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

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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
2023-09 1,371,855 360,375 4,117,449 580
2023-08 1,373,422 371,395 4,180,573 622
2023-07 1,477,897 374,485 4,318,148 594
2023-06 1,570,299 375,254 4,453,354 571
2023-05 1,570,579 379,711 4,461,861 571
2023-04 1,573,872 381,791 4,472,284 578
2023-03 1,509,962 365,606 4,275,451 587
2023-02 1,597,234 375,471 4,429,091 589
2023-01 1,635,703 372,934 4,503,893 590
2022-12 1,595,724 378,863 4,427,069 595
2022-11 1,600,041 378,420 4,452,950 595
2022-10 1,584,199 374,031 4,418,982 594
2022-09 1,658,180 418,381 4,794,641 531
2022-08 1,710,100 421,489 4,877,672 533
2022-07 1,699,653 436,220 4,927,444 530
2022-06 1,688,294 425,567 4,874,453 543
2022-05 1,683,023 423,771 4,863,636 550
2022-04 1,680,173 423,236 4,864,251 642
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
2023-09 11,522 15,288
2023-08 11,695 15,307
2023-07 12,205 16,170
2023-06 12,318 16,170
2023-05 12,391 16,311
2023-04 12,494 16,391
2023-03 12,337 16,334
2023-02 12,479 16,614
2023-01 12,744 16,859
2022-12 12,576 16,812
2022-11 12,540 16,652
2022-10 12,427 16,639
2022-09 12,991 16,880
2022-08 13,236 17,356
2022-07 13,169 17,131
2022-06 13,045 17,056
2022-05 12,993 16,986
2022-04 12,997 17,103
2022-03 12,923 17,254
2022-02 12,920 17,274
2022-01 12,859 17,183
2021-12 13,210 17,453
2021-11 13,317 17,635
2021-10 13,283 17,322
2021-09 13,207 17,378
2021-08 13,235 17,355
2021-07 13,063 17,430
2021-06 12,871 16,981
2021-05 12,921 16,733
2021-04 12,794 16,692
2021-03 11,971 16,189
2021-02 11,887 15,920
2021-01 11,465 15,058
2020-12 12,378 15,453
2020-11 12,593 16,189
2020-10 12,413 16,016
2020-09 12,059 15,920
2020-08 11,853 15,730
2020-07 11,469 15,076
2020-06 11,064 14,859
2020-05 11,121 14,870
2020-04 10,789 15,011
2020-03 9,902 14,017
2020-02 9,494 13,595
2020-01 9,477 13,779
2019-12 11,863 13,655
2019-11 11,236 13,507
2019-10 10,744 13,223
2019-09 8,110 11,017
2019-08 7,922 11,111
2019-07 7,192 10,068
2019-06 6,745 8,825
2019-05 6,429 9,113
2019-04 5,618 8,110
2019-03 5,333 7,742
2019-02 4,750 6,640
2019-01 4,984 6,945
2018-12 6,417 7,400
2018-11 5,614 6,758
2018-10 5,167 6,468
Note:Estimates are based on voluntarily reported employment figures, and capacity data as reported under the Cannabis Tracking System Order.

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