Exhibit 5.1

June 27, 2022

Meta Materials Inc.

1 Research Drive

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4M9

Re: Meta Materials Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Meta Materials Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offering and sale of (i) 37,037,039 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 37,037,039 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”); and (iii) up to 37,037,039 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares” and, together with the Shares and the Warrants, the “Securities”), registered under a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-256632) (the “Original Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and declared effective on June 14, 2021, and a related Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265844) filed by the Company with the Commission on June 27, 2022 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, which became effective upon filing (together with the Original Registration Statement, the “Registration Statement”).

The Securities are to be sold by the Company pursuant to an Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2022, by and among the Company and the investors signatory thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”), a form of which has been filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K to which this opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1.

We have examined, and relied upon the accuracy of factual matters contained in, as applicable, executed original or counterparts of the following documents: (a) the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on June 24, 2021, as amended (the “Articles”); (b) the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws dated October 26, 2016; (c) the resolutions adopted by the Company’s board of directors authorizing, amongst other items, the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement; (d) the Registration Statement; (e) the Purchase Agreement; and (f) the form of Warrant. We have also examined such corporate records and other agreements, documents and instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and officers and representatives of the Company and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives and have considered such matters of law as we have deemed appropriate as the basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.

In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.

Meta Materials Inc.

June 27, 2022

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Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when, as and if, issued and paid for as described in the Registration Statement, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;

2. When the Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor in the circumstances contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and

3. The Warrant Shares, when issued and delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

This opinion is limited to the present laws of the State of Nevada and, solely with respect to the second opinion, the present laws of the State of New York. We express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction, of the United States of America, or to any state “Blue Sky” laws and regulations, and no opinion regarding the statutes, administrative decisions, rules and regulations or requirements of any county, municipality or subdivision or other local authority of any jurisdiction.

We do not undertake to advise you or anyone else of any changes in the opinions expressed herein resulting from changes in law, changes in fact or any other matters that hereafter might occur or be brought to our attention.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K (and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement) and to the reference to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr LLP