It’s been a long time coming, but marijuana is finally legal everywhere across Canada!
With federalization allowing any adult (including non-residents) over the age of 19 to purchase marijuana flower and extracts, marijuana touring companies stand to benefit significantly from the tourist trade more than any other country.
According to an article in Forbes, “cannabis tourism is growing at a fast rate, drawing thousands of people and millions of dollars to locations where adult use of cannabis is legal.” And according to BNN Bloomberg, Canada could eventually generate as much as $2 billion in annual tourism revenue related to the cannabis industry.
Cannabis Tours: Are they the next big thing?
More and more cannabis tourism companies are cropping up across major cities in Canada. And it’s these touring companies that are making our country a tourist destination for cannabis users all over the world.
Cannabis tourists from all across the world are coming to Canada to experience weekends of ganja yoga, educational classes, cooking with cannabis, spa retreats, forest bathing, pot pottery, and more. What’s more, these packages provide exceptional cannabis friendly trips filled with inspiring and enriching experiences.
Cannabis tourism is providing the opportunity to adventure into the new and exciting world of legal cannabis for both long-time users, and those just now dipping their toes into cannabis use. AirBNB’s style website, Bud and Breakfast, has already launched in Canada with a mission to helps tourists connect with cannabis friendly accommodations.
There’s also Canada High Tours which is more than your average Tour Company. Their goal is to show people a new and exciting way to explore new Canadian Cannabis friendly destinations while sharing their knowledge and passion for cannabis and tourism.
What do these cannabis tours have in common? They aim to create not only an enjoyable experience but they also aim to educate and inspire you with a new found appreciation for the herb plus all the countless ways cannabis can be used and consumed.
With all that said, let’s take a closer look at some of these Canadian Cannabis Touring Companies:
Canadian Kush Tours
Canadian Kush Tours is an innovative marijuana tour company, offering unique packages like virtual reality gaming, spa packages, limo services, and more. Canadian Kush Tours in Toronto have hosted many private tours and even provide a cannabis wedding bar package for $3,000.
They also provide pickups for from the airport or hotel and cater to your specific tastes for flowers, concentrates, edibles, drinkables and more. Customized tours include growing room visits, personal cultivation instruction, and even classes on how to safely make cannabis extractions.
Ste. Anne’s Spa
The Ste. Anne’s Spa which is located in Grafton, Ontario, offers various cannabis massage treatments with hemp CBD oil. This package is a lovely way to unplug from the stresses in your life, while you focus on healing and rejuvenation. For people afraid of the ‘getting high’ effect, don’t worry. These massages provide therapeutic effects like anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties and will not get you high as there is no THC in their Hemp CBD oil.
The Ste. Anne’s philosophy focuses on creating an atmosphere to help rebuild your strength, recapture your energy, and reflect on what’s truly important in your life.
Canna Tours
Canna Tours is attracting marijuana lovers from all over the world. They offer eco-tourism where visitors get to see the beautiful forest and beach views, after their dispensary tour. Their group tours are also very popular with bachelor and bachelorette parties, where they can custom each tour with other activities like VIP access at their partnering nightclubs.
Canada High Tours
Canada High Tours services Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and Ottawa. They offer a variety of cannabis-themed tours and experiences, all while providing that personal touch. Their tours are so unique while delivering a genuinely knowledgeable and authentic travel experience.
Montreal 420 Tours
Montreal 420 Tours offers three 420 cannabis friendly tours. Accompanied by a guide or a local humorist, you will discover Montreal in an authentic and playful atmosphere. Since it is forbidden to use cannabis in tourist accommodations in Quebec, Mtl 420 Tours offers Cannabis Friendly accommodation through Airbnb.
Butiq Escapes
Butiq Escapes is a luxury weed tourism company based out of Victoria. How it works is, a hiking guide will pick you up from the airport, then takes you to the mountains, smokes with you in the mountains, and feeds you and your guests (up to four), lunch and dinner.
According to Ryan Clark, the owner of Butiq Escapes, the company wanted to be one of the first cannabis touring companies that offered a more sophisticated and refined experience for cannabis enthusiasts.
Cannabis-Infused Dining
Another exciting cannabis experience on the rise is cannabis-infused dining. Travis Petersen, an Edmonton cannabis chef and owner of The Nomad Cook, who throws secret dinners across the country. For $175, each guest gets a five-course, cannabis-infused meal, where Petersen micro-doses for every person’s tolerance. Alcohol isn’t served, but they do have CBD-infused mocktails.
Toronto Toke Tours
Toronto Toke Tours also caters to Canadians and tourists of legal age coming from abroad with personalized cannabis tours such as limo rides, joint and sushi-rolling classes, and cannabis yoga.
Cannabis Country = The New Wine Country?
As California has Napa and Sonoma, Canada has the Okanagan Valley and the Niagara region. By some estimates, the Okanagan Valley’s wine country tourism generates upward of $150 million a year, and the region could similarly benefit from cannabis tourism.
Teapot House in B.C.
The Teapot House on Lasqueti Island is a historic off-grid vacation home located on beautiful Lasqueti Island. Amenities include WiFi, a kitchen, a tv, fireplace, oh and cannabis.
Take Away
Now that cannabis is legal all over Canada, it might sound like party central. But there’s more to it than that—there’s an educational aspect on micro-dosing, edibles, vaping and beyond. Cannabis tours help people relax from the daily stressors of life while providing the opportunity to adventure into the new and exciting world of legal cannabis. That’s all for now, we will be sure to keep you updated as this exciting new tourism industry blooms…stay tuned!