E-cigarettes in Canada
Regulation of vaping products came in in 2018, bringing medium level restrictions and a fast-growing market. This page provides all of our material relating to Canada and its vaping market. This includes all of our full-length Canadian market and regulatory reports, our extensive news coverage – both business and regulatory – our numerous trackers and databases, as well as our live alerts.
