Sask. sales of cannabis lower than any other province in Canada in 2018

In the first months after the legalization of cannabis, sales at cannabis stores in Saskatchewan werelagging behind every other province in the country, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada.

Across Canada, $151.5 million in cannabis was sold from the dateof legalization on Oct.17, 2018, to the end of December.

Saskatchewan cannabis stores sold just under$2.5million in product in that time, belowPrince Edward Island's sales ofjust under $3.4 million. P.E.I.'s population is about 150,000 people, compared with Saskatchewan's population of just under 1.2million.

In comparison, people in Saskatchewan spent $227.7 million at beer, wine and liquor stores in the months from October to December.

Cannabis sales from October to December, across Canada:

• Quebec -$33 million
• Alberta -$33million
• Ontario -$29 million
• Nova Scotia - $17.2 million
• New Brunswick - $8.5 million
• Newfoundland and Labrador - $7.2 million
• British Columbia - $4.6 million
• Manitoba - $4.3 million (only includesdata from December)
• Prince Edward Island - $3.4 million
• Saskatchewan - $2.5 million
• Yukon - $403,000 (only includes data from December)
• Northwest Territories - $205,000 (only includes data from December)