Cannabis data overview: Inventory, sales and licensed area

This update reflects the data reported under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order on August 2022. 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 January 2022 to March 2022 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 March 2022

15,969,874 units sold (Down 4% from last quarter)

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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	9,254,110	58%
Edible cannabis	3,625,937	23%
Cannabis Extracts	3,027,115	19%
Seeds	10,354	0.1%
Topicals	50,022	0.3%
Vegetative cannabis plant	2,336	0.0%

72,060,530 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (Up 3% from last quarter)

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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	36,001,360	50%
Edible cannabis	20,904,082	29%
Cannabis Extracts	14,485,498	20%
Seeds	116,513	0.2%
Topicals	553,077	1%
Vegetative cannabis plant	0	0%

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

• Dried cannabis: 3.9 to 1
• Edibles: 5.8 to 1
• Extracts: 4.8 to 1
• Seeds: 11.3 to 1
• Topicals: 11.1 to 1

Sold by distributors and retailers to consumers

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

	Non-medical sales (units)
Year-month	Dried cannabis	Edible cannabis	Cannabis extracts	Seeds	Topicals	Vegetative cannabis plants
2021-04	7,406,134	2,299,139	1,707,568	11,597	26,041	3
2021-05	7,519,246	2,300,367	1,723,612	9,754	28,574	16
2021-06	7,896,172	2,341,444	1,793,926	5,418	24,019	31
2021-07	8,554,331	2,660,243	1,983,410	3,144	28,200	2
2021-08	9,173,688	2,855,895	2,133,497	2,654	32,215	0
2021-09	9,134,736	2,867,343	2,165,514	2,910	32,333	2
2021-10	9,266,900	3,108,937	2,291,770	3,021	33,352	0
2021-11	8,536,114	2,915,476	2,230,254	2,604	33,446	0
2021-12	9,457,655	3,784,246	2,621,361	4,261	52,663	0
2022-01	8,717,718	3,231,142	2,567,891	9,729	33,269	0
2022-02	7,975,499	3,110,271	2,442,750	5,210	34,036	0
2022-03	8,990,972	3,390,819	2,774,329	10,352	35,227	0

Sold by federal licence holders to registered medical clients

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Table 4: Sales of cannabis for medical purposes, by product type

	Medical sales (units)
Year-month	Dried cannabis	Edible cannabis	Cannabis extracts	Seeds	Topicals	Vegetative cannabis plants
2021-04	223,364	153,234	236,798	66	4,672	1,127
2021-05	194,132	82,141	218,584	11	794	1,036
2021-06	245,095	136,260	263,883	84	3,318	569
2021-07	223,364	153,234	236,798	66	4,672	1,127
2021-08	220,673	176,463	238,069	37	5,332	744
2021-09	215,237	179,622	235,365	32	4,681	805
2021-10	223,156	155,628	228,859	10	5,600	470
2021-11	240,393	190,489	262,382	40	6,606	7
2021-12	225,371	151,109	250,988	34	7,380	512
2022-01	226,488	150,204	215,021	16	9,741	651
2022-02	246,202	182,222	253,392	35	12,869	1,031
2022-03	233,619	215,555	253,009	38	13,339	599

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Table 5: Total cannabis packaged inventory and sales by product type

	Packaged inventory (units)		Sales (units)
Year-month	Federal licence holders	Provincial distributors and retailers	Medical	Non-medical
2021-04	41,204,326	25,060,098	619,261	11,450,482
2021-05	41,631,330	25,902,997	641,318	11,581,569
2021-06	40,663,942	28,357,508	635,742	12,061,010
2021-07	41,987,351	27,821,310	613,723	13,229,330
2021-08	38,920,742	26,761,933	699,917	14,197,949
2021-09	39,438,820	26,358,497	635,394	14,202,838
2021-10	40,548,120	26,728,888	602,121	14,703,980
2021-11	42,259,519	28,334,647	695,751	13,717,894
2021-12	39,523,815	30,072,618	716,159	15,920,186
2022-01	40,115,974	29,079,564	729,155	14,559,749
2022-02	41,623,436	28,854,015	673,853	13,567,766
2022-03	42,477,517	29,466,500	768,175	15,201,699

Total licensed area:

• Indoor growing area: 1,673,356 m²
• Processing area: 422,946 m²
• Outdoor growing area: 692 hectares (6,916,600 m²)

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.