Smoking and Vaping Rules in Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina regulates smoking through Bylaw No. 2017-20, The Smoking Bylaw, 2017. The City of Regina describes it as the bylaw that governs where smoking is and is not allowed in the city. The city’s page gives no rule details, and we could not open the bylaw text itself, so this page is short on specifics and says so where that matters.

What the city bylaw covers

The City of Regina’s bylaw page confirms the bylaw exists and what it is for. It does not set out the places covered, the distances or the penalties on that page. Because we could not read the full bylaw, we do not describe city rules for patios or doorways. Anything beyond the one-line description would be a guess, and we do not guess.

Parks

Parks are covered by a separate bylaw, the Parks and Open Space Bylaw. The City of Regina’s page on it lists, among the general highlights, no smoking, vaping or cannabis use. That page is a summary. It gives no section number, no fine and no list of exceptions, so use it as a pointer and read the bylaw before relying on a detail.

Provincial rules that apply in Regina

Provincial law gives a firmer baseline. The Government of Saskatchewan names The Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act and its Regulations as the governing laws. Under that legislation:

• smoking and vaping are banned in enclosed public places, defined as all or any part of a building or other enclosed place or conveyance
• smoking and vaping are not permitted within 3 metres of a doorway, window or air intake of an enclosed public place
• the enclosed-public-place and vehicle bans apply to both smoking and vaping

These rules apply in Regina whatever the city bylaw says. If the bylaw is stricter in some spot, the stricter rule is the one to follow.

Distances

The only distance we can state is the provincial 3 metres from doorways, windows and air intakes of enclosed public places. We could not confirm a different distance in the city bylaw.

Penalties

We could not confirm any fine under Bylaw No. 2017-20, so we list none. The City of Regina’s bylaw page is the right place to check current penalties and how tickets are issued.

Reporting a problem

We did not find a complaint number or form on the city page we read. Contact the City of Regina through its website to ask which office takes reports about smoking or vaping in a prohibited place, and keep the date, time and location of what you saw.

What we could not confirm

• the exact wording, penalty and exceptions in the Parks and Open Space Bylaw
• patio rules under the city bylaw
• fine amounts under Bylaw No. 2017-20
• whether the bylaw sets a door distance larger than the provincial 3 metres
• whether the bylaw addresses hookah or waterpipe use

More on this topic

For the province-wide picture, see Saskatchewan’s tobacco rules. The nearest city page with confirmed bylaw detail is Saskatoon. For how outdoor rules work across the country, see outdoor smoking bans in Canada, and for typical penalty ranges see fines for smoking in prohibited places. All other cities are on the bylaw hub.