Where is smoking or vaping prohibited?

Smoking & vaping — Kingston, Ontario

In the City of Kingston, Ontario, where prohibited: Parks, Outdoor Community Meeting Areas, Enclosed Workplaces, Enclosed Public Places, within buffer distances of Municipal Buildings and Transit Shelters; buffer distance: 9 metres of any entrance/exit of a Municipal Building or Transit Shelter; 3 metres of any entrance/exit of an Enclosed Workplace or Enclosed Public Place; vaping included: True; cannabis included: True. Source: Smoking and Vaporizing By-law, verified 2026-08-28.

Smoking and Vaporizing By-law adopted bylaw

where prohibited	Parks, Outdoor Community Meeting Areas, Enclosed Workplaces, Enclosed Public Places, within buffer distances of Municipal Buildings and Transit Shelters	s. 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.2, 4.3
buffer distance	9 metres of any entrance/exit of a Municipal Building or Transit Shelter; 3 metres of any entrance/exit of an Enclosed Workplace or Enclosed Public Place	s. 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6
vaping included	True	"No Person shall Smoke or Vaporize in any Designated Public Place"
cannabis included	True	s. 2.1 "Smoking and Vaporizing of Tobacco, Cannabis, E-Substance"
fine range	individuals: up to $10,000 first offence, $25,000 subsequent; corporations: up to $50,000 first offence, $100,000 subsequent	s. 7.1, 7.2

scout note

By-law 2018-173 regulates smoking and vaporizing in public places and enclosed workplaces in the City of Kingston.