Cannabis data overview: Inventory, sales and licensed area

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

18,812,038 units sold (Down 4%% 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	9,922,671	53%
Edible cannabis	4,158,145	22%
Cannabis Extracts	4,646,047	25%
Seeds	11,663	<0.1%
Topicals	66,667	0.4%
Vegetative cannabis plant	6,845	<0.1%

76,459,915 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (Up 1%% 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	37,625,224	49%
Edible cannabis	19,342,537	25%
Cannabis Extracts	18,936,767	25%
Seeds	98,573	<0.1%
Topicals	456,559	1%
Vegetative cannabis plant	255	<0.1%

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

• Dried cannabis: 3.8 to 1
• Edibles: 4.7 to 1
• Extracts: 4.1 to 1
• Seeds: 8.5 to 1
• Topicals: 6.8 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

	Non-medical sales (units)
Year-month	Dried cannabis	Edible cannabis	Cannabis extracts	Seeds	Topicals	Vegetative cannabis plants
2022-04	9,171,513	3,600,659	2,885,436	14,459	36,216	27
2022-05	9,254,579	3,430,172	2,876,505	12,249	37,383	33
2022-06	9,511,791	3,607,536	3,056,316	6,274	44,270	7
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

Sold by federal licence holders to registered medical clients

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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
2022-04	242,643	216,827	233,259	2	12,616	794
2022-05	237,739	244,057	240,844	0	13,420	614
2022-06	241,122	211,488	240,012	0	13,392	2,980
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

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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
2022-04	43,375,014	29,015,750	706,141	15,708,310
2022-05	44,311,278	29,765,225	736,674	15,610,921
2022-06	46,020,880	31,119,649	708,994	16,226,194
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

Total licensed area:

• Indoor growing area: 1,509,962 m²
• Processing area: 365,606 m²
• Outdoor growing area: 587 hectares (5,868,700 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.