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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 21 % from September 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 12,309,516 48 %
Edible cannabis 6,114,266 24 %
Cannabis extracts 7,057,950 28 %
Cannabis seeds 5,216 <0.1%
Cannabis topicals 89,219 0.3 %
Vegetative cannabis plants 210 <0.1%
Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

(Packaged inventory up 4 % from September 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 36,961,964 44 %
Edible cannabis 23,487,512 28 %
Cannabis extracts 23,046,116 27 %
Cannabis seeds 66,399 0.1%
Cannabis topicals 550,388 0.7 %
Vegetative cannabis plants 32 <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: 3.0 to 1
  • Edibles: 3.8 to 1
  • Extracts: 3.3 to 1
  • Seeds: 12.7 to 1
  • Topicals: 6.2 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 Cannabis seeds Cannabis topicals Vegetative cannabis plants
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
2025-04 11,642,648 5,496,587 5,899,508 13,291 45,440 4,084
2025-05 11,872,674 5,479,196 6,016,393 12,947 44,034 9,457
2025-06 12,677,105 5,958,554 6,067,414 8,863 46,800 6,414
2025-07 12,349,779 5,980,752 6,979,518 6,386 42,279 1,175
2025-08 12,488,460 5,971,492 7,001,878 5,632 42,484 133
2025-09 12,095,203 5,579,621 6,806,597 5,215 41,314 106
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
2024-07 276,874 459,916 246,940 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
2025-04 233,910 493,624 260,805 124 44,319 104
2025-05 226,348 505,736 285,782 109 48,643 484
2025-06 224,815 519,989 268,347 41 47,454 24
2025-07 227,379 560,775 284,385 0 47,299 12
2025-08 207,449 518,331 247,243 23 45,384 163
2025-09 214,313 534,645 251,353 1 47,905 104
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
2024-07 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
2025-04 54,553,605 37,306,626 1,032,886 23,101,558
2025-05 53,518,059 37,766,235 1,067,102 23,434,701
2025-06 48,095,853 38,654,087 1,060,670 24,765,150
2025-07 48,524,579 37,159,437 1,119,850 25,359,889
2025-08 47,789,387 36,068,682 1,018,593 25,510,079
2025-09 47,646,905 36,399,107 1,048,321 24,528,056
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
Q3-2023 24.6%
Q4-2023 15.4%
Q1-2024 14.1%
Q2-2024 12.6%
Q3-2024 12.1%
Q4-2024 14.3%
Q1-2025 15.5%
Q2-2025 10.4%
Q3-2025 7.9%

Total licensed area:

  • Indoor growing area: 1,536,415 m2
  • Processing area: 376,327 m2
  • Outdoor growing area: 748 hectares (7,482,3 00 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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