Before you come in…
You should be 19+ (or the legal age in your province) to hang out in the Weedverse. Quick, painless, very Canadian.
Education and journalism, not sales. We don’t sell cannabis.
The bench isn’t open yet. The rules already are.
Everything on this page is our testing methodology, published before we have run a single test. On purpose. You should get to read the ruler before anybody gets measured with it. When the bench opens, here is what happens, every time: product bought at retail, full price, no notice to anyone. Receipt documented. Lot number recorded. You’ll pay for the test — you will never be able to pay for the score. Flat fee, published, identical for everyone. Blinded. And you pick what gets tested first — the shelf that confuses you is the assignment.
Five pillars. Twenty-five points. Zero tolerance for spin.
Every dispensary you walk into has a vibe. Some feel like a pharmacy. Some feel like an Apple Store. Some feel like your uncle's basement, and honestly, those are sometimes the best ones. The WeedWiki Standard doesn't care about the vibe. It measures what matters.
The twenty-five individual assessment points cascade from these five pillars. Each store review publishes the full scorecard. No composite number — because hiding a terrible customer experience behind a decent product selection is exactly the kind of averaging that makes review systems useless.
Every product we review is purchased at retail, at full price, with no advance notice to the retailer or producer. Receipt documented. Lot number recorded. This is journalism, not marketing.
One more thing worth saying out loud: the worst legal cannabis on the Canadian market today is better than most of what your dealer had twenty years ago. That is not opinion. That is what happens when analytical chemists, agricultural scientists, and quality assurance protocols enter the picture.
Vaporizers, grinders, rolling machines, storage, pipes, dab rigs, accessories — anything you hold in your hand that is not the plant itself.
Every cannabis product in Canada carries a THC percentage on the label. Most consumers use that number as the primary buying decision. Most consumers are being misled — not by the number itself, but by what they think it means.
What you see on the label is calculated using a standard conversion: Total THC = (THCA × 0.877) + THC. Raw cannabis flower contains THCA, the acidic precursor. Heat converts it to active THC. The 0.877 multiplier accounts for the molecular weight lost during that conversion (decarboxylation). The number on the package is a theoretical maximum — it assumes perfect conversion, which never happens in practice.
THC determines the ceiling of psychoactive intensity. It does not determine the character of the experience, the smoothness of the smoke, the complexity of the flavour, or how you'll actually feel. Those factors are shaped by the terpene profile, the quality of the cure, the growing conditions, and the freshness of the product. A well-grown 20% flower will routinely outperform a poorly handled 28% flower. Every experienced consumer knows this. The labels haven't caught up.
Health Canada allows a tolerance band on labeled potency — actual THC content can legally fall within a range of the stated value. Some producers exploit this by selecting labs that consistently test at the high end. The practice is called "lab shopping" and it is an open secret in the industry. When a product tests at 30% from one lab and 24% from another, the number on the shelf is the one that sells. We report what we find, not what the label claims.
Terpenes are the aromatic compounds that shape the cannabis experience more than most consumers realize. They interact with cannabinoids to produce what researchers call the entourage effect — the theory that the whole plant works differently than its isolated parts. Here are five worth knowing:
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Hi, regulators. We know you’re in the room — it’s your job, and honestly, welcome. Here’s our situation, plainly: the best way to teach people is to entertain them, and there are things we’re not 100% sure we’re allowed to show while we do it. We’re not going to guess, and we’re not going to test the fence at night.
We’re asking, right here, in public: help us teach. That was the whole idea seven and a half years ago, wasn’t it? Our door’s open. We’re hoping yours is too.