🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
RSS29 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 278
- Plants destroyed
- 152.1K
- Cannabis seized
- 12.1841 t
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- Eradication · 2
- Seizure · 3
- Raid · 21
- Arrest · 1
- Sentence · 2
Reports
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20265 reports
23 charged in Project North Star cannabis probe in Ontario
York Regional Police charged 23 people and seek one more suspect after Project North Star, an inquiry into a London-supplied illicit cannabis network and online dispensary. Police say the group shipped cannabis by parcel across North America and Europe and seized over 1,550 pounds of cannabis plus hashish and derivatives worth about $4.8 million in London.
Arrested 23Charged 23Cannabis 708.92 kg
Second raid in week at Ottawa shop; 1 held, 2.7 kg seized
Ottawa police searched a Preston Street retail shop for the second time in seven days on 29 October 2026, arresting a 25-year-old man on cannabis, tobacco and proceeds charges. Officers seized about 2.74 kg of cannabis flower, pre-rolls, hash and THC products, plus psilocybin, nicotine vapes and contraband tobacco that are excluded from the cannabis total.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 2.74076 kg
Four charged after 95 kg cannabis seizure in export investigation
A joint RCMP, Peel Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency investigation led to the seizure of 95 kilograms of cannabis and charges against four Ontario men. The authorities described alleged offences involving export, distribution and sale, but did not disclose the suspected export route or destination.
Arrested 4Charged 4Cannabis 95 kgEight charged after 5,560 cannabis plants seized in Tyendinaga
Eight people were charged after a September 9 search on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory found about 5,560 cannabis plants and 34 kilograms of cannabis shake. Police valued the plants at C$2.78 million and said the investigation remained ongoing.
Charged 8Cannabis 34 kgFour charged after OPP raids Windsor’s 420 Highway cannabis network
Four men were charged after an OPP-led team searched three Windsor locations tied to an online cannabis operation called 420 Highway. Officers seized cannabis products, tobacco, packaging equipment and C$24,000; the estimated value of all seized property and equipment exceeded C$365,000.
Arrested 4Charged 4
20221 report
Ontario police seize 8 tonnes and 45,000 plants in Kingsville
Ontario's joint cannabis enforcement team raided two greenhouses and two homes near Kingsville on 28 June 2022, seizing more than 45,000 plants and eight tonnes of processed cannabis valued by police at over $61 million. No charges had been laid when the raid was announced.
Cannabis 8 t
20212 reports
Six charged as Ontario police seize 21,000 plants in Vineland raids
Ontario's joint cannabis enforcement team searched two greenhouses and two homes in Vineland and St. Catharines on 14 October 2021, seizing more than 21,000 plants and 181 kg of processed cannabis police valued above $22 million and charging six people.
Charged 6Cannabis 181 kg
Halton police seize 1,000 kg of cannabis in record bust
Halton Regional Police concluded Project Icarus, the largest drug seizure in the force's history, with 12 arrests and 44 charges after seizing more than 1,000 kg of cannabis alongside other drugs, guns and cash across the Greater Toronto Area.
Arrested 12Charged 12Cannabis 1 t
20203 reports
Project Green Sweep seizes 28,964 plants across York Region
York Regional Police seized about $150 million of illicit cannabis during Project Green Sweep in summer 2020, executing fifteen warrants across the region. Thirty-seven people were arrested and 67 charges were laid over grow operations police linked to organised crime abuse of medical-grow licences.
Arrested 37Plants destroyed 28,964Cannabis 1.80983 t
$7.3M cannabis seized in Chatham-Kent greenhouse raid
Chatham-Kent police raided a large commercial greenhouse on Maynard Line on 16 September 2020, seizing 7,300 plants valued at more than $7.3 million. A 48-year-old London man was later charged with cultivating marijuana for the purpose of selling.
Charged 1Plants destroyed 7,300
Project Woolwich raids seize 100,000 cannabis plants across Ontario and BC
Ontario police raided sites in the GTA, Niagara, Leamington and British Columbia on 13 August 2020, arresting eight people and seizing more than 100,000 cannabis plants and 2.5 million Canadian dollars in Project Woolwich.
Arrested 8Charged 15
20191 report
Eight charged as Project Dos raids seize 3,900 cannabis plants
Toronto police executed 29 search warrants across four southern Ontario cities on 25 April 2019, arresting eight people in a drug-trafficking investigation codenamed Project Dos. Officers seized 3,905 illegally grown cannabis plants alongside cocaine, ketamine, precursor chemicals and cash, a haul police valued at up to 17 million dollars for all drugs combined.
Arrested 8Charged 8
20162 reports
Ottawa police raid seven dispensaries and arrest nine
Ottawa police raided seven marijuana dispensaries across the city on 3 and 4 November 2016, arresting nine budtenders. Officers seized marijuana, hashish, oils, edibles and cash, and laid trafficking and proceeds-of-crime charges.
Arrested 9
Toronto police raid 43 dispensaries and arrest 90 in Project Claudia
On 26 May 2016 Toronto police executed 43 search warrants at storefront cannabis dispensaries across the city, arresting 90 people and seizing 325 kg of dried cannabis, resin and hashish plus hundreds of kilos of edibles. The force cited public complaints and product safety; dispensary supporters called the crackdown a waste aimed at a legalising city.
