Cannabis data overview: Inventory, sales and licensed area

This update reflects the data reported under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order in October 2023. 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 April 2023 to June 2023 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 June 2023.

20,050,507 units sold (Up 8% 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	10,634,524	53%
Edible cannabis	4,416,270	22%
Cannabis Extracts	4,907,319	24%
Seeds	5,552	<0.1%
Topicals	76,564	0.3%
Vegetative cannabis plant	10,278	<0.1%

75,460,804 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (down 1.5% 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	36,921,523	49%
Edible cannabis	19,977,774	26%
Cannabis Extracts	18,167,620	24%
Seeds	59,699	0.1%
Topicals	333,438	0.4%
Vegetative cannabis plant	750	<0.1%

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

• Dried cannabis: 3.5 to 1
• Edibles: 4.5 to 1
• Extracts: 3.7 to 1
• Seeds: 10.8 to 1
• Topicals: 4.4 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

Year-month	Non-medical sales (units)
	Dried cannabis	Edible cannabis	Cannabis extracts	Seeds	Topicals	Vegetative cannabis plants
2022-07	9,898,767	3,889,390	3,265,371	3,521	41,906	0
2022-08	9,865,782	3,748,942	3,284,090	3,421	40,509	0
2022-09	9,597,809	3,665,372	3,378,503	3,120	33,437	0
2022-10	9,642,431	3,720,904	3,594,056	3,271	36,391	0
2022-11	8,890,693	3,442,539	3,563,117	2,688	37,301	0
2022-12	9,742,791	4,455,645	4,273,642	3,079	56,901	4
2023-01	9,275,494	3,747,704	4,061,989	3,975	36,678	0
2023-02	8,380,773	3,470,537	3,778,486	5,597	35,297	253
2023-03	9,456,271	3,853,304	4,333,040	11,610	38,552	757
2023-04	9,475,220	3,761,498	4,377,358	14,744	37,107	1,769
2023-05	10,045,835	3,713,795	4,506,658	10,667	35,584	3,284
2023-06	10,383,134	4,123,438	4,669,289	5,527	41,921	6,158

Sold by federal licence holders to registered medical clients

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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
2022-07	227,148	252,228	222,367	0	12,780	704
2022-08	238,595	279,468	233,803	2	13,243	149
2022-09	238,792	250,578	231,044	6	16,174	52
2022-10	243,652	253,993	237,898	0	15,505	2,488
2022-11	260,263	294,511	280,379	30	20,199	1,211
2022-12	226,402	271,195	248,959	0	24,148	991
2023-01	269,667	304,869	246,873	0	22,993	236
2023-02	228,103	259,108	214,957	20	24,425	22
2023-03	264,303	304,841	313,007	53	28,115	4,525
2023-04	237,470	247,895	227,215	40	26,165	96
2023-05	305,334	354,673	321,976	61	38,852	3,808
2023-06	251,390	292,832	238,030	25	34,643	4,120

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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
2022-07	43,437,065	29,363,321	715,227	17,098,955
2022-08	41,460,273	30,815,795	765,260	16,942,744
2022-09	40,390,046	31,277,403	736,646	16,678,241
2022-10	42,077,936	32,687,137	753,536	16,997,053
2022-11	43,157,348	36,230,328	856,593	15,936,338
2022-12	41,725,859	34,137,671	1,037,215	18,532,062
2023-01	40,216,351	32,883,928	844,640	17,125,840
2023-02	40,177,514	34,261,092	726,635	15,670,943
2023-03	41,405,101	34,956,241	1,118,504	17,693,534
2023-04	40,802,812	33,404,853	738,881	17,667,696
2023-05	40,184,377	34,782,593	1,024,704	18,315,823
2023-06	40,752,581	34,648,524	821,040	19,229,467

Total licensed area:

• Indoor growing area: 1,570,299 m²
• Processing area: 375,254 m²
• Outdoor growing area: 571 hectares (5,705,700 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.