Aqualitas

In the fall of 2014, we gathered a group together to talk about the challenges many people faced when trying to access the medicine they needed. At that time, a variety of limitations —regulations, product availability and quality, and a general lack of information created a gap for many people who were suffering. We knew we could do something about this and applied to Health Canada for a licence to be a producer of medical cannabis. Our founding team members had personal interests in Aqualitas’ potential:  a loved one with cancer, MS, Crohn’s disease or chronic pain who had benefited from cannabis; a background in helping and advocating for vulnerable people; a desire to create a ‘green’ company committed to environmental sustainability; a passion for research and development that could expand the product’s uses from a chemistry, biology and food science basis; a wish to participate in a start-up that would create jobs in Nova Scotia.

Our name is a nod to water and quality – two of the most important aspects of our processes, our products and our commitment to our clients.

People involved in the start-up generously provided their expertise to Aqualitas—medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, financial, legal, marketing, security, project-management—because they believed in the company, each other and our desire to make things better for our clients.

We come to Aqualitas with varied backgrounds but with these shared values:

• Wellness and a good quality of life for clients and employees
• Affordable access to medical cannabis
• The dignity of persons with disabilities or people in palliative care who require medical cannabis
• The growth of a safe, consistent and quality product
• Environmental sustainability
• Community participation and support
• Innovation through research and development

From our home along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Southwest Nova Scotia, Aqualitas produces cannabis using organic methods that have received Canada’s first Clean Green Certification. This certification recognizes our commitment to organic and sustainable growing practices. While our commercial-scale, proprietary aquaponics system matures we are also using soil-based growing methods. Both our soil-based and aquaponics cultivation platforms have been certified organic.

Aqualitas is a licensed producer of certified organically grown cannabis.