Arrested 90Cannabis 325 kg
20131 report
Ontario police destroy close to 2,700 plants in Project O-SABOT
Four southwestern Ontario police services with the Canadian Armed Forces seized and destroyed close to 2,700 outdoor cannabis plants between 19 and 21 August 2013 in Project O-SABOT, the Ontario arm of the national Operation SABOT.
Plants destroyed 2,700
20092 reports
Markham realtor jailed five years for 54-house grow-op scheme
Markham real estate agent Phu Nhi (John) Trac was jailed for five years and fined more than $1 million on 22 December 2009 for running Canada's largest-known grow-op scheme: 54 rented Toronto-area houses yielding 27,550 plants worth over $30 million. Charges against his wife and brother were dropped; his lead accomplice fled and remains wanted.
Prison 5 yearsFine CAD 760,000
Project OSABOT eradicates 4,700 outdoor plants in southwestern Ontario
Five police services with military support seized and destroyed about 4,700 outdoor marijuana plants across southwestern Ontario between 14 and 18 September 2009. Police valued the haul at close to 4.7 million dollars and reported no arrests from the five-day operation.
Plants destroyed 4,700
20083 reports
Police raid Toronto's Kindred Cafe and charge two staff with trafficking
More than a dozen Toronto police officers raided the Kindred Cafe on 20 November 2008, taking two employees into custody on marijuana trafficking charges after undercover buys of cannabis-laced treats.
Arrested 2
40,000 cannabis plants seized in cornfield near Pembroke
Ontario Provincial Police executing a search warrant on 18 September 2008 found more than 40,000 cannabis plants hidden between corn rows at 1970 B-Line Road near Pembroke, calling it the largest grow operation in Canada's history with a street value of about $40 million.
Plants destroyed 40,000
Project Tropical Storm shuts 18 GTA grow-ops; 31 arrested
York Regional Police ended a two-year probe into a Toronto hydroponics supplier with raids on 18 grow-ops across the Greater Toronto Area in May 2008, seizing 3,288 plants worth C$12.5 million. Thirty-one people were arrested on more than 200 charges.
Arrested 31Charged 31Plants destroyed 3,288
20071 report
3,100 plants seized at North Stormont mushroom farm
Ontario Provincial Police raided the former Nordik Imperial Mushroom farm in North Stormont on 6 March 2007, seizing 3,100 marijuana plants in the largest indoor grow operation found in eastern Ontario. Eight people were arrested and charged with production and possession for trafficking.
Arrested 8Charged 8Plants destroyed 3,100
20061 report
Police raid 22 units in a Jane Street highrise and seize 6,000 plants
Toronto police raided 22 units across nine floors of a highrise at 2600 Jane St on 23 November 2006, seizing about 6,000 marijuana plants and 30 pounds of dried cannabis. Three men including the building's superintendent were charged.
Arrested 3Charged 3Plants destroyed 6,000Cannabis 13.6 kg
20052 reports
21,000 cannabis plants seized on a three-football-field farm at Iroquois Falls
Ontario police raided a remote farm near Iroquois Falls on 24 July 2005, seizing more than 21,000 cannabis plants growing in straight rows over three football fields. A 39-year-old Toronto man was arrested and charged with producing a controlled substance.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 21,000
Police shut an industrial grow-op with 2,800 plants in Sarnia's south end
Sarnia police and the OPP shut down an industrial-building grow operation in Sarnia's south end on 25 January 2005, seizing about 2,800 marijuana plants and 13.6 kg of dried cannabis. Two Sarnia residents were charged.
Arrested 2Charged 2Plants destroyed 2,800Cannabis 13.6 kg
20041 report
Seven sentenced over 30,000-plant Barrie brewery grow-op
Seven men who pleaded guilty to production and possession for trafficking were sentenced on 3 December 2004 over the 30,000-plant cannabis factory found in Barrie's former Molson brewery that January. The judge called them minor players, not the controlling minds; the organizers behind the estimated $120 million operation were never charged.
Arrested 9Charged 7Plants destroyed 30,000
20021 report
Toronto police raid Compassion Centre serving 1,200 patients
Toronto police raided the Toronto Compassion Centre at Bathurst and St Clair on 13 August 2002, seizing medicine for about 1,200 patients and arresting staff; the club's two founders were charged with possession and trafficking and the charges were later dropped.
Charged 2
20013 reports
York police seize 8,600 cannabis plants in Vaughan warehouse raid
York Region police raided a 10,000-square-foot indoor greenhouse at 100 Bradwick Drive in Vaughan on 20 November 2001, seizing more than 8,600 plants they valued at $8.5 million; two Toronto men were charged.
Arrested 2Charged 2
Project Greenhouse raids 17 homes across Waterloo Region and Toronto
Police raided 17 homes across Waterloo Region, Guelph and the Toronto area on 22 June 2001 in a six-month sting called Project Greenhouse, seizing almost 2,000 marijuana plants. Twenty-three people were arrested.
Arrested 23Plants destroyed 2,000
Police seize about 200 medical-marijuana plants from activist's Udora farm
York police raided a farmhouse Jim Wakeford had rented in Udora on 2 March 2001 and removed about 200 marijuana plants he was growing for himself and other holders of federal medical exemptions. About eleven days later provincial police stopped his taxi, seized a pound of marijuana and charged him with possession for trafficking.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 200Cannabis 450 g
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