What vapes and cannabis actually cost in Canada
Every figure below is a median across prices we read from retailers’ own listings — not an estimate, not a survey. Last re-checked October 15, 2026. Free to quote and cite; here is how we collect it.
These are shelf prices. What vaping actually costs once duty, tax and shipping are added.
The headline number
Across 8,764 products stocked by two or more Canadian stores, the typical one costs $7.00 more at the dearest store than the cheapest — 2,640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposable vapes | 2,649 | $33.05 | $18.99 – $42.99 | $7.99 |
| Pod systems | 2,614 | $21.99 | $8.99 – $36.99 | $5.00 |
| E-liquid | 1,893 | $24.99 | $17.99 – $35.99 | $11.76 |
| Vape hardware | 1,608 | $17.99 | $4.99 – $49.99 | $5.04 |
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 | 166 | $6.82 | $4.00 |
| Ontario | 396 | $6.73 | $3.98 | |
| Vapes | British Columbia | 177 | $34.73 | $20.00 |
| Ontario | 270 | $37.95 | $23.32 | |
| Extracts | British Columbia | 170 | $15.98 | $3.43 |
| Ontario | 254 | $17.91 | $6.65 | |
| Flower | British Columbia | 173 | $5.36 | $2.96 |
| Ontario | 244 | $4.99 | $3.57 |
Price rankings
Common questions
- How much does a vape cost in Canada?
- The typical disposable vape costs $33.05 at the cheapest Canadian store carrying it, with most falling between $18.99 and $42.99. That is the median across 2,649 disposables priced across Canadian online stores, last checked October 15, 2026.
- How much does cannabis cost per gram in Canada?
- Dried flower runs about $5.36 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 8,764 products stocked by two or more Canadian stores, the typical product costs $7.00 more at the dearest store than the cheapest, and 2,640 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. The vape figures are also available as a dated CSV download. Methodology.