Data on cannabis for medical purposes

Health Canada collects and publishes data on cannabis used for medical purposes under the Cannabis Act, the Cannabis Regulations, and the Cannabis Tracking System Order. The Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) were repealed on October 17, 2018 when the Cannabis Act and its regulations came into force. Data collected by Health Canada under the ACMPR is available in archived format.

Additional data on cannabis is available on the cannabis research and data page. In particular, the amount of cannabis sold for medical purposes is published on a quarterly basis and is available on the cannabis market data page.

Note: This update may contain revised data for prior reporting periods as well.

Definitions

Active licence holder client registrations

Number of registrations with licensed sellers of cannabis for medical purposes that were active at the end of each month. Patients can be registered with more than one licensed seller and with Health Canada provided an original medical document was used with each registration.

Active personal/designated production registrations

Persons actively registered at the end of each month with Health Canada to produce cannabis for their own medical purposes, or designate someone to produce it for them.

Authorized amount

Daily quantity of cannabis, expressed in grams of dried cannabis per day, authorized by a registrant's health care practitioner.

Endorsed quantities

The actual quantities of cannabis exported or imported. Under the Cannabis Regulations, the holder of an export or import permit must provide to the Minister of Health information related to the shipment, including the quantity of cannabis that was imported or exported, within 15 days after the date of exportation and importation of a shipment of cannabis.

Health care practitioners

Doctors or nurse practitioners authorized to issue medical documents to patients in their jurisdiction of practice.

Permitted quantities

The total quantities of cannabis allowed for export or import by the export or import permits issued by Health Canada for medical or scientific purposes only.

Refusals

Cases in which Health Canada deems an individual ineligible to be registered for personal or designated production under the provisions of Part 14 of the Cannabis Regulations.

Revocations

Cases in which Health Canada revokes an individual's registration for personal or designated production under the provisions of Part 14 of the Cannabis Regulations.

Under the Cannabis Act, individuals with a medical document signed by a health care practitioner can purchase cannabis for medical purposes directly from a federally licensed seller. Individuals may also register with Health Canada to produce cannabis for their own medical purposes or designate someone to produce it on their behalf.

The amount of cannabis an individual is authorized to possess or produce for medical purposes is determined by their health care practitioner and is expressed as a daily authorized amount. The daily authorized amount determines how much cannabis the individual may possess in public or, if they register with Health Canada, how much cannabis they may produce (or designated someone to produce on their behalf) for their own medical purposes.

Health care practitioners are expected to make authorization decisions justified by the condition for which their patient is receiving treatment and which are grounded in the available evidence.

Health care practitioners are regulated by provincial/territorial medical regulatory (licensing) authorities. Most provincial and territorial medical regulatory bodies have their own set of standards and guidelines for members, which may include codes of practice related to authorizing cannabis for medical purposes. As a result, authorization practices and the use of cannabis for medical purposes may vary among provinces and territories.

Health Canada publishes information for health care practitioners on its website. This includes the "Daily Amount Fact Sheet (Dosage)," which provides information regarding dosing of cannabis for medical purposes, and "Information for Health Care Professionals," a comprehensive monograph on the pharmacology, potential therapeutic uses and risks of using cannabis for medical purposes.

Data on medical client registrations

Highlights for the current update include:

The number of medical client registrations with federally licensed sellers fell 8% from 203,933 in June 2023 to 188,301 in September 2023.
The number of individuals registered with Health Canada for personal and designated cultivation of cannabis for their own medical purposes decreased 12% from 16,778 in June 2023 to 14,944 in September 2023.
The majority of the decrease of 1,834 in registrations for personal/designated production is from three Provinces: Ontario with a decrease of 608 registrations, British Columbia with 427 and Quebec with 347.

Data on daily amounts authorized by health care practitioners

The majority of individuals (188,301) who access cannabis for medical purposes under the Cannabis Act and its regulations do so by obtaining quality-controlled cannabis from a federally licensed seller of cannabis for medical purposes. The average daily amount authorized by health care practitioners for these individuals who access from federally licensed sellers has remained relatively constant at 2 grams per day since the coming into force of the Cannabis Act in October 2018. This average daily authorized amount is in line with published evidence and guidance about the use of cannabis for medical purposes. Scientific evidence suggests that most patients who use cannabis for medical purposes use up to 3 grams per day of dried cannabis, though amounts under 1 gram per day are used with perceived benefits and decreased risk of side effects.

With respect to the smaller number of individuals (14,944) registered with Health Canada for personal or designated production, Health Canada has seen a progressive and concerning increase in the average daily amount being authorized by some health care practitioners in some jurisdictions. Nationally, the average daily authorized amount for these individuals is well above the amount suggested in available guidance and evidence. Health Canada is concerned that high daily authorized amounts are, in a few instances, leading to abuse of the access to cannabis for medical purposes framework and are undermining the integrity of the system that many patients – and health care practitioners – rely on to access cannabis to address their medical needs. While treatment options remain a decision best made in consultation between a patient and their health care practitioner, high daily authorized amounts may pose risks to public health and safety, including the risk of cannabis being diverted to the illicit market. Health Canada continues to receive questions from provincial and territorial as well as municipal officials, law enforcement, and the public on the daily amounts authorized by health care practitioners for personal and designated production.

In an effort to support provincial/territorial medical regulatory (licensing) authorities in their oversight of authorizing practices in their jurisdiction, Health Canada began proactively sharing data on the number of health care practitioners and the daily amounts authorized with these regulatory authorities in May and June 2019.

Consistent with Health Canada's commitment as a regulator to openness and transparency, and to support collective efforts to address potential misuse of Canada's access to cannabis for medical purposes framework, while preserving reasonable access for those who need it, the Department publishes new data sets on daily amounts authorized by health care practitioners on a quarterly basis.

The data sets are as follows:

The monthly average daily amount authorized by health care practitioners for active personal/designated production registrations, broken down by jurisdiction;
The total number of health care practitioners associated with active registrations with federally licensed sellers in the past twelve months, broken down by jurisdiction;
The number of health care practitioners associated with active personal/designated production registrations, broken down by jurisdiction;
For active personal/designated production registrations, the number of health care practitioners who have authorized a patient to access 25 grams of cannabis per day or more, broken down by jurisdiction;
For active personal/designated production registrations, the number of health care practitioners who have authorized a patient to access 100 grams of cannabis per day or more, broken down by jurisdiction; and
Revocations of personal/designated production registrations.

Highlights of the data as of September 2023:

The average daily amount authorized by health care practitioners for individuals registered to access cannabis for medical purposes from federally licensed sellers was 2.5 grams per day. This amount has remained relatively constant since October 2018 when the Cannabis Act came into force.
The average daily amount authorized by health care practitioners for individuals who are registered with Health Canada for personal or designated production was 32.8 grams per day.
There were 5,134 health care practitioners associated with registrations made in the previous twelve months with federally licensed sellers.
There were 933 health care practitioners associated with active personal/designated production registrations.
- Of these, 226 health care practitioners authorized amounts equal to or above 25 grams per day, and 13 authorized amounts equal to or above 100 grams per day.
The majority (78%) of health care practitioners having authorized amounts equal to or above 25 grams per day were located in British Columbia and Ontario. Similarly, 100% of health care practitioners having authorized amounts equal to or above 100 grams per day were located in British Columbia and Ontario.

