{
 "answer": "In the City of Hamilton, Ontario, where prohibited: All parks and recreation properties owned or operated by the City of Hamilton, including indoor and outdoor areas, buildings, structures, parking lots, and trails listed in Schedule \"A\"; vaping included: False; cannabis included: False; fines: maximum fine of $10,000.00. Source: By-law No. 11-080, To Prohibit Smoking within City Parks and Recreation Properties, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001543",
 "municipality": "Hamilton",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.hamilton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 11-080, To Prohibit Smoking within City Parks and Recreation Properties",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-03-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.hamilton.ca/sites/default/files/2022-03/11-080.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits smoking tobacco on any City of Hamilton park or recreation property — including leash-free dog parks, pools, recreation centres, playgrounds, skateboard parks, beaches, arenas, stadiums and sports fields, plus the properties listed in Schedule A — and covers all indoor and outdoor areas, buildings, trails, walkways, parking lots and abutting road allowances, whether or not a No Smoking sign",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "4975b06f754707bcb0561b9d7e0567e367dbce339e6dda5ee06be603fc80f02d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4975b06f754707bcb0561b9d7e0567e367dbce339e6dda5ee06be603fc80f02d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "All parks and recreation properties owned or operated by the City of Hamilton, including indoor and outdoor areas, buildings, structures, parking lots, and trails listed in Schedule \"A\"",
    "vaping_included": false,
    "cannabis_included": false,
    "fine_range": "maximum fine of $10,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 1.(2); \"smoke tobacco on recreation property\"",
    "fine_range": "\"liable to a maximum fine of $10,000.00\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hamilton-city/smoking-vaping/text-4975b06f7547/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hamilton-city/smoking-vaping/"
}