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Between October 2018, when cannabis was legalized, and September 2019, Canadians spent 908 million dollars on legal cannabis.

Statistics Canada says that works out to 24 dollars per person.

In Manitoba, just over 56 million dollars was spent which works out to 41 dollars per person.

Demand for legal weed was the highest in Yukon where sales per person were at 103 dollars, while BC was lowest at 10 dollars per person.

Ontario spent the most money on legal weed at 216 million dollars, followed by Alberta at 195 million and Quebec with 194 million dollars spent.

The 56 million Manitobans spent ranks 5th highest total and 2nd highest in western Canada.