Canada Marijuana Sales Jump to $426 Million in June, $2.4 Billion Year-to-Date

Canada marijuana sales in June saw a 12% increase from the year prior.

In June licensed marijuana stores in Canada sold CA$426.6 million ($316.7 million) worth of marijuana and marijuana products. This includes dried flower prerolls and marijuana concentrates as well as marijuana-infused products such as edibles, tinctures and topicals.

The CA$426 million sold in June is a roughly CA$11 million increase from May, and a 12% increase over June, 2022. This also marks the fourth straight month that Canada’s marijuana sales exceeded CA$400 million.

Ontario saw the most marijuana sales of any Canadian province at CA$167.8 million, up 9.9% compared to June 2022. Alberta had the second-highest sales at CA$75.2, a 12% increase from the same period in 2022.

The rest of the top 10:

  • British Columbia: CA$66 million
  • Quebec: CA$53.4 million
  • Manitoba: CA$16.4 million
  • Nova Scotia: CA$9.8 million
  • New Brunswick: CA$7.6 million
  • Newfoundland: CA$6.6 million
  • Prince Edward Island: CA$3 million
  • Saskatchewan: CA$19.5 million
  • Yukon: CA$1.1 million Sales data for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut were not recorded.

Year-to-date marijuana sales for all of Canada now stand at $2.4 billion, a 9% increase over the same period in 2022.

According to a study published earlier this year in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review and published online ahead of print by the US National Library of Medicine, Toronto saw a 9% reduction in traffic crashes immediately following Canada’s legalization of marijuana.

 

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