Table 2
Percentage who consumed selected beverages the previous day and their average daily consumption (in grams), by age group and gender, household population aged 19 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

Warning View the most recent version.

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.










Beverage 19 to 30 31 to 50 51 to 70 71 or older
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
Percentage who consumed beverage (%)  
Water 77* 84 77* 84 72* † 82 65* † 82
Coffee 40 39 71* † 64† 79* † 74† 75* 68†
Tea 20* 30 27* † 35† 33* † 47† 49* † 56†
Regular soft drinks 47* 27 32* † 21† 22* † 15† 12† 10†
Diet soft drinks 6* 8 9* † 13† 11 12 8* 4E†
Beer 26* 8 26* 8 21* † 6† 12* † 2E†
Wine 5E 6 8* † 13† 17† 15 13 11†
Spirits and liquor 5 5 6 4 8* 3 9* 3
Milk 49 54 57† 61† 56 58 64† 69†
Milk-based beverages 7 8 4† 5† 3 4 2E 3E
Other types of milk 1E* 3E 2E* 3E 2E* 3 2E 2 E
Fruit juice 34 34 28† 29 32 33 35 38†
Vegetable juice 2E 4E 4E 5E 6 5 5 4
Fruit drinks 22 22 15† 14† 8† 10† 13† 12
Average daily consumption (grams)  
Water 1,360* 1,194 1,121* † 1,270 974† 1,027† 774† 799†
Coffee 574 * 473 639† 586† 599 * 490† 489* † 398†
Tea 525 * 452 486 501 527 486 507 468
Regular soft drinks 649 * 534 598* 465 519* † 406 321† 305†
Diet soft drinks 577 533 697 * 532 479† 445† 487 E 319†
Beer 1,159 * 704 908* † 590 829 * 607 567† 452
Wine 402 291 E 340 * 265 304 * 223† 198† 178†
Spirits and liquor 158 173 E 112 146 E 100 * 68† 78 60
Milk 408* 328 276* † 253† 239* † 206† 260 198
Milk-based beverages 572 E 366 381 315 333 401 233 264†
Other types of milk 297 E 281 394 E* 223 226† 235 229 E 217
Fruit juice 523 * 401 382* † 293† 310* † 245† 221† 221†
Vegetable juice 417 * 253 342 260 318 E 252 236 216
Fruit drinks 610 * 496 497* † 391† 369† 326 236† 257†
* significantly different from estimate for women of same age (p < 0.05)
† significantly different from estimate for same sex in preceding age group (p < 0.05)
Note: Fruit and vegetable juice and coolers are included in total beverage consumption.
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition.