Calgary cannabis stores: 191 licensed shops by road and quadrant

What Calgary's own rules change

Provincial law sets the basics; the city adds spacing. According to the City of Calgary's cannabis store guidelines, a store must stay 150 metres from schools and emergency shelters and generally 300 metres from another cannabis store. The city can relax the store-to-store distance when the shops are on different streets, when a major road or the river lies between them, or when the store is inside an enclosed shopping centre. School distances can be reduced by 10% at most.

• Public use: smoking, vaping or eating cannabis in a public place is banned and draws a $100 ticket, says the City of Calgary. Private property is allowed, though landlords and condo boards may set stricter rules.
• Lounges: none are licensed. Festivals may apply for a designated consumption area, subject to a public hearing at Council.
• Events: according to StratCann, council moved in 2025 toward letting cannabis be sold temporarily at 18+ entertainment events, not at all-ages ones.
• Stampede: the Calgary Stampede's exhibitor rules keep cannabis off its grounds.

Comparing stores on the same list

Stock comes through the same AGLC system, so the differences are location, hours, staff advice and delivery. RARE and Lake City Cannabis both advertise delivery, and Lake City also ships across Alberta. Late hours are a real point of difference: our profiles show All The Smoke in Thorncliffe open to midnight Thursday to Saturday and Bud Bar Crowfoot to midnight on weekends. The Alberta rules guide covers delivery limits and ID checks; province-wide numbers are on the Alberta hub.