Data collected is for these types of cannabis in the legal industry:

dried cannabis

edible cannabis

cannabis extracts

cannabis topicals

cannabis plants

cannabis seeds

Data for all categories includes:

medical sales

non-medical sales

packaged inventory (formerly finished inventory)

unpackaged inventory (formerly unfinished inventory)

licensed area

Definitions of terms appear at the start of each data page.

Figures given in this update reflect the data reported through the Cannabis Tracking System.

Recent highlights For the June 2020 reporting period: In total, 8,622,543 packaged units of cannabis were sold across Canada for medical and non-medical purposes. Dried cannabis sales represent 73% of total sales, with 6,272,755 packaged units sold. Cannabis extracts sales represent 14% of total sales, with 1,223,252 packaged units sold. Edible cannabis sales represent 13% of total sales, with 1,113,054 packaged units sold.

Nationally, 44,965,769 packaged units of cannabis products were held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers. Distributors and retailers hold 40% of the total inventory of packaged units of cannabis products. The total inventory of packaged units of dried cannabis held by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers represents 4.4 times total sales. Likewise, total inventory of packaged units of cannabis extracts represents 8.0 times total sales.

Licensed indoor and outdoor cultivation area held by licence holders stood at 1,965,436 m 2 and 487 hectares (4,870,000 m 2 ).

and 487 hectares (4,870,000 m ). The number of unpackaged plants held by federal licence holders stood at 6,759,317 at the end of June 2020.

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.

Additional cannabis data is available on the Cannabis research and data page.

While we strive to add updates within 2 months of each reporting period, verification and validation of this data is ongoing. As a result, the data is subject to revision.