Sales of legal adult-use cannabis in Canada totaled a record 375.8 million Canadian dollars ($292.1 million) in May, representing a 0.7% increase over April sales on an unadjusted basis, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
May was one day longer than April.
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Statistics Canada revised the adult-use cannabis sales figure for April upwards to CA$373.3 million.
Month-over-month sales increased modestly in most of Canada’s 10 provinces, led by British Columbia with a 3.9% monthly increase to CA$55 million.
Monthly sales in Ontario, the nation’s biggest cannabis market, grew by 0.5% over April to CA$151.6 million.
Alberta sales totaled CA$65.4 million (+1%), and Quebec sales were CA$50.5 million (+0.7%).
Monthly sales totals and month-over-month changes in the remaining provinces were:
Saskatchewan: CA$15.4 million (+1.6%) Manitoba: CA$14.3 million (-8.7%) Nova Scotia: CA$8.7 million (+1.3%) New Brunswick: CA$6.4 million (+0.1%) Newfoundland and Labrador: CA$4.9 million (-5.2%) Prince Edward
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