Manitoba runs private retail supplied by a government wholesaler, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL). In fiscal 2025-26 (year ended March 31, 2026) MBLL reported $182.1 million in cannabis sales to retailers, up 7.1%, through 249 stores, or 21.3 per 100,000 adults. MBLL reports no volume,
Yukon runs private retail supplied through a government wholesale monopoly: the Yukon Liquor Corporation (YLC) is the sole cannabis distributor and sells to six licensed retailers. In fiscal 2024-25 (year ended March 31, 2025) it reported $10.4 million in revenue and category kilograms that convert to about 2,
Prince Edward Island runs a government monopoly: the PEI Cannabis Management Corporation (PEICMC) is the province's sole adult-use retailer, selling through five stores and an online site. In fiscal 2025-26 (year ended March 31, 2026) it reported $28.8 million in sales before sales tax and
New Brunswick's cannabis system is government-led: at year-end, Cannabis NB (CNB) operated 32 stores alongside 12 private retailers and eight Farmgate producer outlets, 52 locations in 31 communities. In fiscal 2025-26 (52 weeks ended March 29, 2026) CNB reported $101.0 million in sales before
Nova Scotia runs the same structure as Quebec: the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) controls recreational cannabis retail in the province. In fiscal 2025-26 (year ended March 31, 2026) it sold $138.8 million of cannabis through 84 locations, after adding cannabis to 33 existing liquor stores in the
Ontario is Canada's largest cannabis market by a wide margin: 441 million grams sold for $2.28 billion in 2025 through 1,780 authorized stores at year-end. The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) is a third structural variant in this series. Unlike Alberta's private retail (wholesaled
BC runs a hybrid model: the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) is the government wholesale distributor, the same role Alberta's AGLC plays, but LDB also operates 39 government-run BC Cannabis Stores directly, the retail role Quebec's SQDC plays exclusively, while simultaneously wholesaling to roughly 512 other
Alberta runs a private retail model for non-medical cannabis — AGLC licenses and wholesales to independent stores, rather than operating them directly the way Quebec's SQDC does. In fiscal 2024-25 (year ended March 31, 2025), AGLC moved 182,442 kg of dried-cannabis-equivalent product through 713
Alabama legalized medical cannabis in 2021. Litigation over the licensing process delayed actual sales for five years — the state's first dispensary, Callie's Apothecary in Montgomery, opened June 3-4, 2026. A second location opened in Talladega on August 28. The program allows no flower, no smoking,
Texas ran a medical cannabis program more restrictive than comparator states for a decade: three dispensing organizations, all in central Texas, selling mostly edibles, tinctures, and beverages capped at 0.5–1% THC by weight, with no overnight product storage allowed outside the home dispensary. A 2024 state-commissioned evaluation
Georgia's medical cannabis program spent years capped at 5% THC, with no smokable or vaporizable flower allowed. On July 1, 2026, that changed — GMCC says the new products are available at both dispensaries and independent pharmacies, though how consistently that's playing out at the pharmacy counter
Kentucky doesn't publish a revenue dashboard, but the real number exists — it surfaced in legislative testimony instead. OMC told the state legislature on July 2 that Kentucky had shipped $4.4 million worth of product to dispensaries as of June 11 — a wholesale figure, corrected here to roughly
