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Methods To develop a picture of student substance use across Canada, and to help understand differences in students who attend urban and rural schools, data from regularly occurring student surveys were contributed to the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) by members of the Student Drug Use Surveys (SDUS) Working Group. [...] The first topic the group chose to assess was the prevalence and harms of substance use among students who attend schools in urban and rural settings. [...] Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse • Centre canadien de lutte contre les toxicomanies 5 Urban and Rural Student Substance Use Methods In an effort to develop a picture of student substance use across Canada, and to allow for an understanding of urban and rural differences, data from regularly occurring student surveys were contributed by members of the SDUS Working Group. [...] These include the British Columbia: Adolescent Health Survey (2013); Alberta data from the Youth Smoking Survey (2012-2013); the Alcohol and Other Drugs: Students in Manitoba Survey (2007); the Quebec Survey of Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs and Gambling in High School Students (2013); the Student Drug Use Survey in the Atlantic Provinces (data collected from Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick [...] Driving after cannabis use refers to the proportion of students who reported driving after cannabis use.2 New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador assessed the occurrence of driving within an hour of cannabis use in the past 12 months, whereas the other surveys assessed lifetime occurrence.