Tilray, a privately held company currently has a 60,000 square foot facility in Nanaimo, British Colombia and proclaims the facility to be the largest federally growing operation in the world. The company explains, "We invested $20 million in a 70,000 square foot facility in Nanaimo, BC, which we built to grow and ship medical cannabis. We received our federal license from Health Canada in April, and since then we have been harvesting, hand-trimming, packing and shipping medical cannabis to Canadian patients every day. Tilray profile In addition, the company has "already created 65 local jobs and is still looking to fill positions for marketing managers, bilingual customer service representatives, horticulturists, trimmers and shipping specialists. Tilray will hire an additional 40 employees in the coming months."