Canadians are making progress in moving away from single-use plastics and relying on reusable bags, water bottles, and cups, according to data from Statistics Canada.

The new figures come from Statistics Canada every two years, which surveyed 38,000 households in 2021 on topics such as energy consumption and hazardous products used in the home.

A spokesperson for Statistics Canada told CTVNews.ca: “Data from the Household and Environment Survey can help reveal the progress Canadian households are making regarding reducing the use of single-use plastics.”

The federal government will ban six commonly used single-use plastic items by the end of 2025. The additional ban targets plastic bags, cutlery, straws, six-pack rings, takeout containers, with some exceptions.

By the end of this year, companies in Canada will be prohibited from importing or manufacturing most of these items.

One in five Canadian households (20 percent) reported using plastic drinking cups in 2021, down from 23 percent in 2019.

Among those households, 39 percent said they used four or more bags per week.

Plastic bag usage was most common in Manitoba, where 29 percent of households reported using them, with 41 percent using four or more per week.

Almost every household surveyed, or 97 percent, reported using their own bags or containers when grocery shopping.

A 2019 study by Deloitte found that less than a tenth of plastic waste in Canada is recycled, totaling 3.3 million tons of waste annually, with about half being plastic packaging.

The federal Liberals have set a goal of zero plastic waste by 2030.