Reviewed Sep 2026Adult-use legal

Cannabis in Penticton

A checklist for choosing a Penticton cannabis store: the 14-store cap, downtown versus outside it, licence numbers and the government store.

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Sellers listed: 6
License verified: 6
Minimum age: 18+

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The rules

Key rules in Canada

Plain-language summary. The regulator is Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB), Government of B.C..

Minimum age
18 in Alberta, 21 in Quebec, 19 in all other provinces and territories.
Possession
30 g of dried cannabis or equivalent in public (1 g dried = 5 g fresh, 15 g edible solids, 70 g non-solid products, 570 g beverages, 0.25 g concentrates or 1 seed). Some provinces cap home storage, e.g. 150 g per residence in Quebec and 1,000 g per household in B.C.
Home grow
Up to 4 plants per residence under federal law. Prohibited in Quebec. Manitoba passed Bill 34 in June 2024 and home growing became legal there on May 1, 2025 (19+, up to 4 plants per household, grown indoors; gov.mb.ca).
Public use
Set provincially: generally allowed where tobacco smoking is in Ontario and B.C. (with exceptions); smoking and vaping banned in all public spaces in Quebec; no public consumption in New Brunswick; private dwellings only in PEI; restricted in Alberta and Nova Scotia; not in vehicles.
Edibles and extracts
Max 10 mg THC per edible package; extracts max 10 mg per unit and 1,000 mg per package; topicals max 1,000 mg per package. Quebec bans edibles in the form of candy, desserts or chocolate.
Buying online
Only from provincially run or authorized retailers, delivered within that province.
Travel
Taking cannabis into or out of Canada is illegal, with penalties of up to 14 years in prison.

Summary, not legal advice — rules change; check local law. Last reviewed Sep 2026.

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How cannabis is sold in Penticton

Fourteen is the number of cannabis stores Penticton council will license, and six is what the Verdex register shows, so do not assume every approval is open.

Downtown or outside. Council split the cap into seven downtown and seven elsewhere, according to the Kelowna Capital News. Most listed addresses (Main Street, Comox Street, Martin Street, Westminster Avenue W) are in the downtown core; Elevated Cannabis on Skaha Lake Road is outside it.
Old spacing versus new. The cap replaced a scoring matrix, a 300 metre gap downtown and 750 metres elsewhere. Stores approved under the old rules may still look oddly spaced.
Licence numbers. Unity (450320) carries its LCRB number in the name. Look it up rather than trusting a sign.
Government or private. Okanagan's first BC Cannabis Store opened in Penticton, per Global News, so a shop marked BC Cannabis Store is the province's, not a private one.
Same-name chains. Greenery Cannabis Boutique on Main Street and The Green House Cannabis Boutique on Comox Street have similar names but separate addresses.

Why did council drop the buffer zone?

Stores with lower matrix scores were sometimes recommended over higher-scoring ones, which council disliked, the Capital News reported. A fixed number of licences is simpler to explain, and it makes the 14-versus-6 gap the thing to ask the city about. Provincial rules: B.C..