Can You Vape Indoors at Work?

You cannot vape in an indoor workplace in the provinces and federal rules we checked. Each of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and the federal Non-smokers’ Health Act extends its workplace ban to e-cigarettes, either by naming vaping or by defining smoking to include it. This page compares the wording as of 27 October 2026; the general employer duties are in workplace smoking laws in Canada.

What does each jurisdiction say about vaping at work?

Jurisdiction	Source wording
Ontario	Smoking and vaping are banned in an enclosed workplace, even when the workplace is closed.
British Columbia	The Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act bans vaping inside indoor public places and workplaces. The province states there are no exempted vapour products at this time.
Alberta	Section 3 of the Tobacco, Smoking and Vaping Reduction Act: no person shall smoke or vape in a workplace, a public place or a public vehicle.
Manitoba	Smoking and vaping are banned in an indoor workplace.
Newfoundland and Labrador	Smoking is banned in a workplace, and the Act defines smoking to include using an e-cigarette.
Prince Edward Island	The Act defines to smoke as including using an operating electronic smoking device, and bars smoking in a workplace outside designated smoking areas.
Federal (Non-smokers’ Health Act)	Smoke includes using a vaping product; employers must ensure no one smokes in a work space under their control.

We did not reach a primary page that settles the workplace vaping rule for Quebec, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or the territories, so none is claimed here. The overview in smoking and vaping laws by province is the place to compare the others.

Is vaping treated the same as smoking?

For the indoor ban, yes. The differences show up elsewhere.

• Rooms. Where a law lets an employer set aside a smoking room, it can name vaping too. In Newfoundland and Labrador, a designated room may be a smoking room or an e-cigarette room, but only at a remote worksite designated by regulation, an underground mining operation or a marine installation. Those e-cigarette rooms apply to e-substances without cannabis. See designated smoking areas for employers.
• Products. British Columbia says health-approved vapour products can be exempted under its Act, but that no products are exempted at this time.
• Older text. The Prince Edward Island consolidation we read is current to 11 August 2018, so check the province’s legislation site for amendments before relying on it for a dispute.

Does the ban cover work vehicles and delivery trucks?

In Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, yes; smoking and vaping in work vehicles goes through each case.

What about federally regulated employers?

The Non-smokers’ Health Act defines smoke to include using a vaping product, so the employer duty to keep smoking out of work spaces also covers vapes. The detail is in smoking in federally regulated workplaces.

Who is responsible if someone vapes in a no-vaping area?

Employers and managers carry the duty. Alberta’s manager must not permit smoking or vaping in a prohibited place and must post signs. In Newfoundland and Labrador employers must ensure people refrain from using an e-cigarette outside designated rooms, and fines run from $500 to $5,000 for an employer, owner or operator and $50 to $500 for anyone else. The person vaping can be fined too. Penalty comparisons are on fines for smoking in prohibited places.

This is general information, not legal advice.