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The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, operating as Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), is a Crown corporation that manages a legal monopoly over the online retail and wholesale distribution of recreational cannabis to consumers and privately operated brick and mortar retailers respectively throughout Ontario, Canada.
In 2019, the Ontario government initially issued 25 retail licenses for brick-and-mortar stores to sell recreational cannabis; the selection was based on strict criteria and a lottery system. An additional 50 licenses were subsequently issued.
Hexo reached an agreement with Ontario's government to sell its products at the Ontario Cannabis Store. Consumers can purchase nine of its dried flower offerings in 3.5g and 15g SKUs, including ...
The recreational use of marijuana was legalized Canada-wide on 17 October 2018. As expected, the minimum age in Alberta is 18 and sales are made at private enterprise stores licensed by Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis or from the government's web site. Retail stores licensed to sell cannabis must not also sell alcohol, tobacco or ...
Indigenous cannabis retailers are turning their backs on the Ontario government’s plan to license up to eight stores on First Nations reserves, suggesting provincial regulation would hurt ...
The Ontario Cannabis Store was in “blatant violation” of rules set out by the federal government restricting how the drug can be promoted, according to a leading expert on cannabis policy.
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario's mandate will be widened to include regulation and licensing of private cannabis stores in Ontario. [54] The OCRC would also be moved under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, would no longer be a subsidiary of the LCBO, and would no longer use the Ontario Cannabis Store branding. [55]
Several provincial agencies and crown corporations regulate sales of Cannabis in Canada, following national legalization in 2018 under the Cannabis Act. Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission; British Columbia Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch; New Brunswick Liquor Corporation; Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation