CannaNavigators Micro Cultivation/Processing Licence

Cannabis Licensing, Compliance and Security Consultancy

The Health Canada Micro Licenses are a great way for smaller-sized companies to enter the legal cannabis market, as well as for existing ACMPR personal License Holders to migrate and become commercial producers under the Cannabis Regulations, expanding on their years of cultivation and processing experience.

As the Canadian cannabis market grows, we’ve seen and participated in the rise of a strong micro license segment of the industry. Bucking the trend of M&A and consolidations, the micro class licenses have proliferated offering unique products that add to and diversify the overall product offerings in the legal Canadian Cannabis market.

One of the main benefits of micro-category licenses is the lower start-up costs, including reduced build-out costs and security infrastructure requirements.

Our team has worked on dozens of micro class cannabis license applications across Canada.

A Micro Cultivation License allows you to:

Possess cannabis

Obtain dried or fresh cannabis, cannabis plants or cannabis plant seeds by propagating, cultivating or harvesting

For the purpose of testing, alter the chemical or physical properties of the cannabis

Sell and distribute dried cannabis, fresh cannabis, cannabis plants or cannabis plant seeds to other licence holders (cultivators, processors, analytical testers, researchers, cannabis drug licence holders), with the exception that dried cannabis or fresh cannabis cannot be sold to the holder of a nursery licence

Sell and distribute cannabis plants or cannabis plant seeds to a licensed nursery

Sell and distribute cannabis products that are cannabis plants or cannabis plant seeds to a licence holder that is authorized to sell cannabis for medical purposes or to a person authorized to sell cannabis under a provincial or territorial Act

Send and deliver cannabis products that are cannabis plants or cannabis plant seeds to the purchaser at the request of a licence holder that is authorized to sell cannabis for medical purposes or of a person authorized to sell cannabis under a provincial or territorial Act

Conduct ancillary activities (e.g., drying, trimming, milling, etc.)

Micro Cultivation License limitations include:

Plant surface area cannot exceed 200m2 (includes multiple surfaces such as surfaces vertically arranged).

A Micro Processing License allow you to:

Possess cannabis

Produce cannabis, other than obtaining it by propagating, cultivating or harvesting

Sell and distribute cannabis to other licence holders (processors, analytical testers, researchers, cannabis drug licence holders)

Sell and distribute to licensed micro-cultivators or standard cultivators: dried cannabis, fresh cannabis, cannabis plants, or cannabis plant seeds. As well as cannabis produced for the purposes of testing that is necessary to determine the chemical characterization of cannabis, such as a reference standard.

Sell and distribute to licensed nursery: cannabis plants or cannabis plant seeds, cannabis produced for the purposes of testing that is necessary to determine the chemical characterization of cannabis, such as a reference standard.

Send and deliver cannabis products to a licence holder that is authorized to sell cannabis for medical purposes or to a person authorized to sell cannabis under a provincial or territorial Act

Send and deliver cannabis products to the purchaser at the request of a licence holder that is authorized to sell cannabis for medical purposes or of a person authorized to sell cannabis under a provincial or territorial Act

Micro Processing License limitations include:

For micro-processing, the cannabis cannot be obtained by synthesis.

Maximum of 600kg of dried cannabis (or equivalent) in 1 calendar year as per section 21 of the Cannabis Regulations.

If licence holder also holds a micro-cultivation licence for the same site and the cannabis comes exclusively from that site, this maximum quantity does not apply.

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CannaNavigators Inc. provides cannabis sector licensing, compliance and security consulting services to license holders, licence applicants, and governments globally.
With over 1,450 global cannabis licence consultations under our belt since 2013, we have unparalleled experience with initial licence applications, operational ramp-up, ongoing license management, compliance audits, transaction due diligence, and direct communication with regulatory bodies, including all levels of Health Canada’s Controlled Substance and Cannabis Branch.
CannaNavigators has worked on more federal cannabis licence applications (400+) than any other Canadian consulting firm and that experience is reflected in the results we consistently achieve for our clients.
CannaNavigators has extensive global cannabis consulting experience, having worked on over 35 cannabis/hemp projects across 19 countries around the world.
As Canada’s most experienced and successful cannabis licensing and regulatory consultancy, CannaNavigators provides a wide range of due diligence services in support of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnership transactions.
CannaNavigators has a proven track record assisting license holders in navigating licensing and operational compliance during mergers and acquisitions, CCAA/restructurings, and corporate reorganizations.
CannaNavigators is Canada’s go-to licensing and compliance advisory firm when it comes to psychedelics. Our team has completed a number of Dealer’s Licence and Section 56 exemption applications for clients wishing to conduct psychedelics research, in preparation for the advent of medicinal psychedelics regulation which is anticipated to be around the corner in Canada.