island.
About 1 in 17 Canadian adults vaped at least once in the past month. Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) puts the 2025 figure at 5.9% of adults aged 18 and over in the ten provinces, with a 95% confidence interval of 5.5% to 6.3%. That is roughly 1.96 million people. The share has barely moved since 2022, but it varies a lot by age, a little by sex and by province.
All adult figures below come from Statistics Canada Table 13-10-0905-01, released on 20 October 2026. The question counted is “used an e-cigarette or vaping device, past 30 days”. Youth figures come from a second Statistics Canada table, and older trend points come from Health Canada’s Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS). The same table is behind the 5.9% on our smoking statistics page.
Has the share of adults who vape changed?
| Year | Vaped in past 30 days | 95% confidence interval |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.7% | 5.4% to 6.1% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | 5.8% to 6.6% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | 5.5% to 6.3% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | 5.5% to 6.3% |
Statistics Canada does not flag any of the year-to-year changes as statistically significant. The table has no values for this indicator before 2022, and a note on the table says the 2022 value was corrected on 3 October 2024. Beginning in 2023 the survey covers adults aged 18 and older, so the table is built on one adult age range throughout.
Who vapes, by age?
| Age group | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 95% CI, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 to 34 | 13.1% | 13.3% | 12.2% | 11.7% | 10.4% to 13.1% |
| 35 to 49 | 5.1% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 5.5% to 6.8% |
| 50 to 64 | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.5% to 3.4% |
| 65 and over | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.0% to 1.5% |
Vaping is about ten times as common at ages 18 to 34 as at 65 and over. The youngest group is also the only one where the 2022 and 2025 numbers point down (13.1% to 11.7%), but the two confidence intervals overlap and Statistics Canada flags no year-to-year drop. The 35 to 49 group was flagged as higher in 2023 than in 2022 and has stayed near 6% since.
Ever-use is much higher than current use. In 2025, 18.1% of adults (95% CI 17.5% to 18.8%) had ever used an e-cigarette or vaping device, including 33.6% of those aged 18 to 34 and 5.0% of those 65 and over. Most people who tried one were not vaping in the last month.
Do men or women vape more?
| Sex | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 95% CI, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 6.6% | 7.4% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 6.2% to 7.6% |
| Females | 4.9% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 4.5% to 5.4% |
Males vape more in every year, and the 2025 intervals do not overlap. The gap is about two percentage points.
How does vaping differ by province?
| Province | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | 95% CI, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Edward Island | 6.4% | 5.9% | 8.4% | 5.7% to 12.2% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 5.9% | 7.9% | 8.1% | 5.8% to 11.2% |
| Nova Scotia | 6.3% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 5.5% to 9.3% |
| Alberta | 7.1% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 6.1% to 8.3% |
| Manitoba | 6.0% | 6.2% | 7.1% | 5.5% to 9.1% |
| Quebec | 5.4% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 5.7% to 7.5% |
| New Brunswick | 4.9% | 8.3% | 6.1% | 4.6% to 8.0% |
| Saskatchewan | 6.5% | 9.9% | 6.0% | 4.7% to 7.6% |
| British Columbia | 6.4% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% to 6.4% |
| Ontario | 5.3% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 4.3% to 6.0% |
Read this table with the intervals in mind. The spread between the highest and lowest point estimates is 3.3 percentage points, yet most provincial intervals overlap the national 5.9%. In 2025 Statistics Canada flags only Alberta as higher than the national rate and only Ontario as lower. It also flags Saskatchewan’s drop from 9.9% in 2024 to 6.0% in 2025 as significant, which shows how much a smaller province can swing from one survey year to the next. The table does not cover Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.
What about teenagers?
The adult table starts at age 18. For ages 12 to 17, Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (Table 13-10-0948-01) reports past-30-day vaping in the ten provinces:
| Year | All youth | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.2% (12.5% to 14.0%) | 14.3% | 12.0% |
| 2023 | 7.2% (6.7% to 7.7%) | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| 2024 | 5.8% (5.1% to 6.7%) | 4.8% (3.8% to 6.0%) | 6.9% (5.8% to 8.2%) |
That is a fall of more than half since 2019, from about 298,600 youth to about 150,500. These are answers given by the youth themselves. In 2023 the rate was 10.8% in Quebec (9.7% to 12.1%) and 4.9% in Ontario (4.0% to 6.0%); most 2024 provincial youth estimates carry a quality flag, with Quebec at 9.3% and Ontario at 4.5% both marked “use with caution”. Our youth smoking and vaping rates page sets these numbers beside the school-based student survey.
What do Health Canada’s tobacco and nicotine surveys show?
