{
 "answer": "Saanich, British Columbia has no smoking & vaping bylaw on record as of 2026-10-25. 1990 council policy banning smoking in municipal buildings, facilities and vehicles; not a bylaw.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000121",
 "municipality": "Saanich",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
 "official_website": "http://www.saanich.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Council Policy: Smoking Ban - Municipal Facilities (1990)",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1990-04-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Bylaws~and~Policies/Council~Policies/smoking-ban-municipal-facilities-apr-1990.pdf",
   "summary": "1990 council policy banning smoking in municipal buildings, facilities and vehicles; not a bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-3cat",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "932daf15e4e31f50c88c362dc89540ba80b86cef7782c44655625d3c3cd75eed",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T17:26:44+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/932daf15e4e31f50c88c362dc89540ba80b86cef7782c44655625d3c3cd75eed.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/saanich/smoking-vaping/council-policy-smoking-ban-municipal-facilities/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/saanich/smoking-vaping/"
}