Beginning May 1, 2025, cannabis companies selling through BC’s direct delivery system will only be required to report sales once a month, rather than on a bi-weekly basis. 

The move, announced by the BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) on March 28, will reduce administrative fees for companies participating in the direct delivery program. 

BC’s direct delivery program, which allows some small-scale BC cannabis producers to ship products directly to retailers, bypassing the LDB’s central delivery warehouse, was first launched in 2022.

Starting May 1, 2025, eligible cannabis producers will be required to report cannabis direct delivery sales occurring in a calendar month within 15 days of the end of that month. Prior to May 1, these businesses need to continue their regular bi-weekly reporting schedule, ensuring that all sales to that point are reported by May 15. 

It is also important that companies report sales only once, since adding sales to two reports will result in those sales being processed twice.

While the direct delivery program saw significant interest in the first year of its implementation, sales through the program declined significantly before rebounding in the last three months of 2024.

Alannah Davis, the founder of Dabble Cannabis on Vancouver Island and a founding member of the BC Cannabis Alliance, told StratCann that the organization, which represents small-scale producers in BC, lobbied the provincial government for these changes. 

Although the organization, and many others in the industry, have been calling for more substantial changes to the system, such as lowering the province’s 15% “proprietary fee”, Davis said the Alliance felt this change in filing requirements was at least a more immediately-achievable win for the industry. 

“We are pleased to hear that BC LDB listened to the ask of small producers like those represented by the BC Cannabis Alliance,” Davis tells StratCann. “Focusing our efforts on tangible wins with the directly responsible departments is how we believe we will make steady progress that benefits license holders. We’re happy to see that BC is hearing the concerns of the Alliance and others on these key issues.”

The total grams sold of cannabis (including equivalence) through the direct delivery program in the last three months of 2024 were 554,102 grams (the most up-to-date figures available), worth $2.5 million. This figure was up from the 484,000 grams sold in the previous quarter.

This compares to a total of $146.9 million in wholesale sales in BC in the same reporting period.

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