Canadians 22 and Under Drinking Less Than Older Generations, Data Suggests

Bottles of British Columbia wine on display at a liquor store in Cremona, Alta., on Feb. 7, 2018. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

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.