The CTNS covers people aged 15 and over and so is not directly comparable with the CCHS, but its summaries give an earlier run of years:
| Collection period | Age 15 and over | 15 to 19 | 20 to 24 | 25 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2020 to Jan 2021 | 5% | 14% | 13% | 3% |
| Dec 2021 to Feb 2022 | 5.2% | 12.7% | 17.2% | 3.6% |
| 30 Nov 2022 to 31 Jan 2023 | 5.8% | 13.6% | 19.7% | 3.9% |
The 2020 summary reports rounded percentages and no confidence intervals. For 2022 Health Canada gives a 95% confidence interval of 5.2% to 6.3% for the overall rate, and 17.9% to 21.5% for ages 20 to 24. It says overall vaping was unchanged from 2021, while the rise among ages 20 to 24 from 17.2% was statistically significant. By province, the 2022 CTNS ranged from 4.7% in British Columbia (3.6% to 5.8%) to 7.8% in Manitoba (5.6% to 10.0%), and it found 18.2% of people 15 and over had ever vaped. The response rate was 44.9%, and Health Canada’s definition of vaping leaves out cannabis vapes.
Health Canada’s surveys page says the CTNS has been run every year since 2023. The summary pages we could find stop at 2022, so we do not quote a later CTNS result.
How to read these numbers
- Past 30 days is not daily use. The indicator counts anyone who vaped at least once in the month. Statistics Canada’s table has no daily-vaping row, so we do not give a daily rate.
- Intervals matter. A 95% confidence interval is the range that likely holds the true value. Small provinces and small age groups have wide ones.
- Surveys are self-reported. Answers come from respondents, and surveys differ in age range, season and method, so compare 18-plus CCHS numbers only with other CCHS numbers.
- Quality flags. Statistics Canada marks some estimates E (use with caution) or F (too unreliable to publish). For example, the 2025 figure for adults aged 18 to 34 in Prince Edward Island (15.2%) carries an E flag, so we do not use it.
For what vaping does to health, see e-cigarette risks and benefits; for how a device works, read how an e-cigarette works. Provincial age limits and flavour rules are in the vaping laws guide.
What we could not confirm
- Provincial public health reports. We did not find one with a vaping rate that we could verify against its own page, so every provincial number here comes from Statistics Canada or Health Canada.
- Any adult daily-vaping rate for 2025, and any CCHS vaping value before 2022. The table shows none.
- CTNS results after 2022, which are not on the Health Canada pages we read.
- The exact survey question wording used in the CCHS for vaping and whether it includes cannabis vapes.
- The meaning of the table’s significance codes beyond what the data service returned. We read 0 as not different, 1 as higher and -1 as lower.
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Frequently asked questions
What percentage of Canadians vape?
In the Canadian Community Health Survey, 5.9% of adults aged 18 and over in the ten provinces had used an e-cigarette or vaping device in the past 30 days in 2025 (95% confidence interval 5.5% to 6.3%). That is about 1.96 million people. The territories are not in the table.
Which age group vapes the most in Canada?
Adults aged 18 to 34. In 2025 their past-30-day rate was 11.7% (95% CI 10.4% to 13.1%), compared with 6.1% at 35 to 49, 2.9% at 50 to 64 and 1.2% at 65 and over. The 2022 Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey put ages 20 to 24 at 19.7%.
Which province has the highest vaping rate?
Prince Edward Island had the highest point estimate in 2025 at 8.4%, and Ontario the lowest at 5.1%. The Prince Edward Island interval runs from 5.7% to 12.2%, so Statistics Canada does not flag it as different from the national rate. Only Alberta is flagged higher and Ontario lower.
Is vaping in Canada going up or down?
Among adults it has been flat. The survey table shows 5.7% in 2022, 6.2% in 2023, 5.9% in 2024 and 5.9% in 2025, with no year-to-year change flagged as statistically significant. Among youth aged 12 to 17 a separate survey shows a fall from 13.2% in 2019 to 5.8% in 2024.
Sources
- Table 13-10-0905-01: Health indicator statistics, annual estimates (Canadian Community Health Survey) — Statistics Canada. Accessed October 31, 2026.
- Table 13-10-0948-01: Health indicator statistics, youth aged 12 to 17 (Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth) — Statistics Canada. Accessed October 31, 2026.
- Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS): summary of results for 2022 — Health Canada. Accessed October 31, 2026.
- Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS): summary of results for 2021 — Health Canada. Accessed October 31, 2026.
- Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS): summary of results for 2020 — Health Canada. Accessed October 31, 2026.
- Tobacco and vaping: Surveys, statistics and research — Health Canada. Accessed October 31, 2026.