Our product automates the digital creation of labels that get physically applied to cannabis products in Canada. The information required and its design are heavily regulated by Health Canada, and currently, companies are manually designing labels in software like Illustrator. This is a tedious, time-consuming process – we know this, because it’s been our job too. We wanted a solution to the headache of label making, so we made Cannaply. 

Any Canadian company that packages cannabis for sale. As our product is built around Health Canada’s regulations, we can only offer services to Canadian companies.

If you've ordered a pizza online, you can make a cannabis label. Once you sign into the app, you'll follow the prompt to make a label. You simply fill in the fields with your product's information, which is typically surfaced by your production team. To see what info you need, check out the FAQ response to "What information do I need to make my first label?".

Once you've inputted all your information, you have the option to first preview your label. A pop-up PDF will generate with a watermark. Here you can preview exactly what the label will look like. If it looks right, you'll navigate back to the app and hit finalize & download to generate the label PDF with no watermark. This will use up a credit. If the label needs editing, simply navigate back to the fields and edit your inputs.

Almost! You’ll need to add your barcode separately, either digitally or with a sticker. Depending on what product you are labeling, you may also need to apply a nutrition table, packaging/durable life date, and a lot number. These are pieces of information that are typically applied on a sticker.

Health Canada requires specific information to be present on labels, and much of it is dependent on what type of product is being labeled. Below is a list of this information that you, as the supplier, will need to have handy when making your labels. Those marked with a * are required.

• Class of cannabis (cannabis plants or plant seeds, dried or fresh cannabis, cannabis extract, cannabis topical, or edible cannabis)*

• Strain name*

• THC and CBD content*

• Total terpenes

• Net weight or volume*

• Recommended storage conditions*

• Expiry date

• Contact info of supplier*

• Supplier logo*

• Equivalent grams of cannabis contained*

• Background color

• Container type (jar, can, pouch, tube, or other)*

• Number of discrete units

• Packaging dimensions*

• Ingredients list in English and French (for extract, topical or edible)*

Firstly, one credit = one label. We believe the best way to experience the product, and to get two of your SKUs labeled at no cost, is to offer a free trial. You have a week to use up two credits. Afterwards, you can purchase one-off credits whenever you need to make a label or you can sign up for our monthly recurring charge for unlimited labels. We believe this is the best way to serve both small and large companies and their respective needs. Check out our Plans page for more info.

Making labels manually each time a company has a new SKU is burdensome, mainly due to:

• Labor cost: a designer or someone familiar with design software will spend two+ hours making a single label, depending on their familiarity with programs like Illustrator and with Health Canada’s regulations.

• Headaches: while we understand the need for regulations, it can be really tricky to stay informed of and follow Health Canada’s packaging guidelines. Each class of cannabis and it’s packaging type require different information, and there are specifics in regards to design like type spacing, padding, and placement.

• QA and legal cost: designers often have to hand off the labels to their QA or legal team to then approve the label before moving it to print. 

• Recalls: Health Canada doesn’t pre-approve labels, they only audit those that are already on the shelf. If they deem a label incompliant for any reason they have the right to force a recall of those products. Companies then have to pull the product, re-label the package, and ship it back to stores.

• Outsourcing: some companies choose to completely outsource the labeling of their products to other organizations, at a rough cost of $2000 per label.

We believe that we have brought the Canadian cannabis industry a solution that saves immense amounts of time, energy, and money. Labeling doesn’t have to be a headache any longer.

We’ve got a lot up our sleeves! Ultimately, we plan on making label making even easier and more customizable, within the regulations of course. Have an idea for what you’d like to see? Let us know!

Cannaply is a product of Magnolia North Ventures Inc. and is brought to you in part by investors David Tedman and Invoke Digital, both local to Vancouver, BC.

Send us a note if you're interested in investing in Cannaply's growth.

No, however we have designed the outputs to leave room for these pieces of information. Ensure that your package dimensions are large enough to accommodate any additional information you'll need to add on separately. You can do this by previewing the label before downloading. This information is usually printed on at the time of packaging or added on with a sticker.

Yes, you can read them here. While our labeling software is designed to assist companies in achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance, users are ultimately responsible for the packaging they enter in the market. The user is also responsible for adding additional information, such as the barcode, and thus the final product's packaging is out of our hands. Therefore, we cannot assume liability for any non-compliance issues that may arise despite the use of our software.

YES! We want future versions of Cannaply to be exactly what Canadian producers need in a labeling software. Please provide us feedback, either positive or constructive, anytime at ops@cannaply.co.