Cannabis data overview: Inventory, sales and licensed area
Types of cannabis
Data categories
This update reflects the data reported under the Cannabis Tracking System Order in October 2024. Data is subject to revision as verification and validation occur on an ongoing basis. Please note that, except in rare instances, Health Canada generally does not make estimates for reporting parties that have not submitted their information into the Cannabis Tracking System.
Additional cannabis data is available on the Cannabis research and data page.
Recent highlights are for July 2024 to September 2024 reporting period.
The data on this page is also available on Open Government.
21,068,700 units sold (Up 4% from September 2023)

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Cannabis product type | Total medical and non-medical sales (units) | Percentage share of total sales |
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Dried cannabis | 10,812,600 | 51% |
Edible cannabis | 5,217,113 | 25% |
Cannabis Extracts | 4,956,964 | 24% |
Seeds | 2,933 | <0.1% |
Topicals | 78,988 | 0.4% |
Vegetative cannabis plant | 102 | <0.1% |
80,651,886 packaged units held in inventory by cultivators, processors, distributors and retailers (up 10% from September 2023)

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Cannabis product type | Total packaged inventory (units) | Percentage share of packaged inventory |
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Dried cannabis | 37,098,530 | 46% |
Edible cannabis | 22,433,799 | 28% |
Cannabis Extracts | 20,501,822 | 25% |
Seeds | 44,534 | 0.1% |
Topicals | 572,684 | 0.7% |
Vegetative cannabis plant | 517 | <0.1% |
Ratio of total packaged inventory to retail sales, for federal licence holders, distributors and retailers, by product type:
- Dried cannabis: 3.4 to 1
- Edibles: 4.3 to 1
- Extracts: 4.1 to 1
- Seeds: 15.2 to 1
- Topicals: 7.3 to 1
Sold by distributors and retailers to consumers

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Year-month | Non-medical sales (units) | |||||
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Dried cannabis | Edible cannabis | Cannabis extracts | Seeds | Topicals | Vegetative cannabis plants | |
2023-07 | 10,901,161 | 4,476,621 | 4,953,491 | 3,463 | 36,574 | 577 |
2023-08 | 11,056,474 | 4,555,589 | 5,055,646 | 2,794 | 38,831 | 196 |
2023-09 | 10,467,381 | 4,223,106 | 4,750,500 | 2,567 | 38,174 | 113 |
2023-10 | 10,685,884 | 4,482,196 | 4,948,716 | 2,581 | 35,812 | 168 |
2023-11 | 9,930,192 | 4,353,296 | 4,685,984 | 2,259 | 35,787 | 117 |
2023-12 | 10,289,754 | 5,059,537 | 5,045,624 | 2,195 | 43,729 | 145 |
2024-01 | 9,891,087 | 4,467,673 | 4,742,733 | 3,167 | 30,284 | 210 |
2024-02 | 9,782,426 | 4,555,582 | 4,052,181 | 6,270 | 30,035 | 123 |
2024-03 | 10,217,068 | 4,840,010 | 4,208,832 | 10,484 | 26,441 | 646 |
2024-04 | 10,330,089 | 4,843,098 | 4,247,580 | 12,294 | 28,849 | 3,752 |
2024-05 | 10,801,135 | 4,898,996 | 4,433,663 | 8,202 | 29,766 | 7,283 |
2024-06 | 10,847,152 | 5,071,800 | 4,435,057 | 4,669 | 28,690 | 6,655 |
2024-07 | 11,476,245 | 5,128,127 | 4,882,892 | 3,752 | 35,608 | 1,150 |
2024-08 | 11,638,186 | 5,177,062 | 4,991,503 | 3,161 | 37,241 | 150 |
2024-09 | 10,567,699 | 4,821,010 | 4,735,340 | 2,931 | 35,956 | 98 |
Sold by federal licence holders to registered medical clients

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Year-month | Medical sales (units) | |||||
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Dried cannabis | Edible cannabis | Cannabis extracts | Seeds | Topicals | Vegetative cannabis plants | |
2023-07 | 236,152 | 283,500 | 233,711 | 3 | 25,351 | 1,365 |
2023-08 | 236,928 | 311,454 | 265,526 | 5 | 24,327 | 2,133 |
2023-09 | 227,619 | 300,557 | 237,498 | 12 | 31,408 | 74 |
2023-10 | 248,403 | 315,292 | 238,532 | 16 | 28,215 | 28 |
2023-11 | 232,804 | 404,649 | 256,376 | 0 | 30,621 | 1,803 |
2023-12 | 220,774 | 359,643 | 237,272 | 2 | 34,149 | 2,513 |
2024-01 | 262,388 | 417,932 | 271,945 | 9 | 32,227 | 2,815 |
2024-02 | 233,332 | 416,869 | 231,963 | 7 | 35,200 | 2,170 |
2024-03 | 217,407 | 388,040 | 222,099 | 13 | 27,516 | 66 |
2024-04 | 287,625 | 455,093 | 260,426 | 83 | 41,074 | 69 |
2024-05 | 252,362 | 436,523 | 252,831 | 14 | 36,348 | 34 |
2024-06 | 237,960 | 417,049 | 231,365 | 16 | 36,961 | 436 |
2024-07 | 276,874 | 459,916 | 246,940 | 8 | 39,311 | 59 |
2024-08 | 249,965 | 391,208 | 243,115 | 13 | 39,307 | 120 |
2024-09 | 244,901 | 396,103 | 221,624 | 2 | 43,032 | 4 |

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Year-month | Packaged inventory (units) | Sales (units) | ||
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Federal licence holders | Provincial distributors and retailers | Medical | Non-medical | |
2023-07 | 40,579,819 | 32,664,005 | 780,082 | 20,371,887 |
2023-08 | 39,962,644 | 35,387,248 | 840,373 | 20,709,530 |
2023-09 | 40,372,312 | 32,790,304 | 797,168 | 19,481,841 |
2023-10 | 41,629,841 | 36,661,129 | 830,486 | 20,155,357 |
2023-11 | 42,138,411 | 38,657,677 | 926,253 | 19,007,635 |
2023-12 | 39,853,615 | 35,135,503 | 854,353 | 20,440,984 |
2024-01 | 40,598,775 | 37,404,153 | 987,316 | 19,135,154 |
2024-02 | 41,372,692 | 37,500,123 | 919,541 | 18,426,617 |
2024-03 | 41,162,173 | 36,994,847 | 855,351 | 19,303,482 |
2024-04 | 41,596,220 | 34,873,785 | 1,044,370 | 19,465,661 |
2024-05 | 41,416,870 | 37,142,956 | 978,112 | 20,179,045 |
2024-06 | 41,976,414 | 36,771,354 | 923,787 | 20,394,023 |
2024-07 | 41,967,652 | 36,321,229 | 1,023,108 | 21,527,775 |
2024-08 | 42,683,425 | 36,287,597 | 923,728 | 21,847,302 |
2024-09 | 43,323,304 | 37,328,582 | 905,666 | 20,163,034 |
Total licensed area:
- Indoor growing area: 1,417,833 m2
- Processing area: 360,506 m2
- Outdoor growing area: 612 hectares (6,116,100 m2)
Health Canada collects data on cannabis under the Cannabis Tracking System 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.
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