Data on medical client registrations

Table 1: Active client registrations with a federal licence holder
Month-Year	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	NT	NU	ON	PEI	QC	SK	YK
2018-10	345,520	110,189	14,237	13,356	7,902	4,143	13,993	169	60	160,374	1,546	10,708	8,681	162
2018-11	352,965	108,258	15,783	14,318	7,782	4,267	14,070	184	60	166,223	1,502	11,243	9,109	166
2018-12	353,642	105,905	16,376	14,681	7,980	4,326	14,297	186	63	167,406	1,566	11,461	9,235	160
2019-01	356,034	103,423	16,839	14,795	8,199	4,606	14,452	190	66	170,102	1,576	12,259	9,357	170
2019-02	359,064	101,916	17,149	15,080	8,293	4,798	14,677	188	65	172,796	1,589	13,119	9,225	169
2019-03	355,302	97,912	17,442	15,331	8,235	4,792	14,771	181	64	172,267	1,680	13,240	9,223	164
2019-04	359,535	94,843	17,805	15,746	8,967	5,065	14,986	187	58	177,341	1,701	13,459	9,204	173
2019-05	362,506	95,337	18,218	15,730	8,490	4,984	15,045	173	67	179,270	1,606	14,472	8,963	151
2019-06	363,917	94,296	18,326	15,924	8,724	5,034	15,072	156	72	180,794	1,602	14,836	8,925	156
2019-07	368,164	93,724	18,538	15,771	8,888	5,088	13,205	146	71	185,260	1,574	15,135	8,831	148
2019-08	366,332	91,666	18,663	15,780	8,865	5,003	13,092	147	83	185,303	1,580	15,424	8,725	140
2019-09	369,614	91,210	18,836	15,987	9,104	5,196	15,264	148	89	187,444	1,565	15,987	8,635	140
2019-10	363,555	88,159	19,042	15,961	9,440	4,578	15,146	168	52	183,784	1,589	16,888	8,786	142
2019-11	362,595	86,737	18,792	15,855	9,604	4,988	14,872	185	51	184,068	1,571	17,158	8,574	140
2019-12	358,864	85,888	18,664	15,423	9,695	4,993	14,438	190	58	181,562	1,559	17,731	8,738	285
2020-01	342,112	79,324	17,457	14,757	9,405	4,829	14,079	176	52	174,931	1,493	17,620	7,867	122
2020-02	335,363	77,053	17,362	14,236	9,203	4,747	13,757	161	111	172,625	1,488	16,952	7,549	119
2020-03	329,038	73,629	17,053	13,855	9,019	4,652	13,611	143	121	171,107	1,439	16,904	7,385	115
2020-04	320,340	70,057	17,021	13,323	9,075	4,818	13,380	165	61	166,396	1,445	17,149	7,321	129
2020-05	307,298	65,766	15,624	12,413	8,515	4,651	12,561	159	134	162,918	1,366	16,342	6,744	109
2020-06	303,221	63,359	16,397	12,225	8,790	4,786	12,692	180	60	159,652	1,390	16,846	6,730	114
2020-07	331,475	70,285	17,309	13,010	9,848	5,172	13,871	182	64	174,834	1,537	18,424	6,814	125
2020-08	368,888	76,853	19,285	14,409	10,500	5,697	15,069	205	70	196,483	1,664	20,827	7,690	136
2020-09	377,024	77,145	19,607	14,687	10,719	5,911	15,512	209	76	201,739	1,699	21,692	7,893	135
2020-10	369,268	75,096	19,390	14,363	10,455	5,797	15,168	256	67	197,701	1,663	21,560	7,622	130
2020-11	365,937	73,555	19,314	14,048	10,465	5,893	15,224	196	68	196,033	1,679	21,735	7,414	313
2020-12	321,539	63,394	17,903	12,430	9,287	5,351	13,772	170	61	171,185	1,545	19,387	6,935	119
2021-01	302,909	58,940	17,063	11,538	8,765	5,224	13,139	149	56	161,285	1,478	18,804	6,344	124
2021-02	293,595	56,627	16,419	13,305	8,164	4,948	12,834	158	55	155,009	1,453	18,318	6,129	176
2021-03	292,399	55,928	16,695	10,245	8,108	5,766	12,969	165	50	157,620	1,491	17,511	5,728	123
2021-04	292,507	55,522	16,705	10,139	8,108	5,801	13,002	157	48	157,955	1,506	17,744	5,697	123
2021-05	272,690	51,197	15,644	9,655	7,959	4,655	12,052	151	52	146,598	1,456	17,613	5,540	118
2021-06	272,379	50,627	15,766	9,584	7,699	4,621	12,091	146	50	147,089	1,428	17,560	5,597	121
2021-07	268,293	49,212	15,549	9,273	7,892	4,657	11,965	139	46	145,213	1,414	17,446	5,356	131
2021-08	272,407	48,527	15,657	9,162	7,823	4,708	11,772	145	45	150,802	1,392	17,237	5,010	127
2021-09	264,734	47,864	15,610	9,116	7,831	4,703	12,017	139	43	142,978	1,416	17,532	5,360	125
2021-10	262,077	47,419	15,570	8,917	7,798	4,639	11,864	136	42	141,855	1,411	17,075	5,218	133
2021-11	261,928	46,876	15,395	8,885	7,807	4,606	11,879	139	43	141,907	1,414	17,650	5,191	136
2021-12	257,059	44,771	14,807	8,724	7,715	4,602	11,678	132	41	140,269	1,387	17,736	5,068	129
2022-01	254,442	43,830	14,667	8,548	7,633	4,615	11,519	128	41	139,439	1,397	17,532	4,967	126
2022-02	254,568	44,015	14,755	8,361	7,610	4,648	11,548	138	45	139,194	1,415	17,882	4,833	124
2022-03	247,548	42,003	14,136	8,150	7,525	4,671	11,483	123	45	136,048	1,405	17,119	4,718	122
2022-04	240,076	40,531	13,433	7,806	7,391	4,566	11,128	122	39	132,035	1,388	16,996	4,523	118
2022-05	238,365	39,910	13,349	7,718	7,392	4,579	11,059	124	36	130,863	1,418	17,305	4,493	119
2022-06	237,275	39,498	13,199	7,707	7,446	4,559	11,102	122	33	130,076	1,458	17,464	4,494	117
2022-07	233,097	38,312	12,931	7,594	7,395	4,531	10,902	124	32	128,052	1,441	17,213	4,460	110
2022-08	233,407	38,210	12,907	7,597	7,415	4,583	11,037	123	32	127,803	1,441	17,712	4,439	108
2022-09	232,105	37,767	12,976	7,574	7,469	4,621	11,157	124	29	126,743	1,440	17,638	4,452	115
2022-10	229,198	36,872	12,836	7,420	7,203	4,636	10,993	117	27	125,540	1,430	17,661	4,347	116
2022-11	226,355	35,663	12,588	7,320	7,448	4,554	11,057	111	25	124,172	1,436	17,620	4,252	109
2022-12	224,474	34,992	12,637	7,281	7,499	4,613	11,140	116	26	122,717	1,449	17,658	4,239	107
2023-01	220,077	34,250	12,449	7,119	7,458	4,619	11,025	119	27	119,572	1,438	17,723	4,178	100
2023-02	216,888	33,645	12,300	6,920	7,484	4,604	10,970	113	23	117,501	1,424	17,675	4,129	100
2023-03	212,700	32,940	12,187	6,771	7,447	4,610	11,005	107	23	114,434	1,417	17,637	4,029	93
2023-04	212,057	32,515	12,117	6,677	7,493	4,659	11,119	103	30	114,113	1,426	17,688	4,024	93
2023-05	209,241	31,776	12,050	6,668	7,428	4,714	11,171	104	233	111,736	1,448	17,892	3,932	89
2023-06	203,933	30,887	11,713	6,357	7,400	4,581	11,081	98	166	108,796	1,420	17,596	3,756	82
2023-07	217,505	33,079	12,788	6,915	8,662	4,830	12,245	118	151	112,960	1,524	20,010	4,125	98
2023-08	193,513	28,575	10,956	5,729	7,213	4,435	10,786	88	68	103,651	1,359	17,084	3,500	75
2023-09	188,301	27,855	10,624	5,610	7,173	4,444	10,788	85	29	100,214	1,321	16,739	3,357	69

