These are the most popular things Canadians search for before 4/20

Apr 6 2018, 1:15 am

The world’s annual cannabis celebration is almost upon us.

On April 20th, medicinal and recreation cannabis users around the world will be celebrating everything about the plant that makes 4/20 special. This is typically smoking but extends to all kinds of cannabis usage. Here in Canada, 4/20 is a big deal with celebrations happening throughout the country.

To help us get a greater idea of the kind of things Canadians look for ahead of the day, we took a look at the top Google Trends in Canada from April 17 to 20, 2017. You’ll see that some are relevant, others are ridiculous, and some are just plain hilarious.

General searches for cannabis

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1. Cannabidiol
2. Company
3. Seed
4. Hash oil
5. Health Canada

Searches related to ‘420 day’

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1. Cannabis
2. Meme
3. Bob Marley
4. Parliament Hill
5. Smoking
6. Adolf Hitler
7. Festival
8. Parliament
9. Cannabis smoking
10. Snoop Dogg

Food recipe searches

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1. Butter chicken
2. Ground beef
3. Leftovers
4. Korean cuisine
5. Chocolate chip
6. Supper
7. Pork chop
8. Stew
9. Lasagne
10. Detoxification

Searches for ‘meme’

1. 420 meme
2. Happy 420 meme
3. Hitler memes
4. Dart guy meme
5. Meme generator

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Google searches for party

1. Bachelorette party
2. Theme
3. Bachelor
4. Orange
5. Ticket
6. Idea


If you’re interested in finding out more information about medicinal cannabis or understanding the legal cannabis landscape, you can visit 420 Premium Market on 9th Avenue SE in Calgary. It opened back in 2014 as part of 420 Clinic, the first clinic of its kind in Alberta to offer patient-orientated services specifically for medicinal cannabis.

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