Statistics Canada: Canadian Governments Earned $2.5B from Adult-Use Cannabis Sales During One Fiscal Year

Federal and provincial governments earned $2.5 billion from adult-use cannabis sales during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, according to data from Statistics Canada. The total represents an 11.5% increase from the previous fiscal year. Simultaneously, governments earned $13.1 billion from alcohol sales, which marked a 4.2% decline and the largest annual decrease since the agency began tracking the figures in 2004-2005. 

During the fiscal year, adult-use cannabis sales increased 6.1% or $300 million from the previous fiscal year; however, the growth was down compared to the $5.5 billion increase in 2024-2025. In 2022-2023, adult-use cannabis sales in Canada were up 15.8% from the previous fiscal year, and in 2023-2024, sales increased 11.6%, according to Statistics Canada. 

From March 2024 to March 2025, the price of adult-use cannabis in Canada decreased 1.1%. 

Inhaled concentrates were the fastest-growing adult-use cannabis product category during the fiscal year, up 12.8% and representing nearly one-third of total sales (31.1%). Solid cannabis edibles were down 2.2%, and represented 4% of sales, but were the only cannabis product category that saw a sales decline during the fiscal year. Beverages totaled 1.6% of sales, while flower products comprised 59.7% of sales, according to the agency. 

Canadian cannabis sales during the fiscal year were equivalent to $167 per person of legal age to consume cannabis. Yukon had the highest sales per person ($384), while Quebec had the lowest ($105). Quebec’s lower sales partly reflect restrictions in effect during the fiscal year, including a ban on cannabis vaping products and topicals, as well as limited edible offerings.