Table 2: Active personal/designated production registrations
Month-Year	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	NT	ON	PEI	QC	SK	YK
2018-10	25,945	3,143	5,747	921	850	140	1,183	5	9,037	56	4,424	425	14
2018-11	26,511	3,211	5,817	975	844	144	1,203	5	9,186	53	4,622	437	14
2018-12	27,281	3,313	5,921	1,044	845	148	1,234	5	9,399	51	4,860	445	16
2019-01	28,315	3,409	6,166	1,121	847	152	1,259	4	9,684	53	5,149	454	17
2019-02	30,028	3,612	6,494	1,207	908	172	1,322	4	10,253	55	5,507	475	19
2019-03	30,883	3,731	6,606	1,285	922	189	1,358	4	10,498	58	5,719	494	19
2019-04	29,675	3,573	6,215	1,300	894	203	1,275	2	10,055	49	5,620	470	19
2019-05	29,274	3,468	6,076	1,296	857	213	1,254	2	9,921	49	5,663	456	19
2019-06	28,869	3,418	5,891	1,312	861	223	1,241	2	9,822	51	5,572	457	19
2019-07	28,829	3,390	5,837	1,360	848	225	1,219	3	9,777	52	5,646	453	19
2019-08	28,985	3,401	5,843	1,368	850	227	1,195	3	9,801	50	5,776	452	19
2019-09	29,193	3,400	5,849	1,405	866	229	1,185	5	9,873	51	5,881	429	20
2019-10	30,188	3,480	6,067	1,456	873	232	1,207	4	10,151	53	6,206	438	21
2019-11	31,050	3,542	6,227	1,513	893	241	1,210	4	10,387	54	6,505	454	20
2019-12	32,390	3,724	6,524	1,572	939	257	1,234	4	10,699	59	6,899	460	19
2020-01	33,551	3,822	6,826	1,616	973	265	1,264	4	11,051	65	7,171	475	19
2020-02	34,772	3,880	7,062	1,672	984	264	1,276	4	11,503	70	7,553	485	19
2020-03	35,227	3,884	7,195	1,693	987	269	1,275	4	11,644	71	7,700	486	19
2020-04	33,503	3,572	6,887	1,614	906	257	1,207	5	11,050	66	7,474	446	19
2020-05	33,769	3,594	6,915	1,645	921	254	1,204	5	11,147	68	7,537	460	19
2020-06	33,614	3,519	6,861	1,635	912	249	1,208	5	11,052	72	7,633	451	17
2020-07	39,245	4,178	7,888	1,851	1,083	296	1,401	5	13,131	80	8,771	539	22
2020-08	41,330	4,345	8,214	1,928	1,130	314	1,467	7	13,930	84	9,320	569	22
2020-09	43,211	4,473	8,590	1,985	1,181	326	1,520	7	14,648	89	9,773	596	23
2020-10	42,959	4,395	8,600	1,961	1,172	315	1,482	8	14,566	88	9,779	572	21
2020-11	43,619	4,407	8,663	1,982	1,167	315	1,479	9	14,864	88	10,039	583	23
2020-12	43,680	4,319	8,659	1,992	1,169	323	1,457	10	14,891	87	10,168	581	24
2021-01	39,902	3,661	7,961	1,823	1,044	288	1,286	11	13,508	72	9,724	504	20
2021-02	39,144	3,507	7,811	1,802	1,002	283	1,241	12	13,076	65	9,829	498	18
2021-03	39,527	3,448	7,966	1,789	981	288	1,230	10	13,141	65	10,100	491	18
2021-04	41,597	3,539	8,433	1,882	1,020	302	1,289	10	13,778	69	10,730	523	22
2021-05	43,703	3,638	8,973	1,959	1,075	325	1,373	10	14,445	73	11,272	537	23
2021-06	45,323	3,724	9,415	2,014	1,116	344	1,431	11	14,920	75	11,686	564	23
2021-07	44,834	3,615	9,396	1,986	1,086	336	1,414	11	14,754	74	11,579	559	24
2021-08	45,964	3,622	9,716	2,011	1,118	344	1,455	13	15,094	79	11,916	572	24
2021-09	47,147	3,698	9,994	2,054	1,153	368	1,496	14	15,428	76	12,255	586	25
2021-10	45,300	3,566	9,506	2,006	1,122	364	1,460	13	14,719	74	11,875	569	26
2021-11	43,521	3,442	9,090	1,933	1,073	356	1,404	12	14,011	69	11,543	562	26
2021-12	41,760	3,314	8,749	1,860	1,016	331	1,360	12	13,328	68	11,153	547	22
2022-01	39,510	3,080	8,368	1,751	943	304	1,281	10	12,526	63	10,645	517	22
2022-02	38,009	2,952	8,073	1,698	909	298	1,229	10	12,065	62	10,216	476	21
2022-03	35,754	2,763	7,542	1,596	878	282	1,185	10	11,261	60	9,695	460	22
2022-04	34,520	2,685	7,227	1,543	867	290	1,180	10	10,883	59	9,303	451	22
2022-05	31,403	2,485	6,425	1,419	813	264	1,102	10	9,818	54	8,580	414	19
2022-06	29,342	2,323	5,914	1,334	772	251	1,031	9	9,101	53	8,138	394	22
2022-07	27,775	2,208	5,504	1,272	743	233	981	9	8,588	50	7,795	371	21
2022-08	23,716	1,929	4,610	1,075	638	208	852	5	7,135	40	6,879	325	20
2022-09	21,673	1,757	3,991	1,016	579	180	773	3	6,544	36	6,469	307	18
2022-10	21,505	1,737	3,930	1,008	564	198	752	4	6,475	33	6,468	318	18
2022-11	20,972	1,664	3,813	1,004	555	197	739	4	6,344	33	6,288	309	22
2022-12	20,448	1,598	3,750	972	542	196	727	3	6,233	32	6,082	293	20
2023-01	20,416	1,593	3,792	968	544	196	747	3	6,164	31	6,062	294	22
2023-02	19,997	1,543	3,728	942	527	188	739	3	6,085	29	5,900	291	22
2023-03	19,076	1,489	3,542	908	506	186	703	1	5,816	27	5,596	279	23
2023-04	18,012	1,420	3,374	876	483	173	668	1	5,485	27	5,225	261	19
2023-05	17,331	1,382	3,291	859	454	163	625	2	5,285	25	4,976	251	18
2023-06	16,778	1,345	3,160	833	419	157	619	2	5,044	22	4,913	248	16
2023-07	16,507	1,321	2,991	823	416	161	623	4	4,893	24	4,984	251	16
2023-08	15,555	1,215	2,785	795	368	157	584	4	4,635	23	4,734	240	14
2023-09	14,944	1,123	2,733	755	354	153	557	4	4,436	23	4,566	226	14

