Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Presentation — all information

• 130 (1) All information that is included on a label must be in English and in French.

• Marginal note:Presentation — required information

  (2) All information that is required to be included on a label must be clearly and prominently displayed and readily discernible under the customary conditions of purchase and use.

• Marginal note:Other required information

  (3) All information that is required to be included on a label, other than the brand name, the standardized cannabis symbol and the health warning message must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) subject to subparagraph (e)(ii), it must be in a regular weight and width standard sans serif font, without italics, in the colour black and with leading of at least 7 points;

  • (b) it must be in one single font type;

  • (c) it must be in a type size of at least 6 points and smaller than the type size used for the health warning message;

  • (d) it must be on a white background that extends at least 6 points on all sides away from the information; and

  • (e) in the case of the information required under paragraphs 124(d) to (g), 125(b) to (e), 126(d) to (g) and 127(b) to (e), it must be

    • (i) displayed on the principal display panel, or if there are separate principal display panels for English and French, on each principal display panel,

    • (ii) in bold type, and

    • (iii) at least 6 points away from any other information.

• Marginal note:Brand name

  (4) The brand name that is required to be included on a label must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) it must be in a type size that is smaller than or equal to the type size used for the health warning message;

  • (b) it must not be a colour that has the lustre of metal or has metallic properties in the ink, such as Pantone Metallics or Pantone Premium Metallics;

  • (c) it must not be a colour that is fluorescent, has fluorescent properties in the ink or has pigments that absorb ultraviolet energy and transmit it as a longer wavelength, such as the Pantone 800 series; and

  • (d) it must be displayed only once on the principal display panel, or if there are separate principal display panels for English and French, only once on each principal display panel.

• Marginal note:Standardized cannabis symbol

  (5) The standardized cannabis symbol that is required to be included on a label must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) it must appear in the upper left 25% of the principal display panel, or if there are separate principal display panels for English and French, in the upper left 25% of each principal display panel;

  • (b) it must be at least 1.27 cm by 1.27 cm in size;

  • (c) it must be displayed with a white border of at least 2 points on all sides;

  • (d) it must be oriented in such a manner that its text is parallel with the base of the container; and

  • (e) if a change is made to the size of the symbol, its dimensions must be proportional vertically and horizontally.

• Marginal note:Health warning message

  (6) The health warning message that is required to be included on a label must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) it must be displayed on the principal display panel or, if there are separate principal display panels for English and French, on each principal display panel;

  • (b) subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), it must be in a regular weight and width standard sans serif font, without italics, in the colour black and with leading of at least 8 points;

  • (c) the word “WARNING” must be in upper case letters and bold type;

  • (d) the first sentence must be in sentence case letters and bold type;

  • (e) the second sentence must be in sentence case letters;

  • (f) it must be in the same font type as that used for the information referred to in subsection (3);

  • (g) it must be in a type size of at least 7 points and the type size must be equal to or larger than the type size used for the brand name;

  • (h) it must be within a black border that is a solid line of at least 1 point and that has an inset of at least 6 points on all sides between the message and the border;

  • (i) the background colour must be yellow with the CMYK value (C=0 M=0 Y=100 K=0);

  • (j) the message must be

    • (i) left-justified without hyphenation,

    • (ii) parallel with the base of the container, and

    • (iii) oriented in such a manner that it is readable from left to right when the container of the cannabis product is displayed; and

  • (k) in the case where there is one principal display panel, there must be at least 3 points between the English and French message.

• Marginal note:Attribution

  (7) Any attribution to the source of the health warning message that is included on the label must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) only the following attributions may be displayed:

    • (i) if there is one principal display panel, the words “Health Canada / Santé Canada”, and

    • (ii) if there are separate principal display panels for English and French, the words “Health Canada” for the English display panel and the words “Santé Canada” for the French display panel;

  • (b) it must be in the same font type as that used for the information referred to in subsection (3);

  • (c) it must be in a type size of at least 6 points and smaller than the type size used for the health warning message; and

  • (d) it must be inside the border of the health warning message and be displayed in the bottom right corner below the health warning message text, with leading of at least 7 points.

• Marginal note:Other information

  (8) Any other information that is included on the label must meet the following requirements:

  • (a) it must be in regular weight and width standard sans serif font, without italics, and in black or white colour; and

  • (b) it must be in a type size that is smaller than or equal to the type size used for the information referred to in subsection (3).

• Marginal note:Brand element

  (9) A label may include only one brand element, other than a brand name, if that brand element meets the following requirements:

  • (a) it must be displayed only once on the principal display panel or, if there are separate principal display panels for English and French, only once on each principal display panel;

  • (b) it must not be a colour that has the lustre of metal or has metallic properties in the ink, such as Pantone Metallics or Pantone Premium Metallics;

  • (c) it must not be a colour that is fluorescent, has fluorescent properties in the ink or has pigments that absorb ultraviolet energy and transmit it as a longer wavelength, such as the Pantone 800 series;

  • (d) if the brand element is an image, the surface area must be smaller than or equal to the surface area of the standardized cannabis symbol; and

  • (e) if the brand element is text only, its type size must be smaller than or equal to the type size used for the health warning message.

• Marginal note:Image

  (10) The label may include an image that is printed in black and white and that provides instructions on how to open the container.