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Cannabis plants data: Inventory, sales and licensed area

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Packaged inventory
Cannabis held in stock by a cultivator, processor, distributor, or retailer that is packaged for sale to consumers at the retail level.
Packaged production
The number of cannabis products resulting from unpackaged cannabis being placed into final packaging for sale to consumers at the retail level during the reporting period.
Sales (medical)
Cannabis products sold directly to medical clients by holders of a federal licence for medical sales.
Sales (non-medical)
Cannabis products sold directly in the Canadian retail market, online or in-person, by a provincially or territorially authorized distributor or retailer, for non-medical purposes.
Unpackaged inventory
Cannabis held in stock by a cultivator or processor that is not packaged for sale to consumers at the retail level.
Unpackaged production
The amount of cannabis produced from activities conducted onsite by cultivators and/or processors and added to the unpackaged inventory during the reporting period.
Vegetative cannabis plants
Cannabis plants that are not budding or flowering (clones and seedlings).
Whole cannabis plants
Budding or flowering cannabis plants (unpackaged only).

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Cannabis plants data

Figure 1: Cannabis plant packaged inventory

Figure 1

The data presented in this figure is available in Table 1.

Figure 2: Cannabis plant packaged sales

Figure 2

The data presented in this figure is available in Table 1.

Figure 3: Whole cannabis plant inventory

Figure 3

The data presented in this figure is available in Table 2.

