🇨🇦 Cannabis status in Canada
Recreational cannabis legal nationally since 2018 under the Cannabis Act. Federally regulated by Health Canada. Cross-border carriage remains a federal offence.
Legal status (4 axes)
- Recreational
- legal
- Medical
- legal
- CBD / hemp
- legal
- THC limit
- 10 mg per package for edibles
Cross-border carriage
Cross-border carriage of cannabis is illegal under the UN Single Convention 1961 in every signatory country regardless of domestic legal status. Even where domestic possession is legal, taking cannabis across the border is a separate prosecutable offence.
Last verified 2026-04-28.