Smoking & vaping across Ontario
Where is smoking or vaping prohibited?
100 of 444 municipalities in Ontario have an adopted bylaw on smoking & vaping on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Metcalfe Township |
By-law No. 20 of 2019 - Smoking and Vapourizing By-law
adopted 2019-03-18 |
where prohibited: Designated public places, enclosed workplaces, parks, outdoor community meeting areas, municipal buildings, and township-owned vehicles · buffer distance: 9 metres of any entrance/exit to a building; 20 metres of any entrance/exit of a Municipal Building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Alfred and Plantagenet Township |
By-law Number 2003-41 - By-law to prohibit smoking in municipal establishments
adopted 2003-06-16 |
where prohibited: all municipal buildings including townhall, municipal offices, community centres, garages, fire stations, water filtration plants, libraries, elevators, stairways · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Amherstburg Town |
By-law No. 2016-113 - Smoke-free Outdoor Spaces By-law
adopted 2016-12-12 |
where prohibited: Town-owned/leased outdoor public places (parks, playgrounds, recreational fields, trails), within 9m of municipal building entrances/exits, and special event areas without a designated smoking area · buffer distance: 9 metres of a Public Entrance or Public Exit of a Municipal Building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Armour Township |
By-law #6-2019 - Smoking/Vaping Cannabis-Tobacco By-law (amended by #24-2025)
adopted 2019-01-08 |
where prohibited: Buildings, structures, and vehicles owned or leased by the Township, and within nine metres of any entrance or exit of those buildings · buffer distance: nine (9) metres from any entrance or exit · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Arnprior Town |
Smoking and Vaping By-Law No. 7045-20
adopted 2020-02-24 |
where prohibited: All municipal public places including parks, playgrounds, sports fields, trails, beaches, parking lots, recreation facilities, cemeteries; 9m from building entrances; 20m from playgrounds, Robert Simpson Park/Nick Smith Centre grounds, sporting areas · buffer distance: nine-metre radius of an entrance to or exit from a municipally owned or leased building; 20 metres of children's playgrounds, sporting areas, and Robert Simpson Park/Nick Smith Centre grounds · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Asphodel–Norwood Township |
By-law 2019-14 Smoking By-law
adopted 2019-02-12 |
where prohibited: Within 20m of entrances/exits/air intakes of Township buildings, outdoor bleachers, playground equipment zones, gazebos, beaches, shade shelters, and Township trails · buffer distance: Twenty (20) meter radius · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Barrie City |
Smoking By-law 2019-052 (Consolidated)
adopted 2019-06-17 |
where prohibited: City property, walkways on city property, recreation facilities and within 20m of their perimeter, all workplaces, all public places, within 9m of outdoor patio perimeter · buffer distance: 20 metres of any point on the perimeter boundary of a Recreation Facility; 9 metre radius surrounding any point on the perimeter boundary of an outdoor patio · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Black River-Matheson Township |
By-law 17-2006 – Smoking By-law | where prohibited: Workplaces, public places, establishments, municipal buildings, vehicles, common areas of residential buildings, bars, restaurants, retail shops, transit vehicles. | 2026-08-28 |
| Blandford-Blenheim Township |
By-law 1909-2015 (amending By-law 1662-2011) – Smoking By-law
adopted 2015-06-03 |
where prohibited: All municipal parkland and Township facilities including arenas, administration buildings, fire halls, and community centres · buffer distance: 9 meters · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Bonnechere Valley Township |
By-Law 2019-052 - Regulate Smoking and Vaporizing in Public Places
adopted 2019-09-24 |
where prohibited: Designated public places (Annex 1), enclosed workplaces owned/operated by Township, municipal buildings, named parks, beaches, and community facilities · buffer distance: 9 meters from all doorways · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Bradford West Gwillimbury Town |
Smoke Free Public Places By-law 2019-41 (Consolidated)
adopted 2019-04-16 |
where prohibited: Municipal Property, within 9m of Municipally-controlled Property entrances, all Health Care Facilities and grounds, Schools/daycares within 20m, and Smoke Free Ontario Act areas · buffer distance: 9 metre radius of any entrance to a Municipally-controlled Property; 20 metres of boundaries of schools/daycare/child care facilities · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Brantford City |
Smoking - Clean Air, Municipal Code Chapter 570
adopted 2019-03-01 |
where prohibited: Cannabis and vaping prohibited in public places; tobacco prohibited on municipally owned property. · vaping included: True · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Brighton Municipality |
Tobacco Use By-law No. 007-2014
adopted 2014-03-03 |
where prohibited: Municipally owned parkland property, any municipal building, and within nine (9) metre radius of skateparks, playgrounds, beaches, wading pools, splash pads, or sportsfields. | 2026-08-28 |
| Brockville City |
Smoking & Vaping By-law No. 053-2019
