Canada saw a slight increase in legal marijuana sales between April and May, according to new data released by Statistics Canada, a government entity.
According to Statistics Canada, legal marijuana stores throughout the nation sold CA$415.6 ($314.7 million) worth of marijuana and marijuana products. This is a 1.2% increase over April, despite April typically being a busy month for marijuana sales due to the 4/20 marijuana holiday. The CA$415 million sold is also a11.2% increase over the total sales numbers for May, 2022.
In May, Ontario had the largest number of sales at CA$162.5 million, a 1.5% increase from April. This is followed by Alberta with CA$74.3 million (2.3% increase from May) and British Columbia CA$64.8 million (a 5.4% decrease from April).
The rest of the top 10:
- Saskatchewan: CA$19.2 million (1.3% increase)
- Manitoba: CA$16 million (0.1% increase)
- Nova Scotia: CA$9.6 million (5.2% increase)
- New Brunswick: CA$7.1 million (4.6% increase)
- Newfoundland: CA$6.3 million (4.1% increase)
- Prince Edward Island: CA$1.2 million (36% decrease)
- Yukon: CA$996,000 (7.7% increase)
Sales data for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut were not recorded.
Year-to-date marijuana sales in Canada is now at almost CA$2 billion. This puts the country on track to surpass the CA$4.5 billion in legal marijuana sold throughout 2022.
Canada’s marijuana legalized law, passed by parliament and signed into law by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, took effect in October, 2018.
