Summary of Application requirements for cannabis cultivation, processing and medical sales licences

From Health Canada

Overview

You must get a licence from Health Canada in order to:

• grow cannabis for sale (on a large or small scale, or for starting materials (e.g., seeds and plants)
• make cannabis products (on a large or small scale)
• sell cannabis for medical purposes
• do testing of cannabis
• do research with cannabis

Who this guide is for

Anyone who wants to apply for a cultivation, processing or sale for medical purposes licence under the Cannabis Regulations.

Applicants interested in research or analytical testing can refer to the:

• Application requirements for analytical testing
• Application requirements for research

In this guide

• Foreword
• Purpose
• Background
• Scope
• Definitions and abbreviations
• Application requirements: Getting started
• Application requirements: Creating an application
• Submitting an application and administrative procedures
• Contact us
• Feedback - Help us improve
• Appendix A: Key individuals at the site
• Appendix B: Cannabis licence classes and subclasses.
• Appendix C: Licensing record keeping attestation
• Appendix D: Application status meanings in CTLS
• Appendix E: Key investors
• Appendix F: Direct control - Security Clearances
• Appendix G: Good production practices attestation for processing licences

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Details and history

Published: June 27, 2018
Updated: June 24, 2021

For assistance

For specific questions related to an applicant's individual licence application:
HC.licensing-cannabis-licences.SC@canada.ca.

Note: The email must clearly indicate the application file number, applicant name and subject of the correspondence in the subject line of the email. Meeting or teleconference requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

For general questions about the Cannabis Act and its Regulations outside of a specific application, including those related to the Cannabis Tracking and Licensing System (CTLS):
cannabis@canada.ca.

Alternatively, you may contact the Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch by phone at:
1-866-337-7705.