The cannabis brand from Smiths Falls was Tweed. It was the company tied to the former Hershey factory site in Smiths Falls and later became part of Canopy Growth’s cannabis business.

Quick scoop

  • Name: Tweed.
  • Place: Smiths Falls, Ontario.
  • Why it’s known: It helped turn the old chocolate factory into a major cannabis production site.

Context

The name that usually comes up in Smiths Falls cannabis discussions is Tweed , not just Canopy Growth itself, because Tweed was the branded operation associated with the town’s early cannabis factory story. CBC also described Smiths Falls as home to Tweed, the largest marijuana producer in the country at the time.

TL;DR: It was Tweed.