Descriptive characteristics for provincial sales of low-dose codeine products between November 2018 and October 2019
| Province | Units of codeine* | Codeine sales | Acetaminophen sales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of units | Rate, units per resident | % of total codeine sold as OTC† | Codeine, kg | Rate, mg per resident | Acetaminophen, kg | Rate, mg per resident | |
| Alberta | 17 688 955 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 142 | 32.4 | 5375 | 1229.6 |
| British Columbia | 89 681 975 | 17.7 | 38.0 | 718 | 141.5 | 26 500 | 5225.3 |
| Manitoba | 2 175 128 | 11.6 | 3.3 | 17 | 12.7 | 753 | 549.7 |
| New Brunswick | 5 836 590 | 7.5 | 21.5 | 47 | 60.1 | 1788 | 2301.4 |
| Nova Scotia | 14 369 659 | 14.8 | 40.5 | 115 | 118.3 | 4462 | 4593.8 |
| Ontario | 225 685 892 | 15.5 | 44.6 | 1806 | 123.9 | 69 698 | 4784.8 |
| Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador | 3 853 873 | 5.7 | 11.9 | 31 | 45.4 | 1443 | 2127.0 |
| Quebec | 13 570 422 | 1.6 | 19.3 | 109 | 12.8 | 3730 | 439.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 2 984 521 | 2.5 | 9.3 | 24 | 20.3 | 954 | 812.6 |
| All provinces | 375 847 016‡ | 10.0 | 21.7 | 3007§ | 80.3 | 114 703 | 2451.5 |
Note: OTC = over-the-counter.
↵* 1 unit = 8 mg.
↵† Reported as a percent of total mass of codeine sold.
↵‡ If the dosage form was not sold in 8 mg units, we converted the volume to these standard units. Therefore, the provincial total does not equal the sum of provinces because of rounding error.
↵§ Weights have been rounded to the nearest kilogram.