Table 1 Distribution of legal retail cannabis stores by neighbourhood deprivation in provinces and territories across Canada-September 2021 (n = 2477)
From: Distribution of legal retail cannabis stores in Canada by neighbourhood deprivation
Store model type | Private | Public | Hybrid | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ON | AB | MB | SK | NL | YK | NU | QC | NS | NB | NWT | PE | BC | |
Number of stores | 1042 | 680 | 112 | 106 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 375 |
Stores per 100,000 individuals 15+ | 8.7 | 19.7 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 18.4 | 3.1 | 8.8 |
Percentage of stores by neighbourhood deprivation | |||||||||||||
Material Deprivation | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) |
Most privileged | 21.1 (220) | 19.1 (130) | 6.3 (7) | 14.2 (15) | 18.2 (6) | 20.0 (1) | 0 | 21.7 (13) | 15.2 (5) | 20.0 (4) | 16.7 (1) | 0 | 18.9 (71) |
Privileged | 13.3 (139) | 16.5 (112) | 24.1 (27) | 21.7 (23) | 33.3 (11) | 40.0 (2) | 100 (1) | 18.3 (11) | 27.3 (9) | 20.0 (4) | 33.3 (2) | 0 | 16.0 (60) |
Not deprived or privileged | 15.1 (157) | 17.1 (116) | 19.6 (22) | 17.0 (18) | 15.2 (5) | 20.0 (1) | 0 | 18.3 (11) | 18.2 (6) | 15.0 (3) | 16.7 (1) | 50.0 (2) | 16.5 (62) |
Deprived | 20.3 (211) | 19.7 (134) | 23.2 (26) | 21.7 (23) | 15.2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 13.3 (8) | 12.1 (4) | 35.0 (7) | 0 | 50.0 (2) | 18.9 (71) |
Most deprived | 22.6 (235) | 14.4 (98) | 18.8 (21) | 17.0 (18) | 15.2 (5) | 20.0 (1) | 0 | 18.3 (11) | 18.2 (6) | 5.0 (1) | 16.7 (1) | 0 | 22.7 (85) |
Social Deprivation | |||||||||||||
Most privileged | 5.4 (56) | 7.2 (49) | 8.9 (10) | 7.6 (8) | 24.4 (8) | 0 | 0 | 6.7 (4) | 3.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 5.8 (22) |
Privileged | 7.9 (82) | 10.9 (74) | 12.5 (14) | 8.5 (9) | 18.2 (6) | 0 | 100 (1) | 6.7 (4) | 6.1 (2) | 15.0 (3) | 16.7 (1) | 25.0 (1) | 7.2 (27) |
Not deprived or privileged | 15.7 (164) | 16.6 (113) | 15.2 (17) | 16.0 (17) | 21.2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 21.7 (13) | 12.1 (4) | 15.0 (3) | 50.0 (3) | 0 | 16.3 (61) |
Deprived | 23.0 (240) | 18.2 (124) | 23.2 (26) | 25.5 (27) | 24.2 (8) | 20.0 (1) | 0 | 32.7 (19) | 39.4 (13) | 30.0 (6) | 0 | 50.0 (2) | 21.3 (80) |
Most deprived | 40.3 (420) | 33.8 (230) | 32.1 (36) | 34.0 (36) | 9.1 (3) | 80.0 (4) | 0 | 23.3 (13) | 30.3 (10) | 30.0 (6) | 16.7 (1) | 25.0 (1) | 42.4 (159) |
Deprivation score not assigned | 7.7 (80) | 13.2 (90) | 8.0 (9) | 8.5 (9) | 3.0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 10.0 (6) | 9.1 (3) | 5.0 (1) | 16.7 (1) | 0 | 6.9 (26) |