Table 1: Vegetative cannabis plants (clones, seedlings)
Year-Month Unpackaged production Unpackaged inventory Packaged production Packaged inventory Sales
Federal licence holders Provincial distributor and retailers Medical Non-Medical
2023-09 1,420,920 2,088,637 106 224 100 74 113
2023-08 1,640,226 2,542,766 271 224 108 2,133 196
2023-07 1,785,221 3,133,680 248 224 238 1,365 577
2023-06 2,068,097 3,050,582 1,821 464 286 4,120 6,158
2023-05 2,229,726 2,967,779 4,156 514 227 3,808 3,284
2023-04 1,847,854 2,877,371 2,740 0 183 96 1,769
2023-03 2,063,292 2,682,534 1,917 119 136 4,525 757
2023-02 1,761,786 2,659,192 279 0 0 22 253
2023-01 1,935,008 2,546,610 1,090 60 0 236 0
2022-12 1,819,911 2,486,045 10 111 0 991 4
2022-11 1,911,992 2,645,631 90 111 4 1,211 0
2022-10 1,876,313 2,735,704 154 117 2 2,488 0
2022-09 1,819,087 2,731,199 14 111 3 52 0
2022-08 2,074,810 3,259,900 208 0 3 149 0
2022-07 2,094,381 3,734,324 1,126 0 0 704 0
2022-06 2,679,947 3,902,098 4,599 0 44 2,980 7
2022-05 2,937,809 3,662,437 722 0 7 614 33
2022-04 2,384,393 3,168,718 1,648 0 0 794 27
2019-10 2,576,671 2,835,956 178 6 17 78 24
2019-11 2,353,129 2,986,388 32 6 0 27 5
2019-12 2,542,479 3,183,834 14 6 0 14 2
2020-01 2,747,881 3,312,373 0 6 0 0 2
2020-02 2,318,173 3,261,563 4,626 6 0 10 0
2020-03 2,706,760 2,927,958 6,246 6 0 6 0
2020-04 2,753,562 2,976,254 5,233 6 0 4 0
2020-05 3,070,596 3,380,923 9 6 0 5 40
2020-06 3,194,625 3,724,514 124 6 0 977 24
2020-07 2,867,413 3,301,036 1,030 6 0 1,134 24
2020-08 2,288,027 2,796,804 506 6 0 1,134 10
2020-09 2,574,056 2,716,252 337 6 0 677 3
2020-10 2,336,037 2,515,660 360 71 2 220 10
2020-11 1,965,223 2,268,810 30 71 0 846 2
2020-12 2,366,696 2,442,941 214 71 3 1,734 6
2021-01 2,211,123 2,481,765 9 6 3 1 3
2021-02 2,319,803 2,626,535 75 6 0 1,036 0
2021-03 2,566,764 2,615,864 148 6 0 569 0
2021-04 2,584,721 2,882,420 378 242 0 1,127 3
2021-05 2,953,240 3,311,435 571 6 0 744 16
2021-06 3,480,780 3,991,396 325 6 0 805 31
2021-07 2,809,211 3,433,820 32 6 0 470 2
2021-08 2,527,133 2,947,711 173 6 0 7 0
2021-09 2,535,927 2,639,983 53 6 0 512 2
2021-10 2,422,372 2,650,396 21 6 0 651 0
2021-11 2,683,017 2,845,832 83 6 0 1,031 0
2021-12 2,527,553 2,739,886 216 156 0 599 0
2022-01 2,296,174 2,820,382 28 150 0 61 0
2022-02 2,422,900 3,085,459 244 0 0 384 0
2022-03 2,595,971 3,091,661 57 0 0 2,336 0
Table 2: Whole cannabis plants (flowering)
Year-Month Unpackaged production Unpackaged inventory
2023-09 1,191,309 2,542,842
2023-08 1,539,790 2,429,010
2023-07 967,099 1,929,392
2023-06 1,227,466 2,015,086
2023-05 1,194,395 1,969,771
2023-04 1,098,802 2,165,664
2023-03 1,213,302 2,168,508
2023-02 1,093,431 2,185,240
2023-01 1,104,490 2,214,383
2022-12 1,247,186 2,368,437
2022-11 1,150,896 2,285,130
2022-10 1,202,940 2,482,464
2022-09 1,448,054 2,835,271
2022-08 1,806,039 3,049,530
2022-07 1,427,299 2,666,539
2022-06 1,423,657 2,596,437
2022-05 1,411,510 2,663,888
2022-04 1,372,902 2,745,346
2019-10 1,419,889 2,532,483
2019-11 1,274,336 2,371,870
2019-12 1,470,283 2,568,565
2020-01 1,481,252 2,575,352
2020-02 1,434,562 2,726,490
2020-03 1,712,330 2,967,146
2020-04 1,749,090 3,224,931
2020-05 1,647,312 3,137,131
2020-06 1,770,954 3,034,803
2020-07 1,955,526 3,179,929
2020-08 1,719,068 3,555,001
2020-09 1,587,402 2,977,751
2020-10 1,693,769 3,117,193
2020-11 1,171,934 2,780,018
2020-12 1,252,196 2,730,170
2021-01 1,582,537 2,779,054
2021-02 1,656,371 2,867,283
2021-03 1,780,444 2,794,105
2021-04 1,706,217 2,814,676
2021-05 1,834,527 2,858,134
2021-06 1,930,978 2,813,991
2021-07 2,417,086 3,337,713
2021-08 2,326,451 3,576,697
2021-09 2,175,796 3,752,522
2021-10 1,777,893 3,175,277
2021-11 1,871,755 3,002,000
2021-12 1,988,492 3,215,507
2022-01 1,404,377 3,090,553
2022-02 1,510,040 3,077,921
2022-03 1,510,306 2,833,597
Table 3: Historic cannabis plants data (units)
Year-Month Unpackaged inventory Packaged inventory Sales
Federal licence holders Provincial distributor and retailers Medical Non-Medical
2018-10 1,692,003 0 0 618 0
2018-11 2,168,869 0 0 1,257 0
2018-12 2,330,814 0 0 1,027 50
2019-01 2,682,433 0 0 819 23
2019-02 3,131,711 0 0 356 17
2019-03 3,798,357 0 0 190 17
2019-04 4,103,169 0 0 416 17
2019-05 4,903,776 16 0 202 10
2019-06 5,379,742 22 58 832 47
2019-07 5,274,187 16 4 561 9
2019-08 5,393,211 6 0 136 0
2019-09 4,944,695 6 0 104 0

Note: Prior to October 17, 2019, the Cannabis Tracking System did not distinguish cannabis plants as "vegetative cannabis plants" or "whole cannabis plants".

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