Grow your own medical cannabis, legally.

What is personal production registration?

The framework often searched for as ACMPR allows a person holding a medical document to register with Health Canada to produce a limited amount of cannabis for their own medical needs — indoors, outdoors, or both.

Since October 2018, this framework falls under the Cannabis Regulations. In practice, it isn't a "licence" you buy — it's a registration certificate issued by Health Canada based on your medical document. You can produce it yourself (personal production) or name someone else to produce it for you (designated production).

Why grow your own?

• Reduce costs — growing your own can be far less expensive than buying from a producer.
• Autonomy — you manage your own supply and choice of strains.
• A clear legal framework — a Health Canada licence, obtained the right way.

How much can I produce?

The amount you can produce and the number of plants allowed are determined by Health Canada, based on the daily amount on your medical document and how you grow (indoors, outdoors, or both). Health Canada calculates these limits using its own formula, and your registration certificate sets out your exact limits. We don't provide growing instructions.

Personal or designated production

You can produce it yourself, or name an adult to produce it on your behalf — useful if you can't or don't want to grow. A maximum of four registrations can be tied to a single production site.

Eligibility requirements (Health Canada)

• Residency — you must ordinarily reside in Canada.
• Age — you must be at least 18 years old.
• Background — you must attest you haven't been convicted of a cannabis-related offence in the past 10 years.
• One registration — you may not be registered more than once at any time.