Two years after Canada legalized the sale of cannabis, the Yukon leads the country in per capita legal sales.
John Streicker, the minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation, provided an update on Oct. 15.
Total sales, without GST, from the 2019-2020 fiscal year were over $4.8 million. Revenue from 2019 was just over $2 million.
“According to Statistics Canada, our Yukon private retail is outselling Saskatchewan by 65 per cent, our sales are twice those of the Northwest Territories and 4.5 times Ontario on a per capita basis,” Streicker said.
The vast majority of sales were for dried flower at 417 kilograms, while oil, edibles, concentrates and seeds made up the rest. Streicker said 150 cannabis products from 12 different licensed producers are available in the territory.
Yukon was also the leader in volume of alcohol purchased per capita across the country in 2019, according to Statistics Canada data. Those stats indicate that Yukoners purchased 5,337…
