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Thursday’s report, which looked at cannabis spending in Canada from 1961 through 2017, aimed to “present a before and after picture of the cannabis sector,” said Tony Peluso, Statistics Canada’s director of international accounts and trade.

He said that more than 90 per cent of cannabis use last year came from non-legal providers and the rest from licensed producers for medical purposes.

Statistic Canada says the price of pot peaked in 1989 and has been declining since 1990. A gram of pot costs about $7.50 according to today’s report.

The government is using web-based crowd sourcing to get current costs of pot by consumers in Canada.

Consumers can anonymously fill out a form on a Statistic Canada website and answer questions about the cannabis purchase price, quantity, quality and the city along with the purpose (medicinal or recreational).

Since 2000, an average of 18 per cent of pot purchases were made by 15-17 year-olds, and 33 per cent of pot purchases were by 18-24 year olds. Those aged 25-44, meanwhile, made up 40 per cent of pot purchasers.

But the demographics are changing.

Boomers and those aged 45-64 have become larger consumers of the drug, making up 23 per cent of the overall share of consumers in 2017. That’s up from 4 per cent in 1975.

Baby Boomers are “bringing cannabis use with them,” Peluso noted.

Provinces and territories will set the price of cannabis, while the federal and provincial governments are working to determine taxes on cannabis products.