Overview of the licence application process: Cultivation, processing and sale for medical purposes licence  

Use this checklist if you're applying for:

• micro-cultivation licence
• nursery licence
• micro-processing licence
• standard cultivation licence
• standard processing licence
• sale for medical purposes with possession of cannabis licence

For more information on the types of cannabis licences, refer to Types of cannabis and industrial hemp licences.

View printable version of the checklist (PDF)

Section 1: Before you apply

• Determine which licence types to apply for
• Familiarize yourself with the legislation
• If you intend to self-identify as an Indigenous or Indigenous-affiliated applicant, you may want to contact the Indigenous Navigator Service at navigator-navigateur@hc-sc.gc.ca for additional guidance on the application process
• Know your fees
  • Application-screening fee
  • Security clearance application fees
  • Annual regulatory fee
• Send notices to your local authorities
  • Local police force or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment:
    • Prepare a written notice, or fill out the Notices to local authorities template
    • Send the written notice
    • Gather contact information
  • Local fire authority
    • Prepare a written notice, or fill out the Notices to local authorities template
    • Send the written notice
    • Gather contact information
  • Local government
    • Prepare a written notice, or fill out the Notices to local authorities template
    • Send the written notice
    • Gather contact information
• Prepare your site
• Identify the following people
  • Key site personnel
  • People with direct control, if applicable
  • Associated individuals, if applicable
• All identified people need to create their own CTLS account and give you their CTLS account ID

Section 2: Information to prepare

Part A: Information to prepare to submit into the CTLS

1. For corporations, cooperatives or partnerships
   • If you're a corporation: Copy of your certificate of incorporation, amalgamation or amendment
   • If you're a cooperative or a partnership: Copy of your business name registration or partnership agreement
   • If you want to use another name besides your legal business name, you can request that the other name appear on the licence. For example, Legal corporation name d.b.a. Other name. Some provinces and territories may require that this other name be registered. It is your responsibility to consult the registry of the jurisdiction where you plan to do business on the requirements for registration
2. Site details
   • Health Canada licences, registrations and authorizations
   • Aerial view
   • If your site has multiple addresses, document listing all addresses
3. Identified people
   • Associated individuals, if applicable:
     • Associated individuals requiring security clearances
   • For micro-processing and standard processing licences: Quality assurance person (QAP) and up to 2 alternate QAP (AQAP), if applicable
     • Qualifications of the proposed QAP or alternate form
     • Proposed QAP's or AQAP's resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
     • Proposed QAP's or AQAP's copies of degree or diploma supporting formal education relevant to QAP responsibilities
     • Supporting documents for QAP or AQAP
     • Additional information, if there isn't enough space in the Qualifications of the proposed QAP or alternate form
4. Site ownership
   • If other individuals or organizations own the site: Site owner consent form filled out by each site owner
5. Organizational security plan
   • Business overview
   • Template or primary document
   • People requiring a security clearance
   • Head of security
   • Organizational chart
   • Descriptions of roles and responsibilities
   • Descriptions of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Attestation
6. Good production practices
   • Good production practices report
   • For micro-processing and standard processing licences: Good production practices attestation
7. Record keeping
   • Record keeping attestation
   • For sale for medical purposes licences: Proposed record keeping methods
     • Record keeping methods
     • Medical document verification
     • Example of your registration document
     • Client's orders and refusal to fill client's order example
     • Process to limit quantities of 150 g of dried cannabis (or its equivalent amount) per order
8. Key investor report (choose 1 of the 2 options)
   • If you don't trade your shares on a public (published) market and have key investors, a key investor report
   • If you trade your shares on a public (published) marker or don't have key investors, an attestation
9. For micro-cultivation, nursery and standard cultivation licences: Source of starting material
   • If you're not sourcing solely from an authorized source: Declaration under subsection 10(2) of the Cannabis Regulations

