Table 3.

Percent of Canadians consuming Milk & Alternatives and number of servings per day by age groups¹

		Milk & Alternatives food group		Main Food Items
				Plain milk		Flavoured milk		Cheese		Yogurt		Fortified soy beverages
		CCHS 2004 (n = 26,619,550)	CCHS 2015 (n = 29,380,975)	CCHS 2004 (n = 20,879,908)	CCHS 2015 (n = 18,790,221)	CCHS 2004 (n = 890,305)	CCHS 2015 (n = 1,118,649)	CCHS 2004 (n = 16,392,316)	CCHS 2015 (n = 17,926,472)	CCHS 2004 (n = 4,217,387)	CCHS 2015 (n = 6,827,004)	CCHS 2004 (n = 146,085)	CCHS 2015 (n = 506,575)
Percent of consumption (%)	All ages	89.5 ± 0.4	87.7 ± 0.5*	70.2 ± 0.5	56.1 ± 0.7*	3.0 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.2	55.1 ± 0.6	53.5 ± 0.8	14.2 ± 0.4	20.4 ± 0.6*	0.50 ± 0.11	1.51 ± 1.15*
	Age groups 2–5 years	97.9 ± 0.5	97.6 ± 0.6	87.4 ± 1.1	81.3 ± 2.0	7.6 ± 0.9	7.5 ± 1.3	59.8 ± 1.6	66.5 ± 2.2	25.7 ± 1.5	47.7 ± 2.5*	–	–
	6–12 years	95.8 ± 0.4	95.1 ± 0.8	81.4 ± 0.9	71.2 ± 1.6*	7.5 ± 0.6	11.1 ± 1.2*	64.1 ± 1.0	60.4 ± 1.7	17.3 ± 0.8	29.6 ± 1.6*	–	–
	13–18 years	91.4 ± 0.7	88.6 ± 1.1	70.0 ± 1.0	57.9 ± 1.4*	6.3 ± 0.5	8.0 ± 0.8	62.6 ± 1.0	58.2 ± 1.4	11.4 ± 0.7	14.0 ± 1.0	–	–
	19–54 years	88.1 ± 0.6	85.8 ± 0.9	66.0 ± 0.8	50.0 ± 1.2*	2.4 ± 0.3	2.1 ± 0.3	56.6 ± 0.9	53.8 ± 1.3	14.4 ± 0.7	18.6 ± 1.0*	–	–
	≥ 55 years	88.6 ± 0.6	87.3 ± 0.8	73.2 ± 0.8	58.3 ± 1.2*	0.7 ± 0.1	1.8 ± 0.3*	45.4 ± 1.0	48.7 ± 1.2	12.2 ± 0.6	19.3 ± 1.0*	–	–
Servings per day (n/day)	Total	1.9 ± 0.02	1.7 ± 0.02*	1.2 ± 0.01	0.9 ± 0.01*	1.5 ± 0.05	1.3 ± 0.05*	0.7 ± 0.01	0.8 ± 0.01*	0.8 ± 0.03	0.8 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.09	0.8 ± 0.06
	Age groups 2–5 years	2.5 ± 0.05	2.4 ± 0.08	1.7 ± 0.04	1.5 ± 0.05	1.1 ± 0.14	0.9 ± 0.08	0.5 ± 0.03	0.6 ± 0.04	0.6 ± 0.03	0.8 ± 0.05*	–	–
	6–12 years	2.5 ± 0.04	2.2 ± 0.04*	1.5 ± 0.03	1.3 ± 0.03*	1.2 ± 0.05	0.9 ± 0.03*	0.6 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.03	0.8 ± 0.04*	–	–
	13–18 years	2.5 ± 0.04	2.2 ± 0.05*	1.7 ± 0.03	1.4 ± 0.04*	1.7 ± 0.10	1.5 ± 0.12	0.7 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.03*	0.8 ± 0.04	0.8 ± 0.04	–	–
	19–54 years	1.8 ± 0.03	1.6 ± 0.03*	1.1 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.03*	1.6 ± 0.09	1.7 ± 0.11	0.7 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.03*	0.9 ± 0.06	0.8 ± 0.03	–	–
	≥ 55 years	1.5 ± 0.03	1.5 ± 0.03	0.9 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.02*	1.3 ± 0.17	1.2 ± 0.13	0.6 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.02*	0.8 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.03	–	–

¹All data are weighted and bootstrapped to obtain population level estimate. * Significant differences between 2004 and 2015 at 5% level of significance. Values are presented as % ± SE. CCHS: Canadian Community Health Survey.