B
Evidence Grade B
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under review
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Current
40%
40% -- illicit cannabis purchase rate for Canadian cannabis users (2026)
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Evidence graded
Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
ARCannabis
Primary
Tier C
https://www.arcannabis.ca/post/which-cities-in-canada-are-most-cannabis-friendly ↗
Source Article
Which Cities in Canada are Most Cannabis Friendly
Original Research
ARCannabis
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Blog article; no methodology provided
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Canadian cannabis users: 40% illicit cannabis purchase rate. Source: ARCannabis (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/canada-illicit-cannabis-purchases
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/canada-illicit-cannabis-purchases" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>40%</strong> -- illicit cannabis purchase rate for Canadian cannabis users<br><small>Source: ARCannabis (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/canada-illicit-cannabis-purchases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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