Data on average daily amounts authorized by health care practitioners

Table 3: Average authorized amount of dried cannabis for medical purposes associated with active registrations (grams per day)
Year-month	Active client registrations	Active personal or designated production registrations
Year-month	Active client registrations	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	NT	NU	ON	PEI	QC	SK	YK
2018-10	2.1	25.2	10.0	36.6	18.4	7.0	12.7	9.4	7.8	0	25.1	7.1	32.4	12.9	17.9
2018-11	2.1	25.5	10.2	37.4	18.2	7.1	13.5	9.6	7.8	0	25.2	7.1	32.7	13.0	19.6
2018-12	2.1	25.7	10.3	38.0	17.9	8.4	13.9	9.7	7.8	0	25.3	7.2	32.7	13.0	19.4
2019-01	2.1	26.1	10.4	38.6	18.0	8.7	14.0	9.9	7.3	0	25.6	8.2	32.9	13.1	18.5
2019-02	2.1	26.4	10.5	39.2	18.3	9.3	14.1	10.0	7.3	0	26.1	8.0	32.8	13.0	18.7
2019-03	2.0	27.2	10.9	40.8	18.0	10.0	14.1	10.3	7.3	0	26.9	7.8	33.5	13.8	18.7
2019-04	2.0	28.1	11.2	42.6	18.3	10.2	13.7	10.7	7.5	0	27.9	8.5	34.1	14.6	18.8
2019-05	2.0	29.0	11.6	44.2	18.8	10.7	14.3	11.4	7.5	0	28.7	9.1	34.7	15.1	18.8
2019-06	2.0	29.4	11.7	45.8	18.7	10.7	14.1	11.8	7.5	0	29.0	10.5	35.0	15.0	16.7
2019-07	2.0	30.1	12.0	47.2	19.1	11.2	14.4	12.3	31.7	0	29.7	10.8	35.2	15.5	13.2
2019-08	2.0	30.8	12.4	48.3	19.4	11.5	14.5	12.6	31.7	0	30.5	13.7	35.5	16.1	13.2
2019-09	2.0	31.5	12.3	49.6	20.0	11.8	14.4	12.8	24.2	0	31.5	13.4	35.9	16.5	12.3
2019-10	2.1	32.3	12.7	50.9	20.3	11.8	14.5	13.4	28.8	0	32.3	14.7	36.3	17.1	14.3
2019-11	2.1	33.0	13.0	52.3	20.7	11.9	14.8	13.6	28.8	0	33.0	15.1	36.9	17.9	13.5
2019-12	2.1	33.8	13.6	53.6	21.5	11.6	14.6	13.7	28.8	0	33.7	14.4	37.5	18.4	12.6
2020-01	2.0	34.7	14.1	55.0	22.0	11.4	14.8	14.3	28.8	0	34.8	13.4	38.0	18.7	14.2
2020-02	2.0	35.7	14.8	55.9	22.3	11.4	14.8	14.5	28.8	0	36.3	13.6	38.3	18.8	14.2
2020-03	2.0	36.2	15.2	56.5	22.4	11.4	14.8	14.7	28.8	0	36.8	13.7	38.6	18.7	13.9
2020-04	2.0	37.1	16.0	57.4	23.3	11.6	15.1	15.3	33.0	0	38.0	14.5	38.9	19.1	14.0
2020-05	2.0	37.2	16.1	57.6	23.5	11.8	14.9	15.2	33.0	0	38.1	13.6	39.0	18.7	14.0
2020-06	2.1	37.6	16.4	57.8	23.9	12.1	14.3	15.4	33.0	0	38.6	11.9	39.4	19.0	14.5
2020-07	2.0	37.5	16.3	57.5	23.4	12.4	14.3	15.9	33.0	0	38.7	12.9	39.6	19.3	14.1
2020-08	2.0	37.5	16.4	57.7	23.5	12.6	14.1	16.0	27.1	0	38.7	12.9	39.4	19.4	14.1
2020-09	2.0	38.1	17.0	58.5	23.9	13.2	14.0	16.4	27.1	0	39.4	12.5	39.4	19.4	14.1
2020-10	1.9	38.9	17.5	59.8	25.2	13.9	14.1	16.6	25.0	0	40.3	12.6	39.7	19.7	12.3
2020-11	2.0	39.6	18.1	60.7	25.9	14.7	14.1	17.0	23.3	0	41.0	12.2	39.9	19.7	13.7
2020-12	2.0	39.8	18.5	61.1	26.3	15.0	14.0	17.4	24.0	0	41.2	12.4	39.7	19.7	17.7
2021-01	2.0	41.1	20.1	62.0	28.0	15.7	14.7	18.2	23.6	0	42.6	11.6	40.1	20.4	19.9
2021-02	2.0	41.5	20.9	62.6	28.5	16.3	14.5	18.6	22.1	0	43.0	11.2	40.3	20.6	18.4
2021-03	2.0	42.6	22.2	63.6	29.8	16.9	14.8	19.8	23.9	0	43.9	12.7	41.0	21.3	18.6
2021-04	2.0	43.3	22.8	64.3	30.6	17.8	14.7	20.5	23.9	0	44.3	12.5	41.5	21.7	17.4
2021-05	2.1	43.9	23.5	65.0	31.5	18.6	14.8	20.8	23.9	0	44.9	14.6	41.8	22.4	17.1
2021-06	2.1	44.3	24.3	65.6	31.7	19.6	14.7	21.5	23.5	0	45.1	14.7	41.8	23.2	17.9
2021-07	2.1	44.6	25.2	66.4	32.0	20.3	15.3	21.6	23.5	0	45.0	15.5	41.7	22.9	20.6
2021-08	2.1	45.1	26.5	66.9	32.3	21.7	15.3	22.5	21.1	0	45.7	15.2	41.6	22.4	20.6
2021-09	2.1	45.3	26.8	67.2	32.1	21.8	15.5	22.6	20.3	0	45.9	15.5	41.6	22.9	20.6
2021-10	2.1	44.9	26.9	67.0	31.5	21.7	15.3	22.7	21.1	0	45.3	15.8	41.4	22.3	20.0
2021-11	2.1	44.5	26.7	67.0	31.0	21.8	15.2	22.8	22.0	0	44.7	14.9	41.1	22.1	20.0
2021-12	2.1	44.5	26.6	66.9	31.2	21.9	15.0	23.0	20.3	0	44.9	15.0	41.0	22.4	16.1
2022-01	2.1	44.9	27.4	67.3	31.1	22.6	14.9	23.4	18.5	0	45.3	15.5	40.9	22.3	16.1
2022-02	2.1	44.9	27.5	67.7	31.1	22.8	14.9	23.6	18.5	0	44.9	16.2	40.7	22.5	16.4
2022-03	2.1	44.2	27.5	67.8	30.2	22.9	14.7	23.0	18.5	0	44.0	16.6	39.8	23.1	21.8
2022-04	2.1	43.5	26.8	67.7	30.0	22.6	14.7	22.6	18.5	0	43.3	15.7	38.8	22.6	21.1
2022-05	2.1	42.1	26.1	67.2	27.9	21.4	14.5	22.2	18.5	0	41.5	14.4	37.8	20.7	22.4
2022-06	2.1	41.1	25.3	66.6	26.3	21.0	14.7	21.6	18.3	0	40.0	14.6	37.1	19.2	21.6
2022-07	2.1	40.2	24.7	66.1	25.7	19.9	14.2	20.7	18.3	0	39.0	15.2	36.4	18.8	20.0
2022-08	2.2	38.5	23.0	65.4	24.1	19.1	14.6	20.1	18.0	0	36.7	16.3	35.0	18.1	20.9
2022-09	2.2	36.8	21.8	63.5	23.6	18.8	13.9	18.9	21.7	0	35.4	15.5	33.5	17.3	21.3
2022-10	2.2	36.0	21.2	62.8	22.9	18.1	13.8	18.9	21.3	0	34.6	15.8	32.4	17.3	20.9
2022-11	2.2	35.7	21.0	62.6	22.7	17.9	14.1	18.7	21.3	0	34.4	13.2	31.9	17.2	20.5
2022-12	2.2	35.6	20.7	62.8	22.6	18.0	13.7	18.7	25.0	0	34.3	13.5	31.7	16.5	21.6
2023-01	2.2	35.7	20.9	63.0	22.4	17.9	13.8	18.8	25.0	0	34.3	13.5	31.6	16.9	20.1
2023-02	2.2	35.7	20.7	62.9	22.5	17.6	14.1	18.6	25.0	0	34.4	13.6	31.5	16.9	20.1
2023-03	2.2	35.5	20.8	62.6	22.0	18.1	14.4	18.5	20.0	0	34.2	11.3	31.3	16.2	20.3
2023-04	2.3	35.1	20.1	62.1	21.7	17.5	14.3	17.8	20.0	0	34.0	11.8	30.9	16.3	12.4
2023-05	2.3	34.8	19.7	61.5	21.6	17.7	13.8	17.4	12.5	0	33.7	12.1	30.4	15.5	12.0
2023-06	2.3	34.0	19.6	60.9	21.4	17.8	13.8	17.2	12.5	0	33.2	12.1	29.0	15.5	11.9
2023-07	2.3	32.9	18.8	59.7	21.1	17.8	13.6	17.1	8.8	0	32.7	12.2	27.7	15.3	11.9
2023-08	2.3	32.4	18.4	59.0	20.5	17.4	13.2	16.8	8.8	0	32.6	12.1	27.0	15.7	12.3
2023-09	2.3	32.8	18.2	59.3	20.5	17.0	13.3	17.1	8.8	0	33.2	12.3	27.0	15.2	12.3

Data on Health Care Practitioners

Table 4: Total Number of health care practitioners associated with registrations made in the previous twelve months with federally licensed sellers
Year-month	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	NT	NU	ON	PEI	QC	SK	YK
2019-09	6,700	955	1,035	385	349	122	457	11	2	3,097	60	608	457	12
2019-10	7,182	914	1,148	407	348	124	482	11	3	3,244	61	734	528	8
2019-11	7,656	934	1,219	428	343	128	498	10	3	3,471	66	836	583	9
2019-12	7,897	937	1,281	421	336	131	512	10	3	3,536	65	922	622	11
2020-01	8,172	956	1,317	423	346	131	526	10	3	3,639	66	1,007	649	12
2020-02	8,339	964	1,356	431	350	135	529	10	3	3,706	69	1,055	652	14
2020-03	8,425	982	1,359	436	352	136	508	10	5	3,722	67	1,118	660	15
2020-04	8,602	995	1,395	443	356	142	508	11	5	3,792	68	1,146	675	13
2020-05	8,660	1,004	1,417	444	353	145	508	10	5	3,837	70	1,133	678	15
2020-06	8,675	982	1,429	446	354	147	515	11	6	3,838	68	1,136	683	17
2020-07	8,711	981	1,436	453	345	151	526	9	6	3,852	67	1,155	679	18
2020-08	8,660	961	1,446	444	342	157	525	8	6	3,836	63	1,140	662	18
2020-09	8,545	906	1,444	442	340	152	522	8	6	3,753	61	1,135	666	19
2020-10	8,300	873	1,395	424	333	154	498	8	6	3,647	58	1,119	657	19
2020-11	8,125	851	1,367	412	331	151	494	8	5	3,541	54	1,101	666	17
2020-12	8,045	839	1,356	418	333	145	487	7	5	3,489	54	1,099	657	17
2021-01	7,888	818	1,321	404	326	144	483	7	5	3,428	51	1,083	646	18
2021-02	7,782	818	1,307	396	321	138	474	6	5	3,373	49	1,065	639	17
2021-03	7,781	809	1,312	401	320	139	473	5	4	3,379	50	1,055	635	17
2021-04	7,716	809	1,292	391	315	136	468	6	4	3,360	51	1,063	626	15
2021-05	7,634	798	1,274	386	310	135	473	6	4	3,292	47	1,074	616	13
2021-06	7,587	792	1,253	384	307	132	463	5	2	3,251	50	1,099	620	12
2021-07	7,473	798	1,220	376	298	130	456	4	2	3,199	51	1,104	598	11
2021-08	7,476	796	1,214	368	300	128	457	5	2	3,182	52	1,124	599	11
2021-09	7,464	794	1,215	375	296	130	458	5	2	3,155	52	1,138	596	12
2021-10	7,414	785	1,198	360	298	130	453	5	2	3,122	52	1,144	585	13
2021-11	7,414	781	1,191	354	303	130	446	5	2	3,118	50	1,153	582	14
2021-12	7,269	772	1,161	344	294	124	439	5	2	3,049	48	1,141	574	13
2022-01	7,182	761	1,142	342	291	118	433	5	2	3,016	45	1,139	575	11
2022-02	7,104	741	1,118	334	286	119	436	6	2	2,977	48	1,148	562	11
2022-03	6,946	728	1,081	320	282	118	440	7	2	2,891	46	1,141	546	10
2022-04	6,806	703	1,061	313	286	114	434	5	2	2,816	46	1,134	540	10
2022-05	6,731	687	1,042	313	283	116	428	6	3	2,794	49	1,114	535	11
2022-06	6,588	665	1,015	305	278	109	420	5	3	2,735	48	1,104	503	8
2022-07	6,487	647	1,000	304	276	107	419	5	2	2,678	49	1,086	494	8
2022-08	6,418	635	998	305	274	109	416	5	2	2,641	49	1,074	491	9
2022-09	6,343	628	983	297	271	103	418	5	1	2,604	51	1,066	491	8
2022-10	6,282	619	966	297	268	100	417	5	1	2,580	51	1,058	483	7
2022-11	6,171	608	950	291	263	99	414	6	1	2,513	52	1,051	476	6
2022-12	6,094	588	929	288	261	98	413	6	2	2,492	52	1,041	460	5
2023-01	6,039	572	911	290	258	98	416	6	2	2,476	52	1,028	457	6
2023-02	5,923	563	901	284	256	94	410	6	2	2,430	51	1,008	444	6
2023-03	5,760	542	857	269	254	92	399	5	2	2,374	50	995	425	6
2023-04	5,673	529	839	270	249	91	390	6	2	2,303	48	985	419	5
2023-05	5,510	509	814	256	243	84	370	5	1	2,248	46	973	400	4
2023-06	5,394	495	793	257	239	87	359	5	1	2,196	45	962	388	4
2023-07	5,338	486	785	250	238	87	360	5	1	2,156	45	972	378	4
2023-08	5,253	480	755	243	237	85	360	4	1	2,117	42	960	374	4
2023-09	5,134	468	730	230	233	87	364	4	1	2,064	42	935	367	4

