Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the repeat cross-sectional and longitudinal samples used for examining trends in youth perceptions of cannabis access prior to and during the onset and progression of the COVID-19 pandemic, COMPASS study (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21)

Cohort

 Cohort-R1^a

17,746 (45.6)

17,189 (71.3)

11,066 (48.6)

-

-

 Cohort-R2^b

21,144 (54.4)

6,920 (28.7)

11,729 (51.4)

-

-

Gender

 Female

19,258 (49.5)

12,701 (52.7)

12,262 (53.8)

1,819 (58.0)

1,027 (66.8)

 Male

19,632 (50.5)

11,408 (47.3)

10,533 (46.2)

1,320 (42.0)

511 (33.2)

Grade

^{Grade at Baseline}

^{Grade at Baseline}

 Secondary I/II^e

8,269 (21.3)

5,580 (23.2)

6,513 (28.6)

1,171 (37.3)

815 (53.0)

 9

9,067 (23.3)

5,626 (23.3)

5,138 (22.5)

1,289 (41.1)

525 (34.1)

 10

8,733 (22.5)

5,285 (21.9)

4,891 (21.5)

679 (21.6)

198 (12.9)

 11

8,185 (21.0)

4,876 (20.2)

4,084 (17.9)

-

-

 12

4,636 (11.9)

2,742 (11.4)

2,169 (9.5)

-

-

Province

 Alberta

314 (0.8)

257 (1.1)

260 (1.1)

47 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

 British Columbia

4,335 (11.2)

3,043 (12.6)

1,830 (8.0)

296 (9.4)

74 (4.8)

 Ontario

16,709 (42.9)

9,338 (38.7)

8,149 (35.8)

1,143 (36.4)

353 (23.0)

 Quebec

17,532 (45.1)

11,471 (47.6)

12,556 (55.1)

1,653 (52.7)

1,111 (72.2)

Ethnicity

 White

28,453 (73.1)

18,012 (74.7)

17,438 (76.5)

2,531 (80.6)

1,262 (82.1)

 Black

1,422 (3.7)

600 (2.5)

595 (2.6)

39 (1.3)

42 (2.7)

 Asian

3,302 (8.5)

2,082 (8.6)

1,592 (7.0)

205 (6.5)

78 (5.1)

 Latin American/Hispanic

854 (2.2)

503 (2.1)

378 (1.7)

35 (1.1)

15 (1.0)

 Other/Mixed

4,859 (12.5)

2,912 (12.1)

2,792 (12.2)

329 (10.5)

141 (9.1)

Weekly Spending Money

 None

6,066 (15.6)

4,107 (17.0)

5,176 (22.7)

560 (17.8)

284 (18.5)

 $1 to $20

9,351 (24.1)

5,692 (23.6)

4,327 (19.0)

975 (31.1)

484 (31.5)

 $21 to $40

4,363 (11.2)

2,474 (10.3)

1,767 (7.8)

352 (11.2)

176 (11.4)

 $41 to $100

4,669 (12.0)

2,666 (11.1)

1,969 (8.6)

230 (7.3)

106 (6.9)

 More than $100

7,474 (19.2)

4,379 (18.1)

4,506 (19.8)

251 (8.0)

106 (6.9)

 I don’t know

6,967 (17.9)

4,791 (19.9)

5,050 (22.1)

771 (24.6)

382 (24.8)

Cannabis Use^f

 Never use

28,879 (74.3)

18,985 (78.8) 2,735 (11.3)

18,710 (82.1)

2,892 (92.1)

1,432 (93.1)

 Non-current use

5,052 (13.0)

2,389 (9.9)

2,374 (10.4)

143 (4.6)

68 (4.4)

 Current use

4,959 (12.7)

1,711 (7.5)

104 (3.3)

38 (2.5)

Cannabis Access^g

 Easy

19,848 (51.0)

10,406 (43.2)

8,521 (37.4)

1,009 (32.1)

477 (31.0)

 Difficult or I don’t know

19,042 (49.0)

13,703 (56.8)

14,274 (62.6)

2,130 (67.9)

1,061 (69.0)