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 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

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

15,969,874 units sold (Down 4% 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 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%
Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

72,060,530 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (Up 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 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
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
  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
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
  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
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
  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.

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