GI-2026-39-reg1: Order Amending the Cannabis Tracking System Order (Streamlining of Requirements)

If you hold a federal cannabis cultivation, processing, or medical sales licence, your monthly reporting workload will drop by an average of 378 hours per year — roughly a third of the current ~1,098 hours annually — saving you around $14,161 per year on average. You'll no longer need to report book value of inventory, site capacity, or break out sales by province for most transaction types, and the number of cannabis categories you track will be cut nearly in half. If you run a licensed cannabis retail store or act as a provincial distributor, you're completely off the hook for federal CTSO reporting — saving about 69 hours and $2,274 per year per retailer — though you'll still need to comply with your province's own record-keeping rules. Small businesses make up about 86% of affected federal licence holders and 80% of affected retailers, and the average net benefit per small business is estimated at $31,442 over 10 years; the one-time transition costs include updating your internal tracking systems and familiarizing staff with the new requirements.