adopted 2019-06-25 |
where prohibited: Designated Public Places (Park, Parking Lot, Outdoor Community Meeting Area, Municipal Building, Transit Shelter) and Enclosed Workplace. · buffer distance: 3 metres from Enclosed Workplace entrances/exits; 9 metres from Municipal Building entrances/exits and Transit Shelters. · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Burk's Falls Village |
Smoking Outdoors on Burk's Falls Health Centre Property By-law No. 12-2012
+1 more adopted 2012-06-26 |
where prohibited: Any portion of a municipal property and 9 meters from entrances, air-intakes, playgrounds, skate-board parks, green spaces, or recreation fields. · buffer distance: 9 meters · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Burpee and Mills Township |
Smoke Free By-law No. 03-15
adopted 2003-07-07 |
where prohibited: Workplaces and public places, including indoor areas, food courts, outdoor patios, public shelters, public transit vehicles, public washrooms, and common areas. | 2026-08-28 |
| Cavan Monaghan Township |
By-law No. 2019-11 - Respecting Smoking in Certain Public Places
adopted 2019-02-04 |
where prohibited: Children's Playground and Play Areas, Community Recreation Facilities, Township building entrances/exits/air intakes, and Township Trails system. · buffer distance: twenty (20) metre radius; nine (9) metre radius · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Central Manitoulin Municipality |
By-law 2001-07 - Smoking By-law
+1 more |
where prohibited: any enclosed public place, including Taxicabs or Limousines · fines: up to a maximum of $ 1,000.00 for each violation · where prohibited: Municipal Buildings and areas within a 9 meter radius of all public entrances | 2026-08-28 |
| Chapleau Township |
By-law to Regulate Smoking in Public Places 2022-09
adopted 2022-01-31 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Cobalt Town |
Smoking and Vaping By-law 2024-06
adopted 2024-02-20 |
where prohibited: Municipal Building entrance (5-meter radius), any portion of municipal building property, Municipally owned leased property · buffer distance: 5-meter · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Cornwall City |
By-law 2020-040 - Smoking and Vaping in Public Places
adopted 2020-02-10 |
where prohibited: Designated Public Places including Parks, Recreational Paths, within 20m of Recreational Paths, and places in Smoke-Free Ontario Act s.12(2). · vaping included: True · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| East Gwillimbury Town |
No Smoking By-law 2019-071
adopted 2019-06-04 |
where prohibited: Public Places listed in Schedule A; and all Properties where schools, daycare facilities, and other child care facilities are located. · vaping included: True · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| East Zorra-Tavistock Township |
No-Smoking By-law 2015-36
adopted 2015-09-16 |
where prohibited: Any Township Facility, including municipal parkland, playground equipment, sports fields and spectator seating · fines: $150.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Township |
By-law 2019-19 - Smoking and Vaping in Municipal Facilities and Public Places Policy
adopted 2019-04-22 |
where prohibited: Designated enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, municipal facilities, outdoor community meeting areas, parks, highways, and within three meters of entrances or exits. · buffer distance: three (3) meters · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Elliot Lake City |
Smoking By-law 21-49
adopted 2021-06-28 |
where prohibited: Workplaces; public places; within 9m of entranceways/exits to public places; within 20m of playgrounds/play areas and sports areas · buffer distance: 9 metres from entranceway or exit to any public place; 20 metres from any Playground/Play Area or Sports Area · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Essex Town |
By-law Number 1228 (Smoke-Free Public Spaces) | where prohibited: Any property owned or leased by the Town of Essex, excluding municipal roads, roadside sidewalks, and designated smoking areas. · fines: $300.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| French River Municipality |
Smoke Free By-law 2012-39
adopted 2012-11-21 |
where prohibited: Workplaces, public places, within 9m of entranceways, playgrounds, recreation fields, parks, parkland, and Alban Park Pergola/Gazebo · buffer distance: 9 m from any entranceway, playground area, recreation field, park or parkland, and Alban Park Pergola/Gazebo · fines: not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) | 2026-08-28 |
| Georgina Town |
By-law 2012-0061 (REG-1) - Smoking in Outdoor Areas
adopted 2012-06-25 |
where prohibited: All Town-owned/operated property, Town facilities, and Town-owned/operated Parks · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Goderich Town |
By-law No. 66 of 2010 - Restrict Smoking in Victoria Park
adopted 2010-06-14 |
where prohibited: Victoria Park (unenclosed public place where persons other than owner/occupier have access by right or invitation) · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Greater Napanee Town |
By-law No. 03-05 - Smoking By-law (Office Consolidation as of January 29, 2025)
adopted 2003-01-13 |
