Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Immediate container

• 132.27 (1) A label of an immediate container in which a cannabis product is packaged may extend beyond the exterior display surface, or a peel-back or accordion panel may be applied to the immediate container, to ensure that all the required information to be included on the label in accordance with these Regulations is displayed on the label or panel.

• Marginal note:Label or panel not easily removed

  (2) The label that extends beyond the exterior display surface and the panel must be applied in a manner that they cannot be easily removed from the immediate container.

• Marginal note:Panel

  (3) The panel must

  • (a) be able to be resealed;

  • (b) withstand repeated openings and closings without detaching from the immediate container under customary conditions of use; and

  • (c) include any of the following information that is not included on the label:

    • (i) the class of cannabis set out in Schedule 4 to the Act to which the cannabis that is in the immediate container belongs,

    • (ii) the recommended storage conditions,

    • (iii) the packaging date,

    • (iv) [Repealed, SOR/2025-43, s. 51]

    • (v) [Repealed, SOR/2025-43, s. 51]

    • (vi) the list of ingredients of the cannabis product, including constituents, if any,

    • (vii) in the case of dried cannabis or fresh cannabis, the net weight,

    • (viii) in the case of a cannabis extract,

      • (A) the net weight, including the net weight of cannabis extract in each unit, if the cannabis extract is in discrete units,

      • (B) the quantity of THC and CBD that is dispensed with each activation of any cannabis accessory that is packaged with or contains the cannabis extract, and

      • (C) the name of any food allergen that is present in the product,

    • (ix) in the case of a cannabis topical, its net weight, including the net weight of cannabis topical in each unit, if the cannabis topical is in discrete units, and

    • (x) in the case of edible cannabis,

      • (A) if the edible cannabis is in solid form, its net weight, and in any other case, its net volume,

      • (B) the durable life date,

      • (C) the source of any food allergen or gluten present in the edible cannabis, except as a result of cross-contamination,

      • (D) sulphites that are present in the edible cannabis in an amount of 10 p.p.m. or more, and

      • (E) the nutrition facts table.

• Marginal note:Exception — packaging date

  (3.1) Despite subparagraph 132.27(3)(c)(iii), the packaging date that is included on the panel may differ from the date on which the cannabis product is packaged if the product is packaged no more than seven days before or after the packaging date that is included on the panel.

• Marginal note:Interpretation — information on panel

  (4) The information included on the panel must be shown in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations with respect to a label as if the panel were a label for the purposes of those provisions.

• Marginal note:Brand element

  (5) The panel must not display any brand element.

• Marginal note:Statement on location of information

  (6) The label of an immediate container in which a cannabis product is packaged and to which a panel is applied must include a statement that clearly indicates the location of any information required under these Regulations that is not included on the label.

• Marginal note:Image

  (7) The label referred to in subsection (6) may include an image that is printed in black and white and that provides instructions on how to open the panel.

• Marginal note:Information on exterior display surface

  (8) In addition to the information that is required under these Regulations, the label referred to in subsection (6) may include

  • (a) bar codes, in accordance with section 122;

  • (b) a brand element, in accordance with subsection (9); and

  • (c) an image, in accordance with subsection 130(10).

• Marginal note:Exception — brand element

  (9) Despite paragraphs 130(9)(d) and (e), a brand element included on a label that extends beyond the exterior display surface or on a label of a container to which a panel is applied must

  • (a) if the brand element is an image, be 1.27 cm by 1.27 cm in size or smaller; or

  • (b) if the brand element is text only, be in a type size that is 7 points or smaller.