Under Section 297 of the Cannabis Regulations, federally licenced sellers of cannabis for medical purposes must report on a monthly basis information related to health care practitioners associated with new client registrations in the reporting period. For comparison with Table 5 below, Table 4 presents an approximation of the number of health care practitioners associated with active client registrations by estimating the number of health care practitioners associated with registrations made in the previous twelve months, since medical authorizations are typically valid for twelve months. Table 4 and Table 5 are not cumulative since health care practitioners can be associated with registrations with federally licensed sellers and personal/designated registrations with Health Canada.

Table 5: Health care practitioners associated with active personal/designated registrations
Year-month	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	ON	PEI	QC	SK	YK
2018-10	2,308	193	538	96	84	34	207	893	16	157	103	0
2018-11	2,322	191	533	100	87	37	211	899	16	159	103	0
2018-12	2,359	192	543	104	84	38	214	911	14	168	103	0
2019-01	2,393	192	558	108	81	37	213	922	14	175	106	0
2019-02	2,473	200	577	112	83	38	215	944	14	191	112	0
2019-03	2,531	209	586	115	84	39	218	971	15	192	114	0
2019-04	2,413	200	555	114	80	37	206	924	14	187	109	0
2019-05	2,367	196	534	111	77	35	209	908	13	190	106	0
2019-06	2,375	200	524	109	80	35	208	910	14	201	108	0
2019-07	2,348	195	526	112	84	34	202	889	14	198	108	0
2019-08	2,317	188	519	110	85	31	201	876	14	198	106	0
2019-09	2,286	179	509	106	84	30	201	871	14	201	102	0
2019-10	2,286	175	511	107	86	27	203	871	13	206	98	0
2019-11	2,285	175	508	107	86	26	202	872	13	209	99	0
2019-12	2,310	180	522	109	86	25	201	867	15	217	101	0
2020-01	2,327	186	527	108	89	26	205	861	18	217	105	0
2020-02	2,326	185	527	109	88	26	207	848	18	224	107	0
2020-03	2,339	186	533	111	87	27	203	850	18	228	107	0
2020-04	2,222	176	514	102	80	28	195	805	17	221	98	3
2020-05	2,217	172	509	105	78	28	196	807	18	218	101	3
2020-06	2,186	169	498	107	76	27	194	794	17	223	96	3
2020-07	2,392	185	550	113	85	29	202	873	19	246	105	3
2020-08	2,421	189	555	116	87	29	203	882	19	253	104	3
2020-09	2,443	189	560	117	87	29	202	898	19	254	104	3
2020-10	2,379	188	548	114	84	26	194	872	19	251	101	3
2020-11	2,376	186	544	116	86	26	191	873	19	249	101	6
2020-12	2,327	182	526	115	82	26	190	858	19	248	96	5
2021-01	2,053	163	456	104	82	25	173	743	17	235	87	3
2021-02	1,950	156	429	98	81	24	166	706	16	224	83	3
2021-03	1,882	154	417	98	85	23	157	664	13	224	80	3
2021-04	1,906	155	426	102	86	23	160	668	14	223	82	3
2021-05	1,972	157	440	107	87	23	168	694	14	232	83	3
2021-06	2,005	159	445	108	88	23	170	704	14	243	85	3
2021-07	1,939	151	431	111	82	22	170	679	13	235	80	2
2021-08	1,919	149	426	111	80	21	163	677	12	234	80	2
2021-09	1,963	150	431	114	81	22	163	710	12	235	79	2
2021-10	1,933	144	425	118	81	23	163	676	12	241	83	2
2021-11	1,869	139	409	116	77	22	156	655	11	234	83	2
2021-12	1,817	140	398	111	71	21	154	635	11	230	82	1
2022-01	1,740	134	382	104	66	19	150	609	9	223	78	1
2022-02	1,692	132	359	103	67	21	144	599	9	211	76	1
2022-03	1,636	128	341	102	65	22	139	581	8	205	74	0
2022-04	1,629	129	338	101	67	23	139	578	9	204	73	0
2022-05	1,539	124	314	93	63	23	132	552	9	192	67	0
2022-06	1,503	122	306	92	64	21	127	541	9	187	64	0
2022-07	1,472	125	294	88	67	19	122	529	9	183	68	0
2022-08	1,356	118	265	79	65	17	119	490	10	163	60	0
2022-09	1,285	110	250	72	60	18	117	463	10	158	57	0
2022-10	1,275	112	246	70	60	18	116	457	9	160	58	0
2022-11	1,250	109	236	70	59	19	113	450	9	160	55	0
2022-12	1,241	106	237	69	58	18	110	452	9	158	55	0
2023-01	1,242	104	238	71	57	17	109	457	9	158	54	0
2023-02	1,229	101	232	68	56	15	110	455	8	158	50	0
2023-03	1,185	99	218	65	56	14	103	439	8	152	46	0
2023-04	1,147	89	208	65	57	14	98	425	8	147	46	0
2023-05	1,124	85	206	63	54	12	88	420	7	142	46	0
2023-06	1,089	84	193	58	55	13	87	404	7	136	46	0
2023-07	1,065	83	199	61	55	14	92	399	8	147	46	0
2023-08	1,011	79	182	59	45	15	86	388	8	142	45	0
2023-09	993	76	185	57	47	14	83	375	7	142	44	0

