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Choosing legal cannabis helps to protect you and your loved ones from avoidable health risks.

The purpose of this webpage is to help Canadian differentiate between legal and illegal cannabis products and find legal cannabis retailers in each province or territory.

"Cannabis use is now legal for adults, but it does have health risks.
If you use non-medically, you can make informed choices for safer use."

Cannabis use is now legal for adults, but it does have health risks. If you use non-medically, you can make informed choices for safer use.

Tips to lower your risks when consuming cannabis, either inhaled or ingested.

Health Canada collects data on cannabis under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order. Data collected is for these types of cannabis in the legal industry: dried cannabis, edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, cannabis topicals, cannabis plants and cannabis seeds. Data categories includes: medical sales, non-medical sales, packaged inventory, unpackaged inventory and licensed area.

The proposed Cannabis Act would create a strict legal framework for controlling the production, distribution, sale and possession of cannabis across Canada.

The following directive is intended to establish realistic minimum security standards for the storage of controlled substances as defined in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), and drugs containing cannabis as defined in the Cannabis Regulations, which are flexible enough to take into consideration advances in technology, changes in the legal and illegal drug marketplace, building codes, construction materials and construction expertise.

About edible cannabis, cannabis topicals and cannabis extracts.

What you need to know about crossing the border with cannabis, travelling abroad with cannabis and bringing cannabis into Canada.