Every word on the label.

Plain-English definitions for the terms you'll see on our menu and on Ontario cannabis packaging. Definitions only: no medical advice.

19+: The legal age to buy, possess or use cannabis in Ontario.
510 thread: A standard screw thread used by many vape cartridges and batteries, so carts and batteries from different brands fit together.
AGCO: The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, which licenses private cannabis retailers and their stores.
All-in-one vape: A vape device with the battery and cannabis oil built into one unit.
Blunt: Dried cannabis rolled in a cannabis-based wrap.
Cannabinoid: A family of compounds found in the cannabis plant, including THC and CBD.
Cartridge (cart): A pre-filled vape tank of cannabis oil that attaches to a separate battery.
CBD (cannabidiol): A cannabinoid found in cannabis. Labels show Total CBD in % for dried cannabis or mg for edibles and extracts.
CBG / CBN: Other cannabinoids that some products list on the label alongside THC and CBD.
Diamonds: An industry name for a crystalline cannabis extract. Legally it's a cannabis extract, labelled in mg/g.
Distillate: A refined cannabis extract often used in vapes and edibles.
Dried flower: The dried, cured buds of the cannabis plant, sold by weight.
Edible cannabis: Food and drink products containing cannabis, limited to 10 mg of THC per package in Canada.
Eighth: Common name for 3.5 g of dried cannabis (an eighth of an ounce).
Excise stamp: The provincial stamp on legal cannabis packages showing that federal and provincial duty has been paid.
Extract: Cannabis products made by extracting cannabinoids, such as rosin, live resin, hash, oils and vape oil. Capped at 1,000 mg THC per container.
Hash: A traditional extract made from the resin glands (trichomes) of the plant.
Hybrid: A plant-type label for cannabis bred from both indica and sativa lineages.
Indica: A plant-type label. Government guidance notes indica and sativa are used inconsistently, so check the THC and CBD numbers.
Infused pre-roll: A pre-roll with an added cannabis extract or kief.
Kief: The loose resin glands (trichomes) collected from cannabis flowers.
Live resin: An industry name for an extract made from fresh-frozen plant material. Legally a cannabis extract.
Member price: The lower of the two prices shown on every product on our menu.
mg/g: Milligrams per gram: how extracts show THC and CBD. 800 mg/g equals 80%.
OCS: The Ontario Cannabis Store: the province's online retailer and the only legal wholesaler to private stores.
Ounce: Common name for 28 g of dried cannabis.
Packaged-on date: The date a product was packaged, printed on every legal Ontario cannabis package.
Pre-roll: Dried cannabis pre-rolled in a paper cone, sold singly or in packs.
Quarter: Common name for 7 g of dried cannabis.
Rosin: An industry name for an extract pressed from cannabis using heat and pressure. Legally a cannabis extract.
Sativa: A plant-type label. As with indica, it's used inconsistently, so compare THC and CBD on the label.
Schedule 3: The part of the Cannabis Act that sets equivalents to 1 g of dried cannabis, used for the 30 g possession limit.
Terpenes: Aromatic compounds found in cannabis and many other plants. Some labels list the main terpenes.
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol): The main intoxicating cannabinoid in cannabis. Labels show Total THC.
THCA: The acid form of THC found in raw cannabis, which converts to THC when heated.
Thirty grams (30 g): The public possession and purchase limit for adults in Ontario, in dried cannabis or its equivalent.
Total THC: The THC in a product including THC that can form from THCA when heated, as required on Canadian labels.

General information about cannabis products and Ontario rules, not legal or medical advice. Cannabis is for adults 19+.