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Cannabis licensed area and employment: Inventory, sales and licensed area

Definitions
Hectare
A unit of measure equal to 10,000 square meters.
Indoor growing area
The area, in square metres, within a licensed site where indoor cultivation activities occurred.
Outdoor growing area
The area, in hectares, within a licensed site where outdoor cultivation activities occurred.
Processing area
The area, in square metres, within a licensed site where processing activities occurred.
Total building area
The total area, in square metres, of all buildings within a licensed site.

The data on this page is also available on Open Government.

Licensed area

Year-Month Indoor growing area (m2)Reference * Processing area (m2) Total building area (m2) Outdoor growing area (hectares)
Square meters Hectares
2018-10 452,896 N/A N/A N/A
2018-11 474,069 N/A N/A N/A
2018-12 569,466 N/A N/A N/A
2019-01 610,833 N/A N/A N/A
2019-02 609,746 N/A N/A N/A
2019-03 699,724 N/A N/A N/A
2019-04 819,810 N/A N/A N/A
2019-05 1,236,653 N/A N/A N/A
2019-06 1,537,774 N/A N/A N/A
2019-07 1,658,136 N/A N/A N/A
2019-08 1,799,095 N/A N/A N/A
2019-09 1,475,888 N/A N/A N/A
2019-10 1,366,861 130,269 2,778,948 232
2019-11 1,521,631 152,134 2,937,222 232
2019-12 1,587,035 173,758 3,108,675 232
2020-01 1,832,522 238,600 3,617,722 248
2020-02 1,883,239 317,329 3,682,333 315
2020-03 2,016,458 336,456 4,046,415 336
2020-04 2,114,258 354,889 4,079,062 364
2020-05 2,217,216 399,778 4,224,727 401
2020-06 1,965,437 337,202 3,695,847 510
2020-07 1,985,302 347,157 3,729,188 531
2020-08 2,004,180 360,534 3,812,595 544
2020-09 1,998,001 362,167 3,887,057 586
2020-10 2,040,093 284,073 3,987,142 576
2020-11 2,088,323 279,664 4,051,573 619
2020-12 1,741,527 287,546 3,752,373 628
2021-01 1,788,608 339,896 4,163,503 629
2021-02 1,833,431 354,548 4,380,482 642
2021-03 1,822,985 351,575 4,354,409 587
2021-04 1,862,776 524,161 4,402,778 641
2021-05 1,874,329 526,726 4,429,847 688
2021-06 1,738,161 393,852 4,077,483 701
2021-07 1,740,784 395,644 4,106,754 704
2021-08 1,751,624 400,848 4,768,220 705
2021-09 1,755,958 400,036 4,066,857 710
2021-10 1,759,426 408,494 4,759,637 710
2021-11 1,757,669 414,912 4,776,534 711
2021-12 1,756,642 418,081 4,128,904 713
2022-01 1,674,950 422,316 4,887,406 685
2022-02 1,677,723 424,319 4,886,097 685
2022-03 1,673,356 422,946 4,883,746 692
Tablenote 1

Note: Prior to October 2019, indoor and outdoor growing area was combined and only included area being actively used for cultivation during the reporting period.

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Estimated employment on federally licensed sites

Year-Month Low estimate High estimate
2018-10 5,206 6,489
2018-11 5,749 6,878
2018-12 6,582 7,551
2019-01 5,134 7,082
2019-02 4,960 6,837
2019-03 5,647 8,044
2019-04 5,914 8,394
2019-05 7,141 9,797
2019-06 7,363 9,414
2019-07 7,462 10,311
2019-08 8,369 11,530
2019-09 8,539 11,421
2019-10 11,527 13,951
2019-11 12,075 14,292
2019-12 13,298 15,034
2020-01 10,636 14,886
2020-02 10,677 14,723
2020-03 11,100 15,158
2020-04 12,000 16,165
2020-05 12,141 15,831
2020-06 12,209 15,945
2020-07 12,797 16,345
2020-08 13,291 17,108
2020-09 14,070 17,878
2020-10 14,565 18,114
2020-11 14,745 18,288
2020-12 14,251 17,275
2021-01 13,166 16,718
2021-02 13,984 17,982
2021-03 14,181 18,364
2021-04 15,078 18,923
2021-05 15,274 19,033
2021-06 15,415 19,446
2021-07 15,674 19,991
2021-08 15,769 19,825
2021-09 15,849 19,956
2021-10 16,214 20,190
2021-11 16,365 20,619
2021-12 16,322 20,500
2022-01 15,904 20,106
2022-02 15,990 20,238
2022-03 16,099 20,334
Note:Estimates are based on voluntarily reported employment figures, and capacity data as reported under the Cannabis Tracking System Order.
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