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 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.

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

20,050,507 units sold (Up 8% 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 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%
Figure 2: Total packaged inventory by product type

75,460,804 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (down 1.5% 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 36,921,523 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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