Table 6: Health care practitioners associated with active personal/designated registrations who authorized amounts equal to or above 25 grams per day
Year-month	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	ON	QC	SK	YK
2018-10	366	13	179	9	2	2	10	119	30	5	0
2018-11	363	12	174	9	2	2	13	121	29	5	0
2018-12	371	12	178	9	2	2	13	125	29	5	0
2019-01	379	12	181	9	2	2	12	131	29	5	0
2019-02	392	12	185	9	3	2	12	138	30	5	0
2019-03	408	12	193	11	4	2	12	145	29	5	0
2019-04	390	13	188	8	3	2	11	140	26	5	0
2019-05	387	12	184	8	3	2	11	141	28	4	0
2019-06	391	13	183	7	3	2	12	142	28	7	0
2019-07	404	17	190	8	3	2	12	144	27	7	0
2019-08	408	17	191	9	4	2	12	145	27	7	0
2019-09	408	16	192	10	4	2	12	144	27	7	0
2019-10	413	16	193	10	4	2	11	146	31	6	0
2019-11	424	17	196	11	4	2	9	150	33	8	0
2019-12	438	16	204	11	4	2	10	154	35	8	0
2020-01	447	17	210	11	4	2	10	152	38	8	0
2020-02	451	17	209	12	3	2	9	156	39	9	0
2020-03	458	17	214	12	3	3	9	156	39	9	0
2020-04	440	17	204	12	2	3	9	153	37	9	0
2020-05	439	19	201	12	2	3	9	152	38	9	0
2020-06	435	19	199	12	2	3	9	148	40	9	0
2020-07	479	19	218	13	3	4	9	162	47	11	0
2020-08	481	19	220	13	3	4	9	162	47	11	0
2020-09	488	19	227	13	3	4	9	162	47	11	0
2020-10	484	19	227	13	3	3	9	158	48	11	0
2020-11	486	18	228	14	3	3	9	160	47	10	1
2020-12	478	18	219	14	2	3	9	162	47	10	1
2021-01	424	18	189	12	1	3	8	143	47	9	1
2021-02	395	18	174	12	1	3	7	135	42	9	1
2021-03	386	18	170	10	0	3	7	131	45	9	1
2021-04	397	19	177	9	2	3	7	132	46	10	1
2021-05	409	18	180	10	2	3	8	140	46	10	1
2021-06	415	20	182	10	3	3	8	140	47	10	1
2021-07	407	19	181	10	3	3	10	138	43	8	1
2021-08	411	19	180	10	3	2	10	143	45	7	1
2021-09	424	20	183	10	3	2	11	151	45	7	1
2021-10	413	21	178	9	4	2	11	146	45	5	1
2021-11	394	21	168	9	4	2	11	141	41	6	1
2021-12	388	21	165	8	4	0	11	141	42	6	0
2022-01	376	20	157	7	4	0	12	140	40	6	0
2022-02	376	21	154	7	4	0	13	142	39	5	0
2022-03	365	20	148	6	5	0	14	137	39	5	0
2022-04	353	21	138	6	5	1	14	136	36	6	0
2022-05	330	19	127	6	5	1	15	131	32	4	0
2022-06	326	19	124	6	5	1	14	131	32	4	0
2022-07	310	20	115	5	5	1	13	125	31	4	0
2022-08	290	19	108	6	5	1	11	119	26	4	0
2022-09	280	19	100	6	5	1	10	119	25	4	0
2022-10	272	19	99	5	4	1	10	113	26	4	0
2022-11	264	19	94	5	4	1	10	110	26	4	0
2022-12	264	19	96	5	4	1	9	111	24	4	0
2023-01	263	20	94	5	4	1	10	111	25	3	0
2023-02	263	20	93	5	4	1	10	113	24	3	0
2023-03	259	19	87	5	6	1	10	111	23	4	0
2023-04	254	17	85	5	6	1	11	110	23	3	0
2023-05	253	16	84	4	5	0	11	109	24	3	0
2023-06	243	15	82	4	5	0	11	105	21	3	0
2023-07	236	16	81	4	5	1	12	103	20	2	0
2023-08	226	15	70	5	4	1	12	104	19	3	0
2023-09	226	14	72	5	4	1	11	104	19	3	0

Table 7: Health care practitioners associated with active personal/designated registrations who authorized amounts equal to or above 100 grams per day
Year-month	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NS	ON	QC	SK
2018-10	27	1	11	0	0	15	1	1
2018-11	30	2	12	0	1	15	1	1
2018-12	31	2	13	0	1	15	1	1
2019-01	32	2	13	0	1	16	1	1
2019-02	33	2	13	0	1	17	1	1
2019-03	34	2	14	0	1	17	1	1
2019-04	31	2	14	0	1	14	1	1
2019-05	35	2	15	0	1	17	1	1
2019-06	36	2	15	0	1	18	1	1
2019-07	37	2	15	0	1	19	1	1
2019-08	37	2	15	0	1	18	2	1
2019-09	39	1	18	0	1	18	2	1
2019-10	40	1	18	1	1	18	2	1
2019-11	45	1	20	1	1	21	2	1
2019-12	45	0	20	1	1	23	2	1
2020-01	47	0	20	1	1	24	2	1
2020-02	47	0	20	1	1	24	2	1
2020-03	47	0	21	1	1	23	2	1
2020-04	48	0	21	1	1	23	2	1
2020-05	48	0	21	1	1	23	2	1
2020-06	49	0	21	1	1	24	2	1
2020-07	49	0	21	1	1	24	2	1
2020-08	49	0	21	1	1	24	2	1
2020-09	52	0	23	1	1	25	2	1
2020-10	55	0	23	2	1	27	2	1
2020-11	57	0	24	2	1	28	2	1
2020-12	57	1	23	2	1	29	2	0
2021-01	49	1	22	1	0	23	2	0
2021-02	45	1	20	1	0	23	0	0
2021-03	39	1	16	1	0	21	0	0
2021-04	35	1	15	1	0	18	0	0
2021-05	36	1	15	1	0	19	0	0
2021-06	36	1	15	1	0	19	0	0
2021-07	35	1	14	1	0	19	0	0
2021-08	35	1	14	1	0	19	0	0
2021-09	35	0	14	1	0	20	0	0
2021-10	28	0	12	0	0	16	0	0
2021-11	27	0	11	0	0	16	0	0
2021-12	25	0	10	0	0	15	0	0
2022-01	26	0	11	0	0	15	0	0
2022-02	25	0	11	0	0	14	0	0
2022-03	25	0	11	0	0	14	0	0
2022-04	25	0	11	0	0	14	0	0
2022-05	25	0	11	0	0	14	0	0
2022-06	25	0	11	0	0	14	0	0
2022-07	24	0	11	0	0	13	0	0
2022-08	24	0	10	0	0	14	0	0
2022-09	21	0	9	0	0	12	0	0
2022-10	21	0	9	0	0	11	1	0
2022-11	21	0	9	0	0	11	1	0
2022-12	20	0	9	0	0	11	0	0
2023-01	20	0	9	0	0	11	0	0
2023-02	20	0	9	0	0	11	0	0
2023-03	20	0	9	0	0	11	0	0
2023-04	19	0	8	0	0	11	0	0
2023-05	19	0	8	0	0	11	0	0
2023-06	18	0	8	0	0	10	0	0
2023-07	15	0	7	0	0	8	0	0
2023-08	13	0	6	0	0	7	0	0
2023-09	13	0	6	0	0	7	0	0

Administrative Data

Table 8: Personal/Designated Production Program Administrative Data
Year-month	Registration applications processed	Registration application related calls answered	Completed registration applications processed within 8 weeks (%)	Registration refusals	Registration revocations
2018-10	2,466	649	98.4%	10	1
2018-11	2,842	392	95.9%	19	0
2018-12	2,539	217	98.7%	11	0
2019-01	3,013	620	93.6%	15	1
2019-02	3,639	570	98.0%	8	2
2019-03	4,107	688	98.9%	13	2
2019-04	4,086	586	99.0%	17	2
2019-05	3,746	1,078	98.0%	13	4
2019-06	3,550	1,887	98.0%	2	3
2019-07	4,541	2,106	92.6%	7	4
2019-08	4,147	1,696	91.2%	7	6
2019-09	3,660	1,280	79.8%	16	2
2019-10	4,153	1,513	93.0%	1	0
2019-11	3,840	1,666	95.8%	13	2
2019-12	4,656	1,492	94.0%	6	1
2020-01	4,755	1,786	97.8%	12	1
2020-02	4,591	1,256	96.6%	18	2
2020-03	2,032	1,513	94.7%	3	0
2020-04	1,569	1,823	12.0%	0	1
2020-05	1,205	2,130	11.0%	0	2
2020-06	2,476	2,689	9.0%	18	10
2020-07	6,451	3,813	0.0%	13	0
2020-08	4,807	2,180	12.0%	0	0
2020-09	4,204	2,387	20.0%	7	8
2020-10	5,402	1,753	1%	37	8
2020-11	4,829	1,649	15%	4	6
2020-12	4,540	1,514	20%	0	0
2021-01	4,718	1,600	45.1%	3	3
2021-02	5,029	1,425	45.0%	8	4
2021-03	6,141	1,523	51.5%	8	6
2021-04	5,815	1,187	55.5%	0	0
2021-05	5,318	1,156	61.7%	4	4
2021-06	5,614	1,119	68.1%	0	8
2021-07	4,681	1,040	71.8%	0	1
2021-08	6,941	918	75.3%	18	4
2021-09	4,453	607	82.3%	26	4
2021-10	2,497	568	96.8%	11	17
2021-11	2,244	511	97.1%	46	21
2021-12	1,570	359	97.8%	30	0
2022-01	1,421	550	97.0%	24	3
2022-02	1,839	541	98.2%	50	7
2022-03	3,145	629	98.9%	21	7
2022-04	2,291	528	98.2%	34	0
2022-05	1,903	538	98.8%	35	3
2022-06	1,999	520	91.6%	49	0
2022-07	2,181	517	92.7%	30	5
2022-08	2,581	546	98.8%	245	16
2022-09	2,326	442	47.2%	204	0
2022-10	2,284	369	70.0%	71	7
2022-11	1,463	372	95.7%	7	4
2022-12	1,118	280	96.9%	57	4
2023-01	1,545	381	96.9%	48	5
2023-02	833	330	98.2%	48	1
2023-03	2,416	485	97.9%	60	4
2023-04	1,037	289	98.5%	231	0
2023-05	1,262	660	96.4%	21	7
2023-06	993	560	41.5%	58	5
2023-07	1,376	553	14.8%	71	5
2023-08	1,043	571	14.2%	133	1
2023-09	1,542	481	16.5%	136	3