where prohibited: All designated public places (arenas, food premises, retail shops, parks, municipal buildings, public vehicles, workplaces) and all workplaces; within 9m of Municipal Building entrances. · buffer distance: nine meters (9m) of the entrance, exits, or boundary of any Municipal Building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Greater Sudbury City |
By-law 2019-65 - Regulate Smoking and Vaping in Public Places
adopted 2019-05-07 |
where prohibited: Municipal buildings, parks, Downtown Transit Terminal, library lands; within 9 metres of entrance/exit/air intake of municipal or public buildings · buffer distance: nine (9) metres · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Guelph City |
Smoking Bylaw (2019)-20379
adopted 2019-02-25 |
where prohibited: Enclosed public places and workplaces, schools, indoor common areas in condos/apartments/residences, child care centres, sports arena reserved seating, hospital grounds, playgrounds, restaurant/bar patios, sporting areas · buffer distance: 9 metres from entrances or exits of hospitals, private hospitals, psychiatric facilities, independent health facilities, and long-term care homes; 9 metres from restaurant/bar patio perimeters; 20 metres from children's playground, school, sporting area, and community recreational facility perimeters · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Haldimand City |
No-Smoking By-law 296-02
adopted 2002-11-04 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Hamilton City |
By-law No. 11-080, To Prohibit Smoking within City Parks and Recreation Properties
adopted 2011-03-09 |
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 | 2026-08-28 |
| Hearst Town |
By-law No. 44-16 (Smoking/Vaping), as amended by By-law 64-19
adopted 2016-05-10 |
where prohibited: Within 9 metres of entranceways of municipally-owned buildings (listed in schedule) · buffer distance: nine (9) meters of any entranceway · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Huntsville Town |
By-law 2019-107 to Prohibit Smoking or Vaporizing of Tobacco or Cannabis on Town of Huntsville Owned Property
adopted 2019-10-28 |
where prohibited: Inside any Municipal Building; outdoors within 20m of Municipal Building perimeter; any Outdoor Recreational Facility · buffer distance: 20 meter radius of the perimeter of the property lines · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Huron County County |
By-law No. 2018-002 to Prohibit Smoking on a Property Owned by the County of Huron
adopted 2017-12-06 |
where prohibited: All County of Huron-owned property, excluding county roads, roadside sidewalks, and designated/temporary smoking areas · cannabis included: True · fines: $105.00 per offence | 2026-08-28 |
| Huron Shores Municipality |
By-law # 04-06 to Regulate Smoking in Public Places and Workplaces
+1 more adopted 2004-02-11 |
where prohibited: All public places, workplaces, and entranceways (4-metre radius surrounding any public entrance) within the Municipality · buffer distance: 4 metre radius surrounding any public entrance · vaping included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Ingersoll Town |
Smoking By-Law 10-4550
adopted 2010-05-03 |
where prohibited: Town-owned sports fields, walkways on Town property, within 9m of Town facility entrances, and within 9m of splash pads, playground equipment, spectator seating, ball diamonds, soccer fields, basketball/tennis courts · buffer distance: 9 meters · vaping included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Innisfil Town |
Outdoor Smoking By-law 078-22
adopted 2022-06-22 |
where prohibited: Within 20-metre radius of Playground Equipment Zones, Public Playing Fields and Recreation Spaces, and Spectator Seating Areas · vaping included: True · fines: as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33 | 2026-08-28 |
| Kawartha Lakes City |
Consolidated By-law to Regulate Public Parks, Facilities and Trails 2006-147 (Section 5.24 Smoking and Vaping, added by By-law 2025-077) | where prohibited: within 20 meters of any playground, sporting or spectator areas in a park; within 20 meters of a Community Centre property · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Killarney Municipality |
Smoking and Vaping By-law
adopted 2024-06-12 |
where prohibited: Enclosed workplaces, enclosed public places, municipal lands (Schedule B), within 9m of public entrances/exits, within 20m of playgrounds/parks/schools/sporting areas · buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius of any public entranceway or public exit · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Kingston City |
Smoking and Vaporizing By-law
adopted 2018-11-20 |
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 | 2026-08-28 |
| Kingsville Town |
By-law to Prohibit Smoking in Public Places
adopted 2016-10-11 |
where prohibited: All Public Places listed in Schedule A (parks, recreational facilities) and Schedule B, and associated parking lots · buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius of any entrance or exit of any building or structure under the control, supervision, ownership and/or operation of the Town · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| LaSalle Town |
By-law 7775 - Prohibit Smoking within Town-Owned Parks, Facilities, Playgrounds and Sports Fields
adopted 2015-07-14 |
where prohibited: Town-owned parks, facilities, playgrounds, sports fields listed in Schedule A, and within 9-metre radius of any Municipal Building entrance/exit · buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius of the outside area of any entrance or exit · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Lake of Bays Township |
