The Cheapest Legal Weed in Canada: Discover These Cannabis ‘Value Brands’

Article by Jesse B. Staniforth, Leafly News

Much of the allure of illicit cannabis comes down to price: people buying unlicensed cannabis enjoy prices on average nearly half of those on the legal market.

Whether or not you have a preference for the kinds of cannabis produced on the unregulated underground, you nonetheless have a good price incentive to consider it, which is why licensed producers are racing to debut cheaper “value brands,” often in bulk-priced options.

They’ve finally figured out, as one commentator put it, that “Canadian cannabis buyers want mids.”

The trend began in October, when Hexo announced the launch of its Original Stash flower blend. With its sights set on legacy-market buyers, Hexo packaged Original Stash’s OS.210 sativa-hybrid blend (12-18% THC) in 28-gram bags that retailed for $125.70 (tax included) at Quebec crown retailer the Société Québécoise du Cannabis. That price placed Original Stash beneath the national average for illicit cannabis.

Publicly traded cannabis producer Zenabis followed suit in December with the introduction of its Re-Up brand (strains ranging from 7%-20% THC). Available through Cannabis NB, the east coast offering comes in at $5.53 per gram (when purchased a half ounce at a time) with sales tax included.

Acknowledging they’d failed to anticipate a “hard turn” in consumer demand toward value-priced cannabis, Aurora abandoned earlier plans to produce very expensive “super-premium” products, and began instead rolling out its bulk-packaged value brand Daily Special (15-21% THC).

Discover value brands in Canada

These are the cheapest cannabis brands in Canada as of March 2020.
Prices may vary from province to province and from one retailer to the next.

	Daily Special Dried flower, indica and sativa strains, 15-21% THC. From as low as $69.99/15g ($4.67/g), available in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. Find Daily Special near you
	The Batch Dried flower and pre-rolls, 10-16 % THC. From as low as $17.90/3.5g ($5.11/g), available across Canada. Find The Batch near you
	Re-Up Various strains available as dried flower and pre-rolls, ranging from 7%-20% THC. Prices from as low as $37.99/7g ($5.43/g), available in New Brunswick, Quebec, and British Columbia. Find Re-Up near you
	Original Stash Various strains, dried flower, 12-18% THC. For sale one ounce at a time from as low as $113.50/28g ($4.05/g), available in Alberta, Quebec, Ontario, and, Newfoundland and Labrador. Find Original Stash near you

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