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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 8% from March 2025)

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 11,879,096 47%
Edible cannabis 6,155,919 24%
Cannabis extracts 7,379,277 29%
Cannabis seeds 12,237 < 0.1%
Cannabis topicals 108,557 0.4%
Vegetative cannabis plants 1,394 < 0.1%
Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

(Packaged inventory down 9% from March 2025)

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 35,537,548 43%
Edible cannabis 24,362,053 29%
Cannabis extracts 22,396,093 27%
Cannabis seeds 89,715 0.1%
Cannabis topicals 384,229 0.5%
Vegetative cannabis plants 440 < 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: 4.0 to 1
  • Extracts: 3.0 to 1
  • Seeds: 7.3 to 1
  • Topicals: 3.5 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
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
2025-10 12,344,263 5,737,534 7,044,735 5,381 42,644 181
2025-11 11,473,275 5,484,863 6,845,048 5,080 42,344 123
2025-12 11,928,539 6,155,283 7,224,376 5,669 51,711 58
2026-01 11,686,238 5,552,644 7,087,970 6,555 42,631 160
2026-02 10,961,753 5,288,707 6,774,924 8,272 42,702 183
2026-03 11,650,557 5,472,729 7,076,329 12,213 43,723 1,344
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
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
2025-10 223,520 570,210 272,747 1 53,319 71
2025-11 218,041 536,315 252,792 51 49,067 48
2025-12 229,194 576,679 248,890 5 60,578 63
2026-01 200,841 582,903 296,089 4 57,503 21
2026-02 195,643 485,213 248,137 11 55,762 18
2026-03 228,539 683,190 302,948 24 64,834 50
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
Year-month Packaged inventory (units) Sales (units)
Federal licence holders Provincial distributors and retailers Medical Non-medical
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
2025-10 48,870,635 37,199,065 1,119,868 25,174,738
2025-11 48,877,088 38,182,046 1,056,314 23,850,733
2025-12 46,887,833 37,985,010 1,115,409 25,365,646
2026-01 47,708,663 37,069,035 1,137,361 24,376,198
2026-02 45,321,581 37,314,947 984,784 23,076,541
2026-03 45,190,624 37,489,739 1,279,585 24,256,895
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
Q2-2024 12.4%
Q3-2024 12.1%
Q4-2024 14.3%
Q1-2025 16%
Q2-2025 11.3%
Q3-2025 9.2%
Q4-2025 10.7%
Q1-2026 18.1%

Total licensed area:

  • Indoor growing area: 1,412,077 m2
  • Processing area: 337,769 m2
  • Outdoor growing area: 689 hectares (6,890,900 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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