Domestic and International Shipments

Table 9: Total number of shipments of cannabis for medical purposes from a federal licence holder, by province and territory of destination
Year-month	CAN	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	NT	NU	ON	PEI	QC	SK	YK
2018-10	143,752	37,629	5,432	5,127	3,917	2,060	5,749	315	50	73,434	717	5,822	3,430	70
2018-11	123,776	31,259	5,391	4,048	3,668	1,775	4,920	234	48	63,900	561	5,135	2,785	52
2018-12	117,760	29,099	5,068	4,048	3,543	1,637	4,968	122	122	60,560	569	5,146	2,821	57
2019-01	126,898	30,599	6,001	4,252	3,939	1,941	5,411	129	34	65,785	609	5,193	2,935	70
2019-02	121,293	27,664	6,002	4,202	3,977	1,978	5,516	129	36	63,091	606	5,525	2,507	60
2019-03	128,158	29,094	6,387	4,563	4,332	1,951	5,680	99	28	66,900	688	5,694	2,675	67
2019-04	128,969	27,846	5,908	4,802	4,395	2,017	5,685	94	33	68,690	617	6,098	2,717	67
2019-05	131,450	27,765	6,380	4,655	4,566	1,916	5,826	97	31	70,098	688	6,606	2,749	73
2019-06	118,758	24,646	6,105	4,276	4,205	1,732	5,212	97	32	63,480	627	5,806	2,490	50
2019-07	122,216	25,647	6,248	4,377	4,570	1,755	4,178	68	41	64,527	697	6,270	2,506	60
2019-08	108,938	21,016	5,551	3,949	4,200	1,625	3,871	61	14	58,552	578	5,752	2,434	64
2019-09	108,346	21,135	5,518	3,984	4,247	1,712	3,910	58	25	57,575	587	5,964	2,306	55
2019-10	113,338	22,034	5,936	3,952	4,612	1,786	5,577	64	17	59,890	586	6,430	2,397	57
2019-11	119,202	23,488	6,388	4,250	4,805	1,942	5,629	81	31	62,257	667	6,978	2,623	63
2019-12	119,026	23,930	6,538	4,201	4,823	1,880	5,729	89	28	61,335	648	6,942	2,676	207
2020-01	110,210	20,644	5,752	3,895	4,809	1,867	5,720	64	30	57,647	643	6,933	2,155	51
2020-02	98,209	18,070	5,339	3,390	4,191	1,338	5,025	71	24	51,771	556	6,332	2,057	45
2020-03	128,236	23,429	6,942	4,587	5,138	2,347	4,722	102	45	67,716	752	8,047	2,695	66
2020-04	129,058	21,059	6,173	4,303	4,777	2,359	6,158	94	43	72,854	688	8,002	2,498	50
2020-05	108,718	18,893	5,723	3,651	4,504	2,104	5,476	90	37	58,232	636	7,155	2,190	46
2020-06	104,500	16,382	5,563	3,480	4,461	2,116	5,338	81	25	57,160	548	7,221	2,087	38
2020-07	107,892	17,336	6,062	3,821	4,623	1,928	5,319	82	23	58,571	601	7,063	2,414	49
2020-08	105,495	17,803	5,894	3,881	4,646	2,106	5,638	94	22	54,509	628	7,961	2,261	52
2020-09	105,853	16,651	5,863	3,790	4,665	2,076	5,598	89	24	56,877	572	7,513	2,077	58
2020-10	98,081	16,700	5,990	3,711	4,733	2,047	5,561	80	22	48,682	591	7,949	1,969	46
2020-11	105,388	18,102	6,498	4,266	4,815	2,208	6,125	85	28	51,897	654	8,379	2,192	139
2020-12	103,724	17,559	6,347	4,027	4,926	2,137	5,928	72	18	51,793	497	7,914	2,382	124
2021-01	95,191	15,131	5,837	3,518	4,931	2,049	5,751	68	19	47,293	609	7,874	2,066	45
2021-02	85,708	11,613	4,357	2,739	4,541	2,059	5,588	58	19	45,053	614	7,782	1,245	40
2021-03	110,760	17,732	6,898	4,126	5,341	2,751	6,905	79	28	54,798	767	9,015	2,260	60
2021-04	103,339	16,138	6,235	3,595	4,949	2,606	6,454	69	18	52,113	680	8,392	2,042	48
2021-05	85,696	13,338	5,184	3,122	4,190	1,808	5,309	63	22	42,781	541	7,604	1,687	47
2021-06	95,674	12,546	5,210	2,907	4,869	2,111	5,926	58	20	51,536	620	8,216	1,608	47
2021-07	97,270	12,497	5,514	3,033	5,039	2,136	5,868	48	19	52,644	603	8,025	1,781	63
2021-08	91,523	13,181	5,604	3,241	4,897	2,174	6,005	57	20	45,712	646	8,129	1,809	48
2021-09	94,420	13,529	5,940	3,201	5,043	2,322	6,174	57	14	47,525	635	8,059	1,884	47
2021-10	81,425	11,195	5,050	2,750	4,770	2,043	5,697	53	13	40,418	587	7,243	1,553	53
2021-11	92,781	13,203	5,624	3,170	5,221	2,298	6,326	58	19	45,460	718	8,819	1,796	69
2021-12	91,560	12,198	5,441	3,259	5,120	2,257	6,489	49	18	45,333	604	8,998	1,754	40
2022-01	91,191	11,663	5,366	3,193	5,106	2,103	6,024	48	14	45,978	591	9,387	1,671	47
2022-02	83,658	10,432	4,868	2,722	4,574	2,016	5,692	54	19	42,080	621	8,996	1,552	32
2022-03	97,927	11,980	5,530	3,110	5,431	2,414	6,520	61	16	49,722	670	10,762	1,673	38
2022-04	88,490	11,237	5,266	2,956	4,921	2,045	6,003	50	16	43,073	627	10,747	1,500	49
2022-05	100,865	11,410	5,508	2,770	5,273	2,195	6,287	65	16	53,605	695	11,369	1,628	44
2022-06	88,988	10,465	5,167	2,663	5,221	2,146	6,304	58	10	42,806	686	11,884	1,528	50
2022-07	82,923	9,552	4,941	2,474	4,971	2,122	6,046	47	6	38,579	635	12,070	1,447	33
2022-08	88,284	10,835	5,599	2,634	5,270	2,265	6,496	50	10	41,653	689	11,096	1,644	43
2022-09	88,813	10,392	5,410	2,595	5,207	2,188	6,171	43	10	40,565	626	14,037	1,527	42
2022-10	86,638	9,802	5,257	2,489	4,924	2,164	6,076	70	7	38,858	632	14,736	1,576	47
2022-11	99,153	11,407	6,101	2,886	5,869	2,725	7,337	56	6	44,023	703	16,186	1,816	38
2022-12	85,705	9,059	5,116	2,466	4,818	1,911	6,060	42	6	37,566	577	16,534	1,522	28
2023-01	63,572	7,366	3,906	1,680	4,393	1,764	5,548	30	5	31,072	559	5,977	1,237	35
2023-02	78,094	8,305	4,263	1,926	4,788	2,049	5,880	27	7	32,514	569	6,887	1,308	55
2023-03	79,567	9,342	5,216	2,280	5,433	2,250	6,754	42	12	38,124	664	8,008	1,416	26
2023-04	71,439	8,522	4,695	2,048	5,037	2,056	6,305	31	15	33,433	620	7,340	1,311	26
2023-05	76,661	9,144	4,989	2,179	5,638	2,235	6,993	35	25	35,219	704	8,121	1,356	23
2023-06	71,238	8,338	4,685	1,990	5,370	2,150	6,621	53	32	32,263	683	7,792	1,233	28
2023-07	67,454	7,821	4,521	1,917	5,176	2,027	6,407	31	28	30,363	638	7,451	1,047	27
2023-08	72,280	8,521	4,716	1,968	5,576	2,273	7,011	21	35	32,261	703	7,886	1,281	28
2023-09	65,880	7,528	4,291	1,851	5,240	2,145	6,553	23	32	29,096	601	7,296	1,195	29

Under the Cannabis Act, it is prohibited to export or import cannabis for any purposes other than medical or scientific purposes or in respect of industrial hemp. The figures below include imports and exports for medical or scientific purposes, by permitted quantities and endorsed quantities, but do not include industrial hemp. In the figures below, "permitted quantities" refer to cannabis allowed for export or import by the export or import permits issued by Health Canada and "endorsed quantities" means that Health Canada has received confirmation that the permits were used and the amount of product that was exported or imported. Although cannabis oil ceased to be a separate class on October 17, 2019, in October 2020 Health Canada communicated a temporary adjustment to its administration and enforcement approach for inventory classified as oil due to the logistical concerns connected with COVID-19. As such, Health Canada is reporting statistic for the importation and exportation of cannabis oil.

