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Alberta is the most high province

Published on June 19, 2019 by oz. staff

Known for oil, beef and red licence plates, Alberta is now king of cannabis. It leads Canada in the number of cannabis stores with a very respectable 130.

Contrast with BC, which has just over 30.

Albertans also report burning through more weed than any other province, at 21% compared to the 17.5% national average.

Image: gov’t of Canada

As for Alberta’s cannabis production footprint, one of the country’s biggest LPs, Aurora, is based in the province. It’s also home to Acreage Pharms and Alberta Craft Cannabis.

It also has a solid national retail chain, with a Hip connection: Spiritleaf.

The cannabis retailer, which has locations approved in Vernon and Kelowna, is based in Calgary.

In store for BC

Wondering who’s open and where right now in BC?

Here are the private cannabis store locations:

(as of June 18)

About 10 BC provincial government stores have licences in cities throughout the province — including Penticton — but only the Kamloops location is currently open.