Young Canadians are less likely to pick up an alcoholic drink on a weekly basis than their older counterparts, new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
The survey on recent alcohol consumption found that 67.1 percent of those aged 18 to 22 had not had a drink in the past seven days, compared to 54.4 percent of Canadians overall.
The younger demographic also exhibited fewer instances of high-risk drinking which tended to be greatest among older Canadians.
Drinking By Age and Gender
Those aged 18 to 22 were by far the lightest drinkers, even beating out Canadian seniors. Those 65 and older were second on the no-drinking scale, with 56.9 percent reporting they had not consumed any alcohol in the past week….