By-law 2019-034 - No Smoking on Municipal Property and Water Access Points | where prohibited: Municipal property including parks, water access points, and locations listed in Schedule A · vaping included: True · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Lambton County County |
By-Law 10 of 2004 - Regulate Smoking in Public Places and Work Places
adopted 2004-04-07 |
where prohibited: All indoor public places and workplaces within Lambton County; excludes private residences, psychiatric facility patients, and certain care home residents. · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Leamington Municipality |
Outdoor Smoking By-law 311-13 (consolidated)
adopted 2013-09-16 |
where prohibited: Sports fields (Schedule A), recreational facilities (Schedule B), within 15m of playgrounds, within 9m of building entrances/exits; parking lots excluded · buffer distance: 9 metres from any entrance or exit to a building; 15 metres from any playground in a park · vaping included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| London City |
Smoking Near Recreation Amenities and Entrances By-law - A.-6924-85
+1 more adopted 2013-03-05 |
where prohibited: Common areas, service lines/counters, places of public assembly, restrooms, food courts, public facilities, reception areas, municipally-owned buildings, bingo halls, bowling alleys, billiard halls, places of refreshment, casinos, arenas, shopping malls, buses, taxicabs, limousines, residential lobbies/hallways · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Lucan Biddulph Township |
By-law 48-2015 (Smoke Free Municipal Public Spaces By-law)
adopted 2015-07-13 |
where prohibited: All lanes, municipal buildings, parking lots, public places, public transit vehicles, recreational sports fields, trails, paths, and workplaces within the Township · vaping included: True · fines: $250.00 for smoking in a prescribed place (individual); up to $5,000 for corporate director/officer | 2026-08-28 |
| Machin Municipality |
By-law Number 02-2006 (Non-Smoking Areas By-law)
adopted 2006-01-23 |
where prohibited: Municipal Office Building, Municipal Garage, Medical Clinic, Firehalls, arenas, seniors centre, recreation centre, water treatment plant, any enclosed workplace · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Mapleton Township |
By-law Number 2011-081, Outdoor Smoking By-law
adopted 2011-09-13 |
where prohibited: Within 5 metres of any Township owned buildings · buffer distance: 5 metres of any Township owned buildings · vaping included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Mississauga City |
Smoking By-law 0094-2014
adopted 2014-04-23 |
where prohibited: Public Spaces: 300 City Centre Drive, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga Celebration Square, Scholars' Green, Scholars' Green Phase II · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Nairn and Hyman Township |
By-law to Regulate Smoking in Public Places 2001-33 | where prohibited: All enclosed public places including eating establishments, bars, billiard halls, bingo halls, bowling alleys, arenas, retail stores, offices, transit vehicles, taxis, limousines · vaping included: False · cannabis included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| North Bay City |
Smoking in Public Places By-law 2012-97
adopted 2012-03-19 |
where prohibited: All public places, workplaces, NBRHC property, designated City property, and entranceways within 9 metres of designated entrances · buffer distance: 9 metres · vaping included: False | 2026-08-28 |
| North Dundas Township |
Smoking & Vaping By-law (By-law 2020-31)
adopted 2020-08-11 |
where prohibited: Outdoor municipal property, outdoor restaurant or bar patios, enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, and vehicles on municipal property. · vaping included: True · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| North Grenville Municipality |
Smoking By-law (By-law 104-24)
adopted 2024-11-18 |
where prohibited: Outdoor municipal property, outdoor restaurant or bar patios, enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, within 3 metres of any entrance or exit of enclosed workplaces or public places · buffer distance: 3 metres · vaping included: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Municipality |
By-law No. 2003-20, Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke
adopted 2003-06-04 |
where prohibited: All public places, community centres, taxicabs/limousines, Town-owned/leased enclosed facilities and vehicles · buffer distance: 9 meter radius from any entryway of Town-owned/leased enclosed facilities · vaping included: False | 2026-08-29 |
| Oakville Town |
Parks By-law No. 2013-013 (consolidated)
adopted 2013-03-25 |
where prohibited: Areas with posted signs prohibiting smoking; within 20 metres of playgrounds, splash pads, courts, sports fields, spectator areas, children's recreation areas, or places where children congregate. · vaping included: True · cannabis included: True | 2026-08-30 |
| Orangeville Town |
By-law Number 36-2012 — A By-law to Regulate and Prohibit Smoking at all Municipally Owned/Operated Public Places (short title: Smoke-Free Municipal Public Spaces by-law)
adopted 2012-05-07 |
