Six years ago, the consumption of marijuana became legal all over Canada. This was one of the promises made by Justin Trudeau in the 2015 federal election campaign, where his Liberal Party started in a distant third place and ended up forming a majority government.

This year, 62 per cent of Canadians told Research Co. they agree with marijuana being legal in Canada, down two points since 2023. A third of Canadians (33 per cent, up two points) disagree.

Support for legal cannabis is highest in Quebec (66 per cent), followed by Alberta (64 per cent), Ontario (also 64 per cent), British Columbia (60 per cent), Atlantic Canada (56 per cent) and Saskatchewan and Manitoba (53 per cent). Fewer than half (45 per cent) of East Asian Canadians agree with marijuana being legal, compared with majorities of respondents who identify as South Asian (57 per cent), European (67 per cent) or Indigenous (75 per cent).

The needle did not move markedly from last year on consumption. About half of Canadians have never tried marijuana (52 per cent, down one point),........

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