The CCSI was assessed at C$5.38 per gram this week, down 0.8% from last week’s C$5.42 per gram. This week’s price equates to US$1,781 per pound at the current exchange rate.
Each week, Business of Cannabis delivers a series of insights from our partners at Cannabis Benchmarks®.
This week Cannabis Benchmarks analyzed Statistics Canada’s data on household spending to determine the trends in the country’s cannabis market. The data is released every quarter and the most recent dataset provides an overview of consumer spending patterns through Q2 2022. The data set continues to demonstrate strong growth in overall cannabis sales in both legal and illegal markets. Canadians spent C$1.97B on cannabis products in Q2 2022. This is an increase of C$119M, or 6%, from the previous year.
Taking a deeper look at the statistics, we can see that legal recreational cannabis sales account for all of the growth. Legal recreational sales increased by 23% between Q1 2022 and Q2 2022, while illicit recreational sales decreased by 15% and sales for medical use decreased by 7% over the same time frame. Better accessibility, cheaper prices, and higher quality are driving growth in the legal recreational market, with that growth coming at the expense of both the legal medical and illicit sectors. In Q2 2022, more than two-thirds of all cannabis sales (recreational + medicinal) were legal. As more shop licenses are issued by provincial governments like British Columbia and Ontario, we believe that this trend will continue.
Cannabis Benchmarks estimates that the total Canadian cannabis market in 2023 will exceed C$8.3B, inclusive of the legal adult use and medical sectors, as well as the illicit market. Of this amount, the pie for legal supply continues to grow with 69% of sales expected to be generated by the legal recreational market next year.
Source: Canada Cannabis Spot Index, Cannabis Benchmarks
See previous weekly updates from Cannabis Benchmarks:
- A look at legal vs illegal recreational cannabis spending
- A look at Canada’s latest retail cannabis sales data
- A complete view of trends following the introduction of cannabis 2.0 products.
- The ongoing battle between legal and illegal cannabis sales in Ontario
- How legal cannabis sales in Canada have impacted alcohol sales
- Understanding the current cannabis store county in Canada right now
- Canadian cannabis market fundamentals right now
- How the growth of outdoor cannabis cultivation impacts Canadian cannabis
- Canadian cannabis retail store count right now
- Flattening cannabis sales part of a common trend?
- Cannabis sales and store insights from BC
- Cannabis store count in Alberta right now
- A look at monthly cannabis sales in Canada
- How to compare annual cumulative cannabis sales in Canada
- Canadian cannabis consumer and patient trends right now
- Daily cannabis spend per consumer in BC now
- Canadian retail store counts right now
- A look at average daily cannabis sales in Canada
- Future growth of cannabis retail in Alberta
- Retail store counts in Canada right now
- The mix of cannabis products in Ontario right now
- How to understand legal and illicit cannabis sales
- Comparing legal and illicit cannabis purchases right now
- A look at cannabis retail store counts in Canada
- A look at daily cannabis retail sales in Canada
- Legacy and legal cannabis sales three years after legalization?
- How to understand cannabis’ impact on alcohol sales in Canada
- Understanding cannabis retail store growth in Canada
- A look at average monthly spend per cannabis consumer
- A look at processing licenses issued by Health Canada
- A look at cultivation licenses issued by Health Canada
- Understanding medical versus recreational sales right now
- A look at daily cannabis sales by Province
- How to view dry cannabis sales across Canada
- A look at percentage of legal versus illicit cannabis sales
- A look at the pace of growth for cannabis retail
- A look at monthly cannabis sales in Ontario
- What is the optimal number of cannabis stores in Canada?
- How to compare daily cannabis retail sales by Province