Part B: Information to prepare for the site evidence package

• For all licences
  • Site plan
  • Floor plans
  • Description of physical barrier and site design
  • Description of restricted access measures
  • Photographs
  • Guided video tour
• For standard cultivation, standard processing and sale for medical purposes with possession of cannabis licences
  • Visual monitoring devices detail
  • Visual monitoring still shots
  • Visual monitoring footage
  • Intrusion detection devices
  • Alarm security reports
  • Description of your access log procedure for the storage area
• For standard cultivation licences
  • Security and visual monitoring devices for outdoor areas, if applicable

Section 3: Create a licence application

• Create an account in the CTLS, if you don't have one already
• If you're applying as a part of a corporation, a cooperative, or a partnership, create a corporate profile, if you don't already have one
• Create a new licence application in the CTLS

Section 4: Submit your information

Part A: Submit your security clearance applications in the CTLS

• Identified people to submit their security clearance applications, if applicable, no more than 1 month before you submit your licence application

Part B: Submit your information in the CTLS

• Submit your information into the CTLS

Part C: Submit your site evidence package

• Submit your site evidence package (must be received by Health Canada within 10 business days of the licence submission in the CTLS)

Section 5: After you've submitted your licence application

• Pay fees (licence application-screening fee, security clearance application fees, if applicable)

View printable version of the checklist (PDF)

Section 1: Before you apply

• Determine which licence types to apply for
• Familiarize yourself with the legislation
• If you intend to self-identify as an Indigenous or Indigenous-affiliated applicant, you may want to contact the Indigenous Navigator Service at navigator-navigateur@hc-sc.gc.ca for additional guidance on the application process
• Know your fees
  • Application-screening fee
  • Security clearance application fees
  • Annual regulatory fee
• Prepare your site
• Identify the following people
  • Key site personnel
  • People with direct control, if applicable
  • Associated individuals, if applicable
• All identified people need to create their own CTLS account and give you their CTLS account ID

Section 2: Information to prepare

Information to prepare to submit into the CTLS

1. For corporations, cooperatives or partnerships
   • If you're a corporation: Copy of your certificate of incorporation, amalgamation or amendment
   • If you're a cooperative or a partnership: Copy of your business name registration or partnership agreement
   • If you want to use another name besides your legal business name, you can request that the other name appear on the licence. For example, Legal corporation name d.b.a. Other name. Some provinces and territories may require that this other name be registered. It is your responsibility to consult the registry of the jurisdiction where you plan to do business on the requirements for registration
2. Site details
   • Health Canada licences, registrations and authorizations
   • Aerial view
   • If your site has multiple addresses, document listing all addresses
3. Identified people
   • Associated individuals, if applicable: For associated individuals requiring security clearances
4. Organizational security plan
   • Business overview
   • Template or primary document
   • People requiring a security clearance
   • Head of security
   • Organizational chart
   • Descriptions of roles and responsibilities
   • Descriptions of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Attestation
5. Site plan
6. Floor plan
7. Record keeping
   • Record keeping attestation
   • Proposed record keeping methods
     • Record keeping methods
     • Medical document verification
     • Example of your registration document
     • Client's orders and refusal to fill client's order example
     • Process to limit quantities of 150 g of dried cannabis (or its equivalent amount) per order
8. Key investor report (choose 1 of the 2 options)
   • If you don't trade your shares on a public (published) market and have key investors, a key investor report
   • If you trade your shares on a public (published) marker or don't have key investors, an attestation

Section 3: Create a licence application

• Create an account in the CTLS, if you don't have one already
• If you're applying as a part of a corporation, a cooperative, or a partnership, create a corporate profile, if you don't already have one
• Create a new licence application in the CTLS

Section 4: Submit your information

Part A: Submit your security clearance applications in the CTLS

• Identified people to submit their security clearance applications, if applicable, no more than 1 month before you submit your licence application

Part B: Submit your information in the CTLS

• Submit your information into the CTLS

Section 5: After you've submitted your licence application

• Pay fees (licence application-screening fee, security clearance application fees, if applicable)