Stats Canada says in the fourth quarter of 2019, the price of legal cannabis rose, while the price of illegal cannabis fell.
The price of legal cannabis rose to $10.30 per gram in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to $9.69 from a year earlier.
In the fourth quarter of 2018 illegal cannabis was priced at $6.44, by the end of 2019 that price fell to $5.73.
Quebec has the lowest price of legal cannabis, selling at $7.88 per gram, New Brunswick has the highest price of legal cannabis at $11.36 per gram, Manitoba has the 4th cheapest legal weed at $10.56.
On the side of illegal cannabis, New Brunswick has the cheapest at $4.90 per gram, Ontario has the most expensive at $6.21 per gram, and weed in Manitoba is second most expensive at $6.15 per gram.
When taking the average of legal and illegal cannabis prices, Manitoba has the most expensive weed in Canada, selling for $9.12 per gram on average. Quebec’s average is the cheapest at $6.24.