SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTION AND SALE OF CANNABIS

Federal Licences

STANDARD
CULTIVATION
Large-scale growers of cannabis
• Cultivate any variety of cannabis
• Produce cannabis seeds, cannabis plants,
1
LICENCE

CULTIVATION
fresh and dried cannabis

SELL TO:
MICRO- Small-scale growers of cannabis > Other licensed
CULTIVATION • Same activities as standard cultivation cultivators
LICENCE licence but on a smaller scale or processors;
> authorized
researchers

Growers of starting materials

NURSERY • Cultivate any variety of cannabis NOTE: Certain plant
LICENCE • Produce seeds and seedlings parts such as non-viable
seeds and fibre can be
WH
(including clones)
sold to anyone.

AT Growers of industrial hemp

INDUSTRIAL
• Cultivate approved varieties of industrial
HEMP hemp (containing 0.3% THC or less)
LIC

LICENCE • Sell whole plant

ENCES DO

STANDARD • Large scale production of cannabis products

(e.g., cannabis oil)
SELL TO: 2
PROCESSING > Other licensed
• Packaging and labelling products for sale

PROCESSING
LICENCE to the public
cultivators or
processors;
> federal sale
licence holders;
> provinces/territories (P/T)
MICRO- • Same activities as a standard processing authorized sellers;
PROCESSING
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licence but on a smaller scale > authorized researchers

LICENCE
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PROVINCIAL AND
AUTHORIZED
TERRITORIAL
PROVINCIAL AND
RETAIL AND
• Sell tested, labelled and
packaged cannabis products SELL TO: 3
TERRITORIAL SALE
DISTRIBUTION > Adults
• Details to be set by individual P/Ts

SALE TO PUBLIC
SCHEME

• Sell tested, labelled and

FEDERAL SELL TO:
packaged cannabis products
SALE LICENCE > Registered
by phone, or online with secure
(MEDICAL) home delivery persons

• Sell tested, labelled and packaged

FEDERAL cannabis products by phone, or online SELL TO:
SALE LICENCE with secure home delivery in P/Ts without > Adults
(NON-MEDICAL) authorized sale system

OTHER FEDERAL AUTHORIZATIONS:

• ANALYTICAL TESTING LICENCE
• RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION
• IMPORT AND EXPORT PERMITS

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ALL FEDERAL LICENCE HOLDERS CAN CONDUCT RELATED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS:
• possession, transportation, storage, destruction, and intra-industry sales.

INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS MAY HOLD ONE OR MULTIPLE CLASSES OF LICENCES, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS:
• A federal licence is required to obtain an import/export permit (for scientific or medical purposes, or in respect of industrial hemp)

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Health, 2017 | Cat.: H14-239/2017E-PDF | ISBN: 978-0-660-24114-2 | Pub.: 170335