# $LEAF · What Canada spends at legal weed stores

Total sales of Canada's cannabis retailers in a month, in Canadian dollars, not seasonally adjusted, as Statistics Canada estimates them in its monthly retail trade survey (table 20-10-0056-01, vector 1446859541). Counted from November 2018, the first full month after legal sales began on October 17 2018.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Newest complete period | Aug 2026: 520,441,000 Canadian dollars, score 25, Normal |
| Source | Statistics Canada, table 20-10-0056-01, Canada, cannabis retailers, total retail sales, unadjusted (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2010005601) |
| Terms | Statistics Canada Open Licence: use, publish and sell, with a source notice. |
| Cadence | Monthly, about seven weeks after the month ends. |
| Grade | reference |
| Rulebook | Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04 |

## Settlement

Why this grade: A national statistics agency's own estimate, published on a schedule. It revises recent months; the record keeps each revision.
What it costs to move: Not practical. Moving a month means moving a country's weed sales.
When the source is late: A month prints when Statistics Canada publishes it. A month it marks unavailable or too unreliable to publish stays open. A month it never publishes is void.
Precision: Whole Canadian dollars: the published figure in thousands, times 1,000.

## As first published, and the proof

Not on-chain yet. The newest complete period goes on-chain with the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.

## Last 30 complete periods

| Period | Level | Change | Band |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Aug 2026 | 520,441,000 Canadian dollars | +0.9% | Normal |
| Jul 2026 | 515,768,000 Canadian dollars | -0.1% | Normal |
| Jun 2026 | 516,398,000 Canadian dollars | +1.2% | Normal |
| May 2026 | 510,367,000 Canadian dollars | +4.0% | Normal |
| Apr 2026 | 490,789,000 Canadian dollars | +6.7% | Normal |
| Mar 2026 | 459,984,000 Canadian dollars | +4.8% | Quiet |
| Feb 2026 | 439,053,000 Canadian dollars | -8.2% | Quiet |
| Jan 2026 | 478,239,000 Canadian dollars | -6.0% | Quiet |
| Dec 2025 | 508,625,000 Canadian dollars | +6.3% | Normal |
| Nov 2025 | 478,395,000 Canadian dollars | +6.7% | Normal |
| Oct 2025 | 448,345,000 Canadian dollars | -5.4% | Quiet |
| Sep 2025 | 473,944,000 Canadian dollars | -5.8% | Quiet |
| Aug 2025 | 503,090,000 Canadian dollars | +2.3% | Normal |
| Jul 2025 | 491,803,000 Canadian dollars | +2.4% | Normal |
| Jun 2025 | 480,304,000 Canadian dollars | +0.2% | Normal |
| May 2025 | 479,250,000 Canadian dollars | +2.7% | Normal |
| Apr 2025 | 466,829,000 Canadian dollars | +5.2% | Quiet |
| Mar 2025 | 443,914,000 Canadian dollars | +8.7% | Quiet |
| Feb 2025 | 408,216,000 Canadian dollars | -6.8% | Quiet |
| Jan 2025 | 437,856,000 Canadian dollars | -10.6% | Normal |
| Dec 2024 | 489,574,000 Canadian dollars | +7.1% | Normal |
| Nov 2024 | 457,059,000 Canadian dollars | +0.3% | Quiet |
| Oct 2024 | 455,817,000 Canadian dollars | +2.3% | Quiet |
| Sep 2024 | 445,679,000 Canadian dollars | -9.9% | Normal |
| Aug 2024 | 494,434,000 Canadian dollars | +3.4% | Normal |
| Jul 2024 | 478,098,000 Canadian dollars | +7.0% | Elevated |
| Jun 2024 | 447,017,000 Canadian dollars | +1.0% | Quiet |
| May 2024 | 442,636,000 Canadian dollars | +1.1% | Quiet |
| Apr 2024 | 437,963,000 Canadian dollars | +5.0% | Quiet |
| Mar 2024 | 416,968,000 Canadian dollars | +3.6% | Quiet |

JSON: https://tickerz.com/api/indices/leaf

## Asked often

**How much does Canada spend on legal weed?** Canada's cannabis retailers sold C$520,441,000 in Aug 2026, not seasonally adjusted, as Statistics Canada estimates it.

**Where does the $LEAF number come from?** Tickerz reads it from Statistics Canada, table 20-10-0056-01, Canada, cannabis retailers, total retail sales, unadjusted. Monthly, about seven weeks after the month ends. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.

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