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AAAA Weed in Canada: 45 Quad-Grade Strains In Stock

Last updated: 1 October 2026 — generated from live stock

Quick answer

AAAA — “quad” — is the top of the informal Canadian grading scale, covering bud density, trim, trichome coverage, aroma and cure rather than THC alone. We currently stock 52 AAAA-grade products, 37 of them AAAA+. Premium quad flower starts at $10 a gram and falls to about $5.71 a gram at the ounce; AAAA ounce deals run $99 to $110.

What AAAA actually measures

The A-scale runs AA, AAA, AAAA and AAAA+. It is a trade convention, not a regulated standard — nobody audits it, and the grower or seller assigns it. What it describes is physical: how dense and well-formed the buds are, how cleanly they are trimmed, how heavy the trichome coverage is, how loud the nose is, and how well the batch was cured.

It is not a THC rating. A carefully grown AAA can test higher than a rushed AAAA. Our full guide to the grading system breaks down each step of the scale.

AAAA and AAAA+ premium flower in stock (43)

Sold by weight from a single gram upward. Prices shown are the entry price; the per-gram cost falls as the weight goes up.

Strain	Grade	Price	Ounce (28 g)
Slurricane	AAAA	From $25.20	$99 ($3.54/g)
Zkittlez (strain guide)	AAAA	From $25.20	$99 ($3.54/g)
Ice Cream Cake (strain guide)	AAAA	From $26.78	$99 ($3.54/g)
Purple Punch	AAAA	From $26.78	$99 ($3.54/g)
Crystal Gelato	AAAA	From $26.78	$105 ($3.75/g)
Granddaddy Purple	AAAA	From $28.35	$110 ($3.93/g)
Astro Pink	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Black D.O.G.	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Black Gas	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Blackberry	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Bubba OG	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Buddha Boys – Gas Runtz	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Buddha Boys – Og Shark	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Cherry Bomb	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Coastal Pink Kush	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Critical Mass	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Death Bubba	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Diamond OG	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Do-Si-Dos	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
El Jefe	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Kings Kush	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
kryptonite	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Kush Mint	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Kush Mints (strain guide)	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Mac 11	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Moby Dick	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Ogkb	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Park Fire	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Pinetar	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Pink Candy	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Pink Death	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Rockstar	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Skittlez	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Sundae Best	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Tuna	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Ubc Chemo	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Zookies	AAAA+	From $10	$160 ($5.71/g)
Black Cookies	AAAA+	From $30	$160 ($5.71/g)
BUDDHA BOYS – Hit Mints	AAAA+	From $30	$160 ($5.71/g)
El Chapo	AAAA+	From $30	$160 ($5.71/g)
Pink Coma	AAAA+	From $30	$160 ($5.71/g)
Pink Rockstar	AAAA+	From $30	$160 ($5.71/g)
Cream Caramel	AAAA+	From $160	$160 ($5.71/g)

AAAA ounce deals in stock (9)

Full 28 gram ounces at quad grade, sold as a complete ounce only.

Strain	Ounce price	Per gram
Ice Cream Cake	$99	$3.54
Zkittlez	$99	$3.54
Purple Punch	$99	$3.54
Slurricane	$99	$3.54
MAC1	$99	$3.54
MKU	$99	$3.54
Death Bubba AAAA	$100	$3.57
Crystal Gelato	$105	$3.75
Granddaddy Purple	$110	$3.93

What quad-grade costs by weight

Amount	Weight	Typical price	Per gram
Gram	1 g	$10	$10.00
Eighth	3.5 g	$30	$8.57
Quarter	7 g	$60	$8.57
Half ounce	14 g	$90	$6.43
Ounce	28 g	$160	$5.71

Buying an ounce instead of single grams cuts the per-gram price by about 43%. For context, national research put the average legal retail price of dried flower at $6.25 a gram in 2022–23 — a quad-grade ounce here works out below that.

Benchmark from Rundle SM et al., Drug and Alcohol Review (2025), International Cannabis Policy Study, n=4,479 — full study. Bud Cargo figures are live in-stock prices on 1 October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

What does AAAA mean in Canadian cannabis?

It is the top of the informal A-scale used across Canadian mail order, running AA, AAA, AAAA and AAAA+. It grades bud density, trim quality, trichome coverage, aroma and cure — not THC percentage alone. A well-grown AAAA can test lower than a mediocre AAA and still be the better smoke.

Is AAAA+ different from AAAA?

In practice AAAA+ is used for the best of a grower’s AAAA run: denser, frostier, hand-trimmed, with a stronger nose. There is no independent body certifying either grade, so it always reflects the seller’s own assessment. Ours currently covers 30 AAAA+ products.

How much does AAAA weed cost?

Premium AAAA and AAAA+ flower here starts at $10 a gram, dropping to about $5.71 a gram at the ounce. Our AAAA ounce deals run $99 to $110 for a full 28 grams, roughly $3.54 to $3.93 a gram.

Is AAAA worth paying more for?

It depends what you value. You are paying for appearance, aroma and trim as much as potency. If you roll everything into joints and care mostly about effect, a well-cured AAA at half the price often makes more sense. If you care about how it looks and smells in the jar, quad-grade is where that shows.

Who grades the weed AAAA?

The seller does. Unlike the regulated legal market, where labs report cannabinoid content on every package, the A-scale is a mail-order convention with no external audit. That is why it is worth buying from somewhere that describes what it is actually grading on.