where prohibited: any lane, municipal building, parking lot, public place, public transit vehicle, recreational sports field, trail, path or workplace within the Town · fines: not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) | 2026-08-30 |
| Orillia City |
Municipal Code Chapter 953 - Smoking - Regulation - Public Places and Workplaces | where prohibited: All public places (indoor areas, public buildings, service lines, assembly places, restrooms, food courts, arenas, bars, restaurants, retail shops, malls, workplaces, taxis, limousines) · fines: as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act | 2026-08-29 |
| Oro-Medonte Township |
Smoking in Public Places By-law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Petawawa Town |
By-law 835/13 - Regulation of Smoking (Smoking on Municipal Property)
adopted 2013-05-06 |
where prohibited: All municipally owned property (buildings, lands, parking lots, parks, beaches, trails, playgrounds, sports fields) except designated smoking areas · buffer distance: at least 30 metres from enclosed areas, doorways, vents, operable windows, ventilation ducts, recreational areas, outdoor eating areas · vaping included: False | 2026-08-29 |
| Peterborough City |
By-law 18-114 - City of Peterborough Smoking By-law
adopted 2018-12-10 |
where prohibited: Health unit/hospital buildings, City/utility/library buildings, Riverview Park and Zoo, City parks, Del Crary Park, closed public road allowances, within 9m of entrances/playgrounds/sports fields · buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius surrounding any entrance, exit, or air intake · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Powassan Municipality |
By-law 2018-47 - Smoking By-law
adopted 2018-10-16 |
where prohibited: Enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, outdoors on municipal property (parklands, playgrounds, beaches, boardwalks, walkways), sports fields, playground equipment areas, within 9m of Municipal Facility entrances · buffer distance: nine (9 m) metres of any entrance to a Municipal Facility · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Prescott Town |
By-law 37-2019, Smoking and Vaporizing By-law
adopted 2019-09-23 |
where prohibited: Parks, Outdoor Community Meeting Areas, enclosed workplaces, within 9m of Municipal Building entrances/exits, within 9m of Transit Shelters, within 3m of Enclosed Workplace/Public Place entrances · buffer distance: 9 metres of Municipal Building or Transit Shelter; 3 metres of Enclosed Workplace/Public Place entrance or exit · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Prince Edward City |
By-law No. 4247-2018, Smoking and Tobacco Use Prohibition
adopted 2018-06-12 |
where prohibited: Within 9m of Municipal Recreation Facilities; within 25m of playground structures, sport playing fields, park facilities, tennis courts, outdoor rinks, youth park, skate parks; municipally owned parks, farmer's markets, municipal beaches, unenclosed workplaces, 3m from public building entrances · buffer distance: 9 metres from Municipal Recreation Facilities; 25 metres from playground structures and park facilities · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Puslinch Township |
By-law 59/12, Smoking By-law | where prohibited: Within 9 metre radius of all Puslinch Township owned buildings, except patio area at Puslinch Community Centre · buffer distance: 9 metre radius | 2026-08-29 |
| Quinte West City |
By-law 18-077, Smoking Prohibition Near Municipal Buildings
adopted 2018-11-19 |
where prohibited: Within 9.0 metre radius surrounding any entrance, doorway or exit of any municipal building · buffer distance: 9.0 metre (29.6 feet) radius surrounding any entrance, doorway or exit · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Rainy River Town |
By-law 1543-11, Smoking By-law
adopted 2011-02-22 |
where prohibited: Municipal buildings and vehicles owned or leased by the Town; within 9 metres of public entrances at the Rainy River Community and Recreation Centre · buffer distance: 9 metres from public entrances at the Rainy River Community and Recreation Centre · fines: not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) exclusive of costs | 2026-08-29 |
| Regional Municipality of Durham Regional municipality |
Smoking and Vaping By-law No. 028-2019
adopted 2019-04-24 |
where prohibited: Public places, municipal buildings, post-secondary institutions, long-term care homes, within 20m of public parks, enclosed workplaces · buffer distance: 9m from any entrance, exit or air intake; 20m radius of any public park · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Regional Municipality of Halton Regional municipality |
By-law No. 40-20 - Smoking and Vaping
adopted 2020-07-15 |
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 | 2026-08-29 |
| Regional Municipality of Niagara Regional municipality |
By-law No. 2022-35 - Water Pipe Smoking
adopted 2022-05-19 |
where prohibited: Enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, patios, playgrounds, public places, sporting areas, spectator areas, schools, and within 9 metres of any perimeter point of those areas · buffer distance: 9 metres of any point on the perimeter of a Public Place, Playground, Sporting Area or Spectator Area · fines: individuals: up to $10,000 (first offence), up to $25,000 (subsequent); corporations: up to $50,000 (first offence), up to $100,000 (subsequent) | 2026-08-29 |
| Regional Municipality of Peel Regional municipality |
