Vape Flavour Bans by Province in Canada

Canada has no national ban on flavoured vape liquid. What exists is a patchwork: federal limits on advertising certain flavours, and a growing set of provincial and territorial sales rules. This page sorts the provinces by what their law does, based on legislation and government pages we could open on the review date.

What the federal law covers

The federal Tobacco and Vaping Products Act prohibits promoting vaping products by indications or illustrations of five flavour categories listed in its Schedule 3: confectionery, dessert, cannabis, soft drink and energy drink. That is a promotion rule. It does not by itself stop a store from selling a flavoured liquid. Nicotine strength is capped federally at 20 mg/mL. See vaping laws in Canada for the full federal picture.

Provinces and territories with a near-total ban

In January 2025 the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health urged all governments to ban flavoured nicotine vaping products “as has been done in PEI, NS, NB, NWT, Nunavut and Quebec”. The statement is a federal public health source and names those six. Here is what we could confirm in each.

Jurisdiction	What we confirmed	Source type
Prince Edward Island	The Act (s. 3.1) bars retail sale of tobacco or an electronic smoking device containing a prescribed flavouring agent. The regulations define that as any agent giving an aroma or taste other than tobacco, and list dessert, soft drink, spice, alcoholic beverage, energy drink, herb, candy, cannabis, chocolate, fruit, menthol or other cooling agent, and vanilla. Consolidation current to 1 February 2025.	Statute and regulations
Nova Scotia	The government announced a ban on flavoured e-cigarette products that took effect on 1 April 2020, through amendments to the Tobacco Access Act and the Smoke-free Places Act.	Provincial news release
Northwest Territories	Since 25 March 2022 the sale of flavoured vapour products is banned. Vendors may still sell unflavoured and tobacco-flavoured vapour products.	Territorial news release
Nunavut	Retailers may not sell a flavoured tobacco or smoking product, or a product designed or advertised to flavour tobacco and alternative products. The chief medical officers’ statement lists Nunavut as banning flavoured nicotine vaping.	Territorial page and federal statement
New Brunswick	Named in the chief medical officers’ statement. The provincial legislation site did not open for us, so we cannot quote the section or start date.	Federal statement
Quebec	Named in the same statement. The provincial pages did not open for us, so no section or start date is given here.	Federal statement

Flavours allowed only in adult-only stores

• British Columbia. Only age-restricted stores (19 and over) may sell flavoured e-substances. Stores open to all ages may sell only tobacco-flavoured ones. The province also says the federal Schedule 3 flavours are banned everywhere.
• Saskatchewan. Since 1 September 2021 most flavoured vapour products may be sold only in adult-only specialty vape shops. Stores open to people under 19 may sell only tobacco and mint or menthol flavours.
• Ontario. Flavoured vapour products cannot be sold in retail stores other than specialty vape stores (or licensed cannabis stores). Menthol, mint and tobacco flavours are excepted. A specialty vape store is one that gets at least 85% of its sales from vapour products and keeps everyone under 19 out.

Other situations

• Alberta. The Tobacco, Smoking and Vaping Reduction Act prohibits selling flavoured tobacco products and flavoured vaping products designated by regulation. We did not read the regulation that designates them, so we do not list which flavours are covered.
• Newfoundland and Labrador. Section 3.4 of the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act restricts flavoured tobacco, including menthol. We found no restriction on flavoured vaping products in the Act.
• Manitoba. The Smoking and Vapour Products Control Act, as consolidated on 23 October 2026, contains no flavour provision. Bill 54 would add a section barring the sale of flavoured e-substances in a major urban area, except in premises that children may not enter, with an exception for tobacco flavour. It comes into force only on a day fixed by proclamation. Treat Manitoba as having no flavour restriction unless the province announces proclamation.
• Yukon. We did not find a page we could open that confirms a rule, so Yukon is left out rather than guessed.

Reading the rules

“Banned” rarely means every flavour is gone. Where bans exist, tobacco flavour and unflavoured liquid are normally still sold, and even then the minimum age applies, listed in legal vaping age by province. Tobacco products have their own flavour ban, described in menthol and flavoured tobacco rules. If you want to know why governments act on flavours, the health argument is in e-cigarette risks and benefits.