How much weed was sold on Canada's legalization day, province-by-province

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How much weed was sold on Canada's legalization day, province-by-province

Cannabis October 19, 2018 2:11 pm Updated: October 19, 2018 4:14 pm How much weed was sold on Canadaâ€™s legalization day, province-by-province

WATCH: This is how much pot was sold province-by-province on legalization day

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Cannabis was â€œflying off the shelvesâ€ in retail outlets and online stores across the country as soon as the clock struck midnight Wednesday.

The demand was so high that pot stores reported running low or completely out of cannabis on the first day. So how much weed did Canadians purchase on legalization day?

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Here is a breakdown of the cannabis sales by province (Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland did not get back to Global News at the time of publication).

British Columbia

Nearly 10,000 cannabis sales were made in British Columbia on Wednesday.

According to the BC Liquor Distribution Branch, a total of 9,980 orders were placed â€" 9,175 of which were online sales. Around 800 sales were made at the only government-run store open on Day 1. Itâ€™s in Kamloops.

The government did not provide the total sales, but the cheapest weed you can buy in the province is a pre-roll for $4.20. So if the baseline is set at the minimum price, B.C. made around $41,000 in sales that day.

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Alberta

Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis said it made nearly $730,000 in sales that day. As of 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the province recorded around 8,300 sales.

Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Liquor &â€ˆGaming Authority said it does not track cannabis sales as private retailers sell recreational marijuana and the product comes from federally licensed producers or private wholesalers.

Quebec

The SociÃ©tÃ© quÃ©bÃ©coise du cannabis (SQDC) said there were 42,000 cannabis orders processed on the first day of legalization, with 12,500 in-store transactions and 30,000 online orders.

â€œThis volume of orders far exceeds the SQDCâ€™s expectations, but also demonstrates the robustness of the companyâ€™s systems,â€ the SQDC said in a statement.

Quebec has previously said products would be priced at a minimum of $5.25 a gram, taxes included, meaning if every customer limited themselves to one gram of the cheapest product, the province would have pulled in $220,500 in sales.

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Nova Scotia

It was a big day for Nova Scotia. The province made 12,180 cannabis transactions on the first day of legalization.

Beverley Ware, a spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation said the transactions totalled â€œjust over $660,000 in salesâ€ and that almost $47,000 of those sales were online.

New Brunswick

Cannabis NB said itâ€™s choosing not to release its cannabis sales.

â€œWe want to take the extra time to do a manual analysis of our foot traffic, sales, and inventory to ensure that they are all function as prescribe,â€ a spokesperson told Global News.

P.E.I.

P.E.I. Cannabis said it made a total of $152,408 in sales after tax on Wednesday. Online sales accounted for $20,974 and stores brought in around $131,434.

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