Smoke-Free By-law 49-2019 (Peel Outdoor No Smoking or Vaping By-law)
adopted 2019-09-12 |
where prohibited: Outdoor Public Places, Outdoor Municipal Property, Outdoor Construction Sites, within nine metres of Indoor Public Places or Indoor Workplaces, private dwellings used as Indoor Workplaces, Additional Places · buffer distance: nine metres · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers Township |
Smoking By-law 2003-29 (as amended by By-law 2007-37)
adopted 2003-10-08 |
where prohibited: All enclosed public places including eating establishments, bars, billiard halls, amusement arcades, arenas, retail stores, vehicles, and municipal facilities; within 10 metres of any municipal building entrance. · buffer distance: 10 meters of the entrance of any building owned by the Corporation · vaping included: False | 2026-08-29 |
| Saugeen Shores Town |
By-law 9-2000 amending Port Elgin By-law 9-97 respecting Smoking in Municipal Buildings
adopted 2000-02-07 |
where prohibited: public places and workplaces as defined in this by-law; Saugeen Shores Community Centre Arena Complex - 600 Tomlinson Drive | 2026-08-30 |
| Sault Ste. Marie City |
Smoking By-law 2019-200 (consolidated to June 14, 2021)
adopted 2019-10-22 |
where prohibited: City buildings, public places, enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, parkland, children's playgrounds, sporting areas, community recreational facilities, restaurant/bar patios, hospital site, Hub Trail, Algoma Public Health site · buffer distance: 9 metre radius from City Building entrance/exit (s. 3.1); 20 metres from children's playgrounds (s. 3.6); 20 metres from sporting areas (s. 3.7); 20 metres from community recreational facilities (s. 3.8); 9 metre radius from restaurant/bar patios (s. 3.9); 15 metres from Roberta Bondar Pavilion (s. 3.10); 9 metre radius from hospital site (s. 3.11); 9 metre radius from Algoma Public Health site (s. 3.13) · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Scugog Township |
Outdoor Smoking By-law 31-14
adopted 2014-06-02 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Selwyn Township |
Smoking in Public Places By-law 2018-084
adopted 2018-12-11 |
where prohibited: Children's playgrounds, sporting/spectator areas, community recreational facilities (20m radius); entrances, exits, air intakes at Township-owned buildings (9m radius) · buffer distance: Twenty (20) metre radius for playgrounds/sporting/recreational areas; nine (9) metre radius for building entrances, exits, air intakes · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Severn Township |
By-law 2019-21, Prohibit Smoking of Tobacco, Cannabis or Vaping
adopted 2019-02-06 |
where prohibited: Within 9 metres of any municipal building entrance; all outdoor developed parkland, docks, and recreational trails · buffer distance: 9 metres (30 feet) of any entrance to a municipal building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Shelburne Town |
By-law 35-2022, Smoking/Vaping By-law
adopted 2022-07-25 |
where prohibited: All municipally owned/leased properties: municipal buildings, trails, walkways, parks, playground areas, outdoor recreational facilities, special events, and within 20m of parks/playgrounds/recreational facilities · buffer distance: 20-metre radius of parks, playground areas, and outdoor recreational facilities · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Smiths Falls Town |
By-Law to Regulate Smoking and Vaporizing in Public Places and Enclosed Workplaces (By-law No. 10050-2019)
adopted 2019-06-17 |
where prohibited: Designated Public Places (parks, outdoor community meeting areas, within 9m of municipal building entrances, within 3m of enclosed workplace/public place entrances) and enclosed workplaces · buffer distance: 9 metres from any entrance or exit of a Municipal Building; 3 metres from any entrance or exit of an Enclosed Workplace or Enclosed Public Place · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| South River Village |
By-law #18-2016 – Smoking in Public Places
+1 more adopted 2016-07-11 |
where prohibited: Any building or land owned by the Village of South River; within 9-metre radius of any entrance, exit, or air intake of municipal property; any public beach · buffer distance: nine (9) meter radius surrounding any entrance, exit, or air intake · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| St. Marys Town |
Smoking and Vaping By-law 08-2020
adopted 2020-01-28 |
where prohibited: Parks, trails, any portion of municipal property, within 9 metres of any entrance/exit of a municipal building, and places under Smoke-Free Ontario Act s.12(2) · buffer distance: nine (9) metres of any Entrance or Exit of a municipal owned building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Stratford City |
Smoking in Public Places By-law 174-2003
adopted 2003-09-22 |
where prohibited: Indoor public places, workplaces, outdoor areas within 9m of municipal building entrances, city parks, Market Square, playgrounds, sports fields, hospital grounds · buffer distance: 9 metres (30 feet) of entrances/exits of Municipal Buildings; 9 metres of restaurant and bar patios; 9 metres of Stratford City Hall entrance; 20 metres of playgrounds, schools, sports fields, community recreational facilities · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Strathroy-Caradoc Municipality |
Smoke-Free Strathroy-Caradoc By-law 92-18
