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Heavy drinking: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Heavy drinking. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Smoking, drinking, cannabis and vaping by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0905-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 17.1 (Canada).

British Columbia: 16.2Alberta: 17.2Saskatchewan: 19.1Manitoba: 17.1Ontario: 15.6Quebec: 19New Brunswick: 18.2Yukon: not in this tableNunavut: not in this tableNewfoundland and Labrador: 23.4Nova Scotia: 20.5Northwest Territories: not in this tablePrince Edward Island: 17.3
  • Lowest: 15.6 to 17.1 %
  • Group 2: 17.1 to 17.3 %
  • Group 3: 17.3 to 19 %
  • Group 4: 19 to 20.5 %
  • Highest: 20.5 to 23.4 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Newfoundland and Labrador23.4
2Nova Scotia20.5
3Saskatchewan19.1
4Quebec19
5New Brunswick18.2
6Prince Edward Island17.3
7Alberta17.2
8Manitoba17.1
9British Columbia16.2
10Ontario15.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0905-01: Health indicator statistics, annual estimates. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by heavy drinking (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0905-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-heavy-drinking/

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