Table 10: Kilograms of dried cannabis permitted for import and export
Year-month	Total quantity for import	Total quantity for export
2019-10	1.35	306.00
2019-11	3.00	571.13
2019-12	0.05	434.01
2020-01	0.00	1,000.03
2020-02	14.54	2,258.79
2020-03	0.00	536.50
2020-04	0.00	2,258.84
2020-05	0.13	999.47
2020-06	0.00	1,019.54
2020-07	0.70	2,233.49
2020-08	0.35	2,053.30
2020-09	0.04	601.95
2020-10	0.00	4,120.96
2020-11	1.00	2,871.32
2020-12	0.00	1,256.16
2021-01	0.01	2,530.20
2021-02	0.00	1,477.11
2021-03	20.00	3,529.39
2021-04	0.41	3,712.89
2021-05	1.73	4,114.08
2021-06	0.18	4,432.12
2021-07	0.50	5,513.85
2021-08	0.00	4,117.90
2021-09	0.00	3,678.37
2021-10	0.20	7,663.85
2021-11	0.00	5,897.16
2021-12	0.00	6,415.43
2022-01	0.29	10,540.14
2022-02	0.08	7,693.37
2022-03	0.04	7,378.97
2022-04	0.00	6,996.90
2022-05	0.00	10,353.11
2022-06	0.14	9,394.81
2022-07	0.06	8,061.94
2022-08	1.40	8,409.90
2022-09	0.00	10,832.29
2022-10	0.00	9,458.35
2022-11	2.07	14,766.67
2022-12	0.22	12,085.93
2023-01	0.01	17,271.74
2023-02	0.00	23,529.69
2023-03	1.64	11,834.99
2023-04	0.00	10,437.60
2023-05	0.14	10,600.11
2023-06	0.00	20,818.14
2023-07	0.62	17,260.13
2023-08	0.66	17,640.39
2023-09	0.00	18,553.68
Note: Permits for importation were issued for scientific purposes only.

Table 11: Kilograms of dried cannabis imported and exported, endorsed quantities
Year-month	Total quantity imported	Total quantity exported
2018-10	0.00	0.00
2018-11	0.00	20.00
2018-12	0.00	154.15
2019-01	0.00	121.45
2019-02	0.00	40.00
2019-03	0.00	178.67
2019-04	0.00	410.41
2019-05	0.00	217.06
2019-06	0.00	536.71
2019-07	0.00	494.98
2019-08	0.00	459.29
2019-09	0.00	349.84
2019-10	0.00	295.36
2019-11	19.00	1,323.36
2019-12	0.38	2,373.23
2020-01	0.00	1,540.93
2020-02	1.30	399.98
2020-03	0.00	852.56
2020-04	0.00	1,063.57
2020-05	0.00	733.95
2020-06	0.00	1,419.61
2020-07	4.62	229.68
2020-08	0.00	2,461.35
2020-09	0.00	1,233.47
2020-10	0.00	654.20
2020-11	0.00	4,468.08
2020-12	0.84	626.62
2021-01	0.00	1,117.34
2021-02	0.00	818.43
2021-03	0.00	761.45
2021-04	0.02	1,485.30
2021-05	0.63	3,103.72
2021-06	0.04	3,195.52
2021-07	0.12	2,870.54
2021-08	0.00	2,556.91
2021-09	0.00	3,314.93
2021-10	0.00	3,664.39
2021-11	0.00	4,853.89
2021-12	0.00	3,193.31
2022-01	0.24	3,482.96
2022-02	0.00	6,389.12
2022-03	0.00	2,529.05
2022-04	0.00	3,141.37
2022-05	0.00	4,158.65
2022-06	0.00	5,127.36
2022-07	0.04	3,683.98
2022-08	0.00	2,511.56
2022-09	0.00	3,220.95
2022-10	0.00	4,046.26
2022-11	0.00	7,896.28
2022-12	0.02	7,851.28
2023-01	0.00	4,831.39
2023-02	0.00	7,990.04
2023-03	0.80	5,527.27
2023-04	0.04	4,156.92
2023-05	0.00	4,899.22
2023-06	0.00	5,920.50
2023-07	0.05	7,228.65
2023-08	0.00	6,453.81
2023-09	0.00	6,478.50
Note: Permits for importation were issued for scientific purposes only.

Table 12: Litres of cannabis oil permitted for import and export
Year-month	Total quantity imported	Total quantity exported
2018-10	0.00	0.00
2018-11	0.00	81.10
2018-12	0.00	274.66
2019-01	0.00	134.14
2019-02	0.00	166.68
2019-03	0.00	1,031.34
2019-04	0.00	544.73
2019-05	0.00	551.01
2019-06	0.00	2,587.48
2019-07	0.36	3,206.04
2019-08	0.00	189.98
2019-09	0.75	1,072.67
2019-10	0.00	1,966.82
2019-11	0.35	1,211.01
2019-12	0.00	247.89
2020-01	0.00	214.94
2020-02	0.00	1,963.43
2020-03	0.00	581.17
2020-04	0.00	2,339.91
2020-05	0.00	3,104.65
2020-06	0.50	1,949.37
2020-07	0.00	1,912.82
2020-08	0.35	1,104.09
2020-09	0.00	1,062.06
2020-10	0.00	1,421.31
2020-11	1.00	4,730.27
2020-12	0.00	1,957.68
2021-01	0.00	200.05
2021-02	0.00	1,056.09
2021-03	3.92	5,922.21
2021-04	0.00	2,106.21
2021-05	0.00	2,877.76
2021-06	2.54	908.59
2021-07	3.93	1,717.72
2021-08	0.20	2,425.62
2021-09	0.99	1,596.00
2021-10	0.07	5,015.86
2021-11	0.00	1,525.15
2021-12	0.00	2,712.36
2022-01	0.00	6,657.13
2022-02	1.52	1,789.23
2022-03	19.55	664.40
2022-04	1.22	1,656.95
2022-05	0.00	2,006.00
2022-06	0.02	291.78
2022-07	0.22	1,403.14
2022-08	0.00	3,629.89
2022-09	10.00	929.25
2022-10	0.00	2,500.84
2022-11	0.48	1,295.65
2022-12	0.00	2,819.02
2023-01	0.39	3,018.35
2023-02	12.15	4,963.06
2023-03	5.37	964.62
2023-04	49.50	2,194.95
2023-05	0.00	3,387.13
2023-06	0.90	2,690.68
2023-07	1.20	1,614.35
2023-08	0.00	1,266.04
2023-09	0.00	3,596.25
Note: Permits for importation were issued for scientific purposes only.

Table 13: Litres of cannabis oil imported and exported, endorsed quantities
Year-month	Total quantity imported	Total quantity exported
2018-10	0.00	0.00
2018-11	0.00	0.10
2018-12	0.00	158.04
2019-01	0.00	1.50
2019-02	0.00	128.17
2019-03	0.00	250.45
2019-04	0.00	79.23
2019-05	0.00	600.10
2019-06	0.00	257.08
2019-07	0.00	405.89
2019-08	0.00	916.64
2019-09	0.00	257.36
2019-10	0.00	335.86
2019-11	0.00	1,253.93
2019-12	0.00	893.49
2020-01	0.00	213.62
2020-02	0.00	26.00
2020-03	0.00	736.32
2020-04	0.00	313.73
2020-05	0.00	1,145.63
2020-06	0.20	1,748.86
2020-07	0.00	1,631.52
2020-08	0.00	611.43
2020-09	0.00	1,133.75
2020-10	0.00	636.84
2020-11	0.00	1,464.77
2020-12	1.00	1,187.37
2021-01	0.00	0.00
2021-02	0.00	12.64
2021-03	0.00	1,249.20
2021-04	0.00	1,051.72
2021-05	0.00	831.76
2021-06	1.22	525.61
2021-07	0.00	667.23
2021-08	0.09	889.58
2021-09	0.00	209.46
2021-10	0.06	1,846.69
2021-11	0.00	641.38
2021-12	0.00	67.69
2022-01	0.09	186.23
2022-02	0.00	162.06
2022-03	0.07	1,190.12
2022-04	10.00	258.30
2022-05	0.01	386.57
2022-06	1.22	815.54
2022-07	0.31	157.50
2022-08	0.00	719.32
2022-09	0.00	179.11
2022-10	0.00	2,068.42
2022-11	0.00	1,836.25
2022-12	0.00	638.88
2023-01	0.01	667.95
2023-02	12.11	1,089.68
2023-03	0.14	471.84
2023-04	0.00	1,122.43
2023-05	0.00	285.73
2023-06	0.00	613.44
2023-07	1.25	577.42
2023-08	0.00	377.71
2023-09	0.00	1,007.74
Note: Permits for importation were issued for scientific purposes only.

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