adopted 2018-12-17 |
where prohibited: Enclosed public places; outdoors on municipal property, sports fields, playground areas; within 9 m of Municipal Facility entrances; within 4 m of municipal parking lots; Schedule A places. · buffer distance: 9 m of any entrance to a Municipal Facility; 4 m of any Municipal parking lot · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Tarbutt Township |
By-law 12-2003 - Being a By-law to Regulate Smoking in Public Places and Workplaces in the municipality of the Corporation of the Township of Tarbutt & Tarbutt Additional
adopted 2003-06-04 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Tecumseh Town |
By-law Number 2014-060 - Consolidated Smoking and Vaping By-law (originally By-law 2014-60, as amended)
adopted 2026-05-12 |
where prohibited: Enclosed public spaces, enclosed workplaces, public places, patios, parks, sports fields, recreational facilities, and within 20m of municipal building entrances or 9m of transit stops · buffer distance: 20 metres from any entrance of any municipal building or enclosed workplace; 9 metres from a Transit Stop · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| The Nation Municipality |
By-law 74-2017 - Tobacco-Free By-law
adopted 2017-07-24 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Timmins City |
By-law 2011-7123 - Smoking By-law
adopted 2011-11-21 |
where prohibited: Workplaces; all public places; within 10m of playground equipment or recreational fields; beaches except designated areas · buffer distance: 3 metres from any entrance to a public place; 10 metres from playground equipment or recreational fields · vaping included: False | 2026-08-29 |
| Toronto City |
Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 709, Smoking
adopted 1999-07-08 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Trent Hills Municipality |
By-law 2012-75 - Prohibit Smoking & Use of Tobacco Products (Recreation Parks)
adopted 2012-07-17 |
where prohibited: Municipal buildings, within 9m of building entrances/exits/air intakes, skateparks, playgrounds, beaches, splash pads, sports fields, and (by 2014) all municipal parks except designated areas · buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius surrounding any entrance, exit or air intake of any building · vaping included: False | 2026-08-29 |
| Tweed Municipality |
By-Law No. 2018-64 (Smoking and Tobacco Use Prohibited)
adopted 2018-11-14 |
where prohibited: Within 9m of municipal buildings/recreation facilities; within 25m of playgrounds, sports fields, parks facilities, swimming pool, outdoor rinks, splash pad; certain public places · buffer distance: 9 meters from municipal buildings/recreation facilities; 25 meters surrounding playground structures, sport playing fields, parks facilities · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Wasaga Beach Town |
Smoking - Vaping Cannabis or Any Substance on Municipal Property By-law 2020-17
adopted 2020-02-25 |
where prohibited: All municipally-owned or leased properties including Municipal Buildings, trails, walkways, Parks, Playground Areas, Outdoor Recreational Facilities, and Special Events · buffer distance: 20 metres from perimeter of parks/playgrounds/outdoor recreational facilities; 20 metres from entrance/exit of Municipal Building (medical cannabis exemption) · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| West Nipissing Municipality |
Smoking By-Law 2019/09
adopted 2019-02-19 |
where prohibited: Workplaces; public places; within 9m of entranceways/exits; designated smoke-free properties; within 20m of playgrounds and sports areas · buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius of any entranceway or exit; 20 meter radius (65 feet) of Playground/Play Area and Sports Area · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| West Perth Municipality |
No Smoking By-law 062-2003
adopted 2003-08-18 |
where prohibited: All public places and workplaces within the Municipality; excludes outdoor patios, private residences, and dwelling workplaces with only resident employees · fines: Set fine $115.00 per offence; maximum upon conviction not more than $5,000.00 | 2026-08-29 |
| Whitby Town |
Smoking Restrictions By-law 7464-18
adopted 2018-12-11 |
where prohibited: parks, park buildings, libraries, municipal buildings, marina buildings, marina premises, and municipal events areas during events · buffer distance: twenty (20) metres of a public entrance or public exit of a municipal building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Windsor City |
Smoking By-law 113-2006 (amended by By-law 175-2016)
adopted 2006-06-12 |
where prohibited: Health care facilities, places of public assembly, convention centres, public halls, taxis, municipal buildings, arenas, recreation centres, parks, bus shelters, conservation areas, Lakeview Park Marina · buffer distance: nine meter radius of the outside area of an entranceway of any municipal building · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Woodstock City |
Municipal Code Chapter 0835 - Smoke Free Workplaces and Public Places
adopted 2019-05-16 |
where prohibited: All workplaces, public places (including parks and trails), municipal buildings, bar patios/restaurants, bus stops, and Schedule 'A'/'B' outdoor properties · buffer distance: nine metre (29.53 feet) radius of any entrance of any municipal building; four metre (13.12 feet) radius of any municipal bus stop · vaping included: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Zorra Township |
