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To buy weed online in Alberta next week, you’ll need to set up an account and submit to an age-verification process that includes uploading a driver’s licence or a verification check with credit rating agency Equifax.

In Ontario, no proof will be required.

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The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) will verify the age of customers by forcing people to say that they’re 19 years old three different times, but nobody will need to give actual evidence of their age until a Canada Post mailman shows up at your door and asks you to sign for the package.

If the recipient looks as though they’re younger than 25 years old, Canada Post will ask to see proof that they’re over 19.

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With legal sales of recreational cannabis set to start on Oct. 17, in many provinces these sorts of questions remain unanswered, with provincial governments providing sparse detail about the actual logistics of online sales.

In Ontario, at a briefing for media on Thursday, the OCS gave a preview of what their website will look like starting Oct. 17, when recreational cannabis is legalized in Canada.