Cannabis data overview: Inventory, sales and licensed area

Types of cannabis

Data collected is for these types of cannabis in the legal industry:

  • dried cannabis
  • edible cannabis
  • cannabis extracts
  • cannabis topicals
  • cannabis plants
  • cannabis seeds

Data categories

Data for all categories includes:

  • medical sales
  • non-medical sales
  • packaged inventory (formerly finished inventory)
  • unpackaged inventory (formerly unfinished inventory)
  • licensed area

This update reflects the data reported under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order in October 2023. Data is subject to revision since we verify and validate on an ongoing basis.

Additional cannabis data is available on the Cannabis research and data page.

Recent highlights are for July 2023 to September 2023 reporting period.

The data on this page is also available on Open Government.

Note: This update contains estimated data for non-medical sales for the period between September 2021 to September 2023.

Figure 1: Total medical and non-medical sales in packaged units, by product type

20,279,009 units sold (Up 1% from last quarter)

Figure 1: Total medical and non-medical sales in packaged units, by product type

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Table 1: Total medical and non-medical sales in packaged units, by product type
Cannabis product type Total medical and non-medical sales (units) Percentage share of total sales
Dried cannabis 10,695,000 53%
Edible cannabis 4,523,663 22%
Cannabis Extracts 4,987,998 25%
Seeds 2,579 <0.1%
Topicals 69,582 0.3%
Vegetative cannabis plant 187 <0.1%
Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

73,214,965 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (down 3% from last quarter)

Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

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Table 2: Total packaged inventory by product type
Cannabis product type Total packaged inventory (units) Percentage share of packaged inventory
Dried cannabis 35,277,611 48%
Edible cannabis 19,519,942 27%
Cannabis Extracts 18,019,330 25%
Seeds 52,349 0.1%
Topicals 345,409 0.5%
Vegetative cannabis plant 324 <0.1%

Ratio of total packaged inventory to retail sales, for federal licence holders, distributors and retailers, by product type:

  • Dried cannabis: 3.3 to 1
  • Edibles: 4.3 to 1
  • Extracts: 3.6 to 1
  • Seeds: 20.3 to 1
  • Topicals: 5.0 to 1
Figure 3: Sales of cannabis for non-medical purposes, by product type

Sold by distributors and retailers to consumers

Figure 3: Sales of cannabis for non-medical purposes, by product type

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Table 3: Sales of cannabis for non-medical purposes, by product type
Year-month Non-medical sales (units)
Dried cannabis Edible cannabis Cannabis extracts Seeds Topicals Vegetative cannabis plants
2022-07 9,898,767 3,889,390 3,265,371 3,521 41,906 0
2022-08 9,865,782 3,748,942 3,284,090 3,421 40,509 0
2022-09 9,597,809 3,665,372 3,378,503 3,120 33,437 0
2022-10 9,642,431 3,720,904 3,594,056 3,271 36,391 0
2022-11 8,890,693 3,442,539 3,563,117 2,688 37,301 0
2022-12 9,742,791 4,455,645 4,273,642 3,079 56,901 4
2023-01 9,275,494 3,747,704 4,061,989 3,975 36,678 0
2023-02 8,380,773 3,470,537 3,778,486 5,597 35,297 253
2023-03 9,456,271 3,853,304 4,333,040 11,610 38,552 757
2023-04 9,475,220 3,761,498 4,377,358 14,744 37,107 1,769
2023-05 10,045,835 3,713,795 4,506,658 10,667 35,584 3,284
2023-06 10,383,134 4,123,438 4,669,289 5,527 41,921 6,158
2023-07 10,901,161 4,476,621 4,953,491 3,463 36,574 577
2023-08 11,056,474 4,555,589 5,055,646 2,794 38,831 196
2023-09 10,467,381 4,223,106 4,750,500 2,567 38,174 113
Figure 4: Sales of cannabis for medical purposes

Sold by federal licence holders to registered medical clients

Figure 4: Sales of cannabis for medical purposes

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Table 4: Sales of cannabis for medical purposes, by product type
Year-month Medical sales (units)
Dried cannabis Edible cannabis Cannabis extracts Seeds Topicals Vegetative cannabis plants
2022-10 243,652 253,993 237,898 0 15,505 2,488
2022-11 260,263 294,511 280,379 30 20,199 1,211
2022-12 226,402 271,195 248,959 0 24,148 991
2023-01 269,667 304,869 246,873 0 22,993 236
2023-02 228,103 259,108 214,957 20 24,425 22
2023-03 264,303 304,841 313,007 53 28,115 4,525
2023-04 237,470 247,895 227,215 40 26,165 96
2023-05 305,334 354,673 321,976 61 38,852 3,808
2023-06 251,390 292,832 238,030 25 34,643 4,120
2023-07 236,152 283,500 233,711 3 25,351 1,365
2023-08 236,928 311,454 265,526 5 24,327 2,133
2023-09 227,619 300,557 237,498 12 31,408 74
Figure 5: Total cannabis packaged inventory and sales by product type
Figure 5: Total cannabis packaged inventory and sales by product type

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Table 5: Total cannabis packaged inventory and sales by product type
Year-month Packaged inventory (units) Sales (units)
Federal licence holders Provincial distributors and retailers Medical Non-medical
2022-07 43,437,065 29,363,321 715,227 17,098,955
2022-08 41,460,273 30,815,795 765,260 16,942,744
2022-09 40,390,046 31,277,403 736,646 16,678,241
2022-10 42,077,936 32,687,137 753,536 16,997,053
2022-11 43,157,348 36,230,328 856,593 15,936,338
2022-12 41,725,859 34,137,671 1,037,215 18,532,062
2023-01 40,216,351 32,883,928 844,640 17,125,840
2023-02 40,177,514 34,261,092 726,635 15,670,943
2023-03 41,405,101 34,956,241 1,118,504 17,693,534
2023-04 40,802,812 33,404,853 738,881 17,667,696
2023-05 40,184,377 34,782,593 1,024,704 18,315,823
2023-06 40,752,581 34,648,524 821,040 19,229,467
2023-07 40,579,819 32,664,005 780,082 20,371,887
2023-08 39,962,644 35,387,248 840,373 20,709,530
2023-09 40,372,312 32,790,304 797,168 19,481,841

Total licensed area:

  • Indoor growing area: 1,371,855 m2
  • Processing area: 360,375 m2
  • Outdoor growing area: 580 hectares (5,801,100m2)

Health Canada collects data on cannabis under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order. The Order came into force on October 17, 2019.

Data collected by Health Canada under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) is available in archived format.

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