By-law 38-19 - Smoking and Vaporizing By-law
adopted 2019-07-17 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
Nothing on file for smoking & vaping
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Other bylaws on file, none on this topic (333) — Addington Highlands, Adjala-Tosorontio, Admaston/Bromley, Ajax, Alberton, Algonquin Highlands, Alnwick/Haldimand, Amaranth, Armstrong, Arran–Elderslie, Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh, Assiginack, Athens, Atikokan, Augusta, Aurora, Aylmer, Baldwin, Bancroft, Bayham, Beckwith, Belleville, Billings, Blind River, Bluewater, Bonfield, Bracebridge, Brampton, Brant, Brock, Brockton, Brooke-Alvinston, Bruce County, Bruce Mines, Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Burlington, Caledon, Callander, Calvin, Cambridge, Carleton Place, Carling, Carlow/Mayo, Casey, Casselman, Central Elgin, Central Frontenac, Central Huron, Centre Hastings, Centre Wellington, Champlain, Chapple, Charlton and Dack, Chatham-Kent, Chatsworth, Chisholm, Clarence-Rockland, Clarington, Clearview, Cobourg, Cochrane, Cockburn Island, Collingwood, Conmee, Cramahe, Dawn-Euphemia, Dawson, Deep River, Deseronto, District Municipality of Muskoka, Dorion, Douro-Dummer, Drummond/North Elmsley, Dryden, Dubreuilville, Dufferin County, Dutton/Dunwich, Dysart et al, Ear Falls, East Ferris, East Garafraxa, East Hawkesbury, Elgin County, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Emo, Englehart, Enniskillen, Erin, Espanola, Essa, Essex County, Evanturel, Faraday, Fort Erie, Fort Frances, Front of Yonge, Frontenac County, Frontenac Islands, Gananoque, Georgian Bay, Georgian Bluffs, Gillies, Gordon/Barrie Island, Gore Bay, Grand Valley, Gravenhurst, Greater Madawaska, Greenstone, Grey County, Grey Highlands, Grimsby, Guelph/Eramosa, Haliburton County, Halton Hills, Hamilton, Hanover, Harley, Harris, Hastings County, Hastings Highlands, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Hawkesbury, Head, Clara and Maria, Highlands East, Hilliard, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Horton, Howick, Hudson, Huron East, Huron-Kinloss, Ignace, Iroquois Falls, James, Jocelyn, Johnson, Joly, Kapuskasing, Kearney, Kenora, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Kincardine, King, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, La Vallee, Laird, Lake of the Woods, Lakeshore, Lambton Shores, Lanark County, Lanark Highlands, Larder Lake, Latchford, Laurentian Hills, Laurentian Valley, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Lennox and Addington County, Limerick, Lincoln, Loyalist, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Machar, Madawaska Valley, Madoc, Magnetawan, Malahide, Manitouwadge, Marathon, Markham, Markstay-Warren, Marmora and Lake, Matachewan, Mattawa, Mattawan, Mattice-Val Côté, McDougall, McGarry, McKellar, McMurrich/Monteith, McNab/Braeside, Meaford, Melancthon, Merrickville–Wolford, Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Midland, Milton, Minden Hills, Minto, Mississippi Mills, Mono, Montague, Moosonee, Morris-Turnberry, Mulmur, Muskoka Lakes, Neebing, New Tecumseth, Newbury, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Nipigon, Nipissing, Norfolk, North Algona Wilberforce, North Dumfries, North Frontenac, North Glengarry, North Huron, North Kawartha, North Middlesex, North Perth, North Stormont, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Northumberland County, Norwich, Oil Springs, Oliver Paipoonge, Oshawa, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Oxford County, Papineau-Cameron, Parry Sound, Pelee, Pelham, Pembroke, Penetanguishene, Perry, Perth, Perth County, Perth East, Perth South, Peterborough County, Petrolia, Pickering, Pickle Lake, Plummer Additional, Plympton–Wyoming, Point Edward, Port Colborne, Port Hope, Prescott and Russell, Prince, Ramara, Red Lake, Red Rock, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Regional Municipality of York, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Richmond Hill, Rideau Lakes, Russell, Ryerson, Sarnia, Schreiber, Seguin, Shuniah, Simcoe County, Sioux Lookout, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Smooth Rock Falls, South Algonquin, South Bruce, South Bruce Peninsula, South Dundas, South Frontenac, South Glengarry, South Huron, South Stormont, South-West Oxford, Southgate, Southwest Middlesex, Southwold, Spanish, Springwater, St. Catharines, St. Clair, St. Joseph, St. Thomas, St.-Charles, Stirling-Rawdon, Stone Mills, Strong, Sundridge, Tay, Tay Valley, Tehkummah, Temagami, Temiskaming Shores, Terrace Bay, Thames Centre, The Archipelago, The Blue Mountains, The North Shore, Thessalon, Thorold, Thunder Bay, Tillsonburg, Tiny, Trent Lakes, Tudor and Cashel, Tyendinaga, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Uxbridge, Val Rita-Harty, Vaughan, Wainfleet, Warwick, Waterloo, Wawa, Welland, Wellesley, Wellington County, Wellington North, West Elgin, West Grey, West Lincoln, Westport, Whitchurch-Stouffville, White River, Whitestone, Whitewater, Wilmot, Wollaston, Woolwich.
No bylaws published online (8, verified negatives) — Brethour, Chamberlain, Fauquier-Strickland, Gauthier, Kerns, Moonbeam, O'Connor, Thornloe.
Unconfirmed (3, leads but nothing verified) — Coleman, Morley, Opasatika.