Cannabis retail stores per capita and key neighbourhood characteristics*
| Retail model; jurisdiction† | Population (2017)18 | No. of licensed cannabis stores | No. of stores per 100 000 population | No. of hours of operation per week, mean ± SD | Distance to nearest school, m, median (IQR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private/hybrid (mixture of government and private) | |||||
| Yukon Territory (hybrid) | 38 459 | 2 (1 private, 1 government) | 5.2 | 53.5 ± 19.1 | 494.3 (561.1) |
| British Columbia (hybrid) | 4 290 988 | 22 (21 private, 1 government) | 0.5 | 71.0 ± 17.4 | 405.9 (406.2) |
| Alberta | 4 286 134 | 86 | 2.0 | 77.2 ± 13.0 | 549.6 (454.3) |
| Saskatchewan | 1 163 925 | 29 | 2.5 | 70.8 ± 11.4 | 637.6 (325.2) |
| Manitoba | 1 338 109 | 23 | 1.7 | 79.0 ± 6.9 | 540.0 (318.5) |
| Ontario | 14 193 384 | 18 | 0.1 | 83.5 ± 10.4 | 452.2 (262.3) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 528 817 | 25 | 4.7 | 79.7 ± 12.5 | 871.1 (917.9) |
| Total | 25 839 816 | 205 | 0.8‡ | 76.4 ± 13.2§ | 577.7 (468.5)¶ |
| Government | |||||
| Northwest Territories | 44 520 | 5 | 11.2 | 41.8 ± 17.6 | 652.7 (164.8) |
| Quebec | 8 394 034 | 14 | 0.2 | 59.1 ± 4.2 | 525.1 (940.9) |
| New Brunswick | 759 655 | 20 | 2.6 | 71.0 ± 0 | 549.6 (454.3) |
| Nova Scotia | 953 869 | 12 | 1.3 | 77.0 ± 0 | 831.8 (408.2) |
| Prince Edward Island | 152 021 | 4 | 2.6 | 79.5 ± 7.0 | 530.5 (334.7) |
| Total | 10 304 099 | 55 | 0.5‡ | 67.3 ± 12.0§ | 744.4 (619.6)¶ |
| Grand total | 36 143 915 | 260 | 0.7 | 74.5 ± 13.4 | 598.13 (489.9) |
Note: IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Sources are provided in Appendix 1.
↵† Nunavut has no physical cannabis stores and was excluded from all analyses.
↵‡ p = 0.009 for difference between jurisdictions with private and public models offset by total population (Poisson regression).
↵§ p < 0.0001 for difference between private/hybrid and government models (t test).
↵¶ p = 0.047 for difference between private/hybrid and government models (rank sum test).