Canadian Cannabis Sales Are Lagging – Here Is Why Jonathan Cooper Summary Canadian recreational cannabis sales have been flat since November. The Globe & Mail explains this is due to a shortage of cannabis stores, pointing to Colorado’s slightly higher stores per capita. They are correct there is a retail store shortage, but stores per land area is much better correlated with cannabis sales per capita. Canada’s best-selling province, PEI, has one-third as many stores per square kilometer as Colorado – and one-third the sales per capita. Canadian sales should begin to improve in April results, after Ontario opens its first retail stores.

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