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With about six months to go until the legalization of recreational cannabis, only three smaller provinces — representing less than four per cent of Canada’s population — have signed contracts with licensed producers to lock down supply.

On Tuesday, Prince Edward Island became the third, agreeing to buy 3,000 kilograms all together from Canopy Growth Corp., Organigram Holdings Inc. and a local producer called Canada’s Island Garden.

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New Brunswick, which signed deals with Canopy, Organigram and Zenabis in September, added another contract with Nuuvera Inc. this past week as well.

Newfoundland and Labrador, meanwhile, locked up an 8,000-kilogram supply deal with Canopy in December.

For the larger provinces, however, the supply picture is murkier and the clock is ticking.

In Alberta, where the government is planning to control online cannabis sales, its Cannabis Secretariat is “working very closely with a number of licensed producers on supplying products,” spokesman Ryan Heise says.