Retail sales of recreational cannabis totaled 412.1 million Canadian dollars ($305.8 million) in November, a decline of 6.2% from October.
The November sales figure represents a 10.1% increase in legal sales of adult-use cannabis compared to November 2022, according to retail sales data released Friday by Statistics Canada.
October’s sales figure was revised to CA$439.3 million, down from the previously reported figure of CA$448.6 million.
Month-over-month marijuana sales declined in every Canadian jurisdiction except Saskatchewan and Quebec.
Saskatchewan sales increased 10.6% to CA$19.1 million; Quebec sales grew 1.9% to CA$52.1 million.
In Ontario, Canada’s largest cannabis market, sales were down 13% from October, to CA$154.5 million.
In the No. 2 market of Alberta, sales were down 3.7%, to CA$73.7 million.
The third-largest market, British Columbia, experienced a 3.1% monthly sales decline to CA$67.5 million.
November cannabis sales and month-over-month sales declines in the remaining provinces were:
- Manitoba: CA$17.2 million (-2%)
- New Brunswick: CA$7.2 million (-4.3%)
- Nova Scotia: CA$9.6 million (-5.6%)
- Prince Edward Island: CA$2 million (-6.2%)
- Newfoundland: CA$7 million (-5.2%)
In Yukon territory, sales declined 10.2%, to CA$1 million.
Statistics Canada did not report cannabis sales data for Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
