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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 Order. Data is subject to revision as verification and validation occur on an ongoing basis. Please note that, except in rare instances, Health Canada generally does not make estimates for reporting parties that have not submitted their information into the Cannabis Tracking System.

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

This data, as well as more detailed data on sales and inventories broken down by cannabis product class, is also available on Open Government.

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

Total sales up 17% from March 2024

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 11,631,756 49%
Edible cannabis 6,036,155 26%
Cannabis extracts 5,841,998 25%
Cannabis seeds 4,364 <0.1%
Cannabis topicals 96,334 0.4%
Vegetative cannabis plants 1,672 <0.1%
Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

(Packaged inventory up 16% from March 2024)

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 39,958,440 44%
Edible cannabis 24,555,263 27%
Cannabis extracts 25,451,368 28%
Cannabis seeds 60,285 0.1%
Cannabis topicals 523,168 0.6%
Vegetative cannabis plants 1,197 <0.1%

Ratio of total packaged inventory to retail sales, for federal licence holders, distributors and retailers, by product type (for example, for every unit of a product sold, there are 3 in inventory):

  • Dried cannabis: 3.4 to 1
  • Edible cannabis: 4.1 to 1
  • Cannabis extracts: 4.4 to 1
  • Cannabis seeds: 13.8 to 1
  • Cannabis topicals: 5.4 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
2024-01 9,891,087 4,467,673 4,742,733 3,167 30,284 210
2024-02 9,782,426 4,555,582 4,052,181 6,270 30,035 123
2024-03 10,217,068 4,840,010 4,208,832 10,484 26,441 646
2024-04 10,330,089 4,843,098 4,247,580 12,294 28,849 3,752
2024-05 10,801,135 4,898,996 4,433,663 8,202 29,766 7,283
2024-06 10,847,152 5,071,800 4,435,057 4,669 28,690 6,655
2024-07 11,476,245 5,128,127 4,882,892 3,752 35,608 1,150
2024-08 11,638,186 5,177,062 4,991,503 3,161 37,241 150
2024-09 10,567,699 4,821,010 4,735,340 2,931 35,956 98
2024-10 11,541,892 4,953,781 5,177,738 3,962 34,752 203
2024-11 11,710,774 5,403,602 5,355,223 5,284 35,762 194
2024-12 12,119,501 5,533,903 5,977,326 4,720 38,569 147
2025-01 11,328,156 5,526,188 5,402,839 3,484 34,996 112
2025-02 10,555,442 5,508,129 5,209,170 3,378 38,499 214
2025-03 11,398,013 5,550,412 5,559,570 4,295 48,086 1,430
Figure 4: Sales of cannabis for medical purposes by product type

Sold by federal licence holders to registered medical clients

Figure 4: Sales of cannabis for medical purposes by product type

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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
2024-01 262,388 417,932 271,945 9 32,227 2,815
2024-02 233,332 416,869 231,963 7 35,200 2,170
2024-03 217,407 388,040 222,099 13 27,516 66
2024-04 287,625 455,093 260,426 83 41,074 69
2024-05 252,362 436,523 252,831 14 36,348 34
2024-06 237,960 417,049 231,365 16 36,961 436
2024-07 276,874 459,916 246,940 8 39,311 59
2024-08 249,965 391,208 243,115 13 39,307 120
2024-09 244,901 396,103 221,624 2 43,032 4
2024-10 248,406 485,508 271,905 48 48,664 30
2024-11 231,751 433,972 240,679 0 46,707 192
2024-12 221,276 454,341 244,968 53 48,602 859
2025-01 246,668 505,775 273,968 51 53,368 275
2025-02 214,501 451,514 236,584 615 43,484 40
2025-03 233,743 485,742 282,428 69 48,248 242
Figure 5: Total cannabis packaged inventory and sales
Figure 5: Total cannabis packaged inventory and sales

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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
2024-01 40 598 775 37 404 153 987 316 19 135 154
2024-02 41 372 692 37 500 123 919 541 18 426 617
2024-03 41 162 173 36 994 847 855 351 19 303 482
2024-04 41,596,220 34,873,785 1,044,370 19,465,661
2024-05 41,416,870 37,142,956 978,112 20,179,045
2024-06 41,976,414 36,771,354 923,787 20,394,023
2024-07 41,967,652 36,321,229 1,023,108 21,527,775
2024-08 42,683,425 36,287,597 923,728 21,847,302
2024-09 43,323,304 37,328,582 905,666 20,163,034
2024-10 45,904,375 36,478,045 1,054,561 21,712,327
2024-11 46,133,226 37,586,549 953,301 22,510,838
2024-12 44,653,197 37,454,355 970,099 23,674,166
2025-01 48,671,453 36,332,577 1,080,105 22,565,775
2025-02 50,439,652 36,720,878 946,738 21,314,832
2025-03 53,029,652 37,459,784 1,050,472 22,561,806
Figure 6: Destruction of unpackaged dried cannabis as a share of production
Figure 6: Destruction of unpackaged dried cannabis as a share of production

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Table 6: Destruction of unpackaged dried cannabis as a share of production
Quarter-year Destruction of unpackaged dried cannabis as a share of production
Q1-2023 (2023-01 to 2023-03) 40.6%
Q2-2023 (2023-04 to 2023-06) 29.4%
Q3-2023 (2023-07 to 2023-09) 24.6%
Q4-2023 (2023-10 to 2023-12) 15.4%
Q1-2024 (2024-01 to 2024-03) 14.1%
Q2-2024 (2024-04 to 2024-06) 12.6%
Q3-2024 (2024-07 to 2024-09) 12.1%
Q4-2024 (2024-10 to 2024-12) 14.3%
Q1-2025 (2025-01 to 2025-03) 15.5%

Total licensed area:

  • Indoor growing area: 1,336,608 m2
  • Processing area: 352,023 m2
  • Outdoor growing area: 579 hectares (5,790,000 m2)

Health Canada collects data on cannabis under the Cannabis Tracking System 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.

You can also access archived data on these pages:

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