What vapes and cannabis actually cost in Canada
Every figure below is a median across live prices we read from retailers’ own listings — not an estimate, not a survey. Last re-checked August 14, 2026. Free to quote and cite; here is how we collect it.
The headline number
Across 9,657 products stocked by two or more Canadian stores, the typical one costs $4.24 more at the dearest store than the cheapest — 2,434 of them vary by more than half again.
How much does a vape cost in Canada?
Median price at the cheapest store carrying each product, with the range most products fall into, and what comparing saves on a typical one.
| Category | Products | Typical price | Most fall between | Saving by comparing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vape hardware | 2,628 | $23.99 | $4.99 – $45.99 | $1.00 |
| Disposable vapes | 2,522 | $34.88 | $19.99 – $44.99 | $5.39 |
| Pod systems | 2,420 | $20.99 | $9.72 – $34.99 | $3.00 |
| E-liquid | 2,087 | $26.99 | $17.99 – $40.99 | $14.50 |
How much does cannabis cost per gram?
Provincial board prices, compared per gram — the only axis on which two boards selling different pack sizes of the same product are answering the same question. Edibles and topicals are absent because package mass is not a dose.
| Category | Province | Products | Typical $/g | Cheapest $/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Rolls | British Columbia | 168 | $6.89 | $4.00 |
| Ontario | 390 | $6.97 | $3.98 | |
| Vapes | British Columbia | 181 | $34.97 | $20.00 |
| Ontario | 275 | $37.95 | $23.32 | |
| Extracts | British Columbia | 180 | $15.99 | $3.43 |
| Ontario | 257 | $17.97 | $3.88 | |
| Flower | British Columbia | 180 | $5.57 | $2.96 |
| Ontario | 250 | $5.45 | $3.57 |
Common questions
- How much does a vape cost in Canada?
- The typical disposable vape costs $34.88 at the cheapest Canadian store carrying it, with most falling between $19.99 and $44.99. That is the median across 2,522 disposables priced across Canadian online stores, last checked August 14, 2026.
- How much does cannabis cost per gram in Canada?
- Dried flower runs about $5.57 per gram at the median, and the cheapest listings start around $2.96 per gram. These are provincial board prices for British Columbia and Ontario, the provinces that publish a public price list.
- Is cannabis cheaper in British Columbia than Ontario?
- At the level of the whole market, barely — the median price per gram in the two provinces sits within a few percent. The difference shows up product by product, where the same item can differ by a quarter or more between the two boards. The province is not the lever; the specific product is.
- How much does comparing prices actually save?
- Across 9,657 products stocked by two or more Canadian stores, the typical product costs $4.24 more at the dearest store than the cheapest, and 2,434 of them vary by more than half again.
Using these figures
Free to quote with attribution to Puff Prices and a link to this page. Please include the date it was checked — the whole point of these numbers is that they are current, and a median quoted without its date stops being one. Methodology.