{
 "answer": "In the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, where prohibited: Within 9 metres of any entrance/exit of municipally owned/leased buildings, child care centres, and in public parks; buffer distance: nine (9) metres from any entrance or exit; vaping included: True; cannabis included: True. Source: By-law No. 40-20 - Smoking and Vaping, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001724",
 "municipality": "Regional Municipality of Halton",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.halton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 40-20 - Smoking and Vaping",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-07-15",
   "document_url": "https://www.halton.ca/Repository/By-Law-No-40-20",
   "summary": "Prohibits smoking, holding lighted tobacco or cannabis, and using an electronic cigarette within 9 metres of any entrance or exit of a municipally owned or leased building, within 9 metres of any entrance or exit of a child care centre, and anywhere in a public park. 'Public park' covers municipally owned parklands, parkettes, trails, playgrounds, sports and playing fields, beaches",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "90be9c62884b80cb7265c12631a6d0600434618668bedf733367a977fadb7356",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/90be9c62884b80cb7265c12631a6d0600434618668bedf733367a977fadb7356.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Within 9 metres of any entrance/exit of municipally owned/leased buildings, child care centres, and in public parks",
    "buffer_distance": "nine (9) metres from any entrance or exit",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "cannabis_included": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.1(c)",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 3.1(a)",
    "vaping_included": "s. 3.1 \"or use an electronic cigarette\"",
    "cannabis_included": "s. 3.1 \"smoke or hold lighted cannabis\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/regional-municipality-of-halton/smoking-vaping/text-90be9c62884b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/regional-municipality-of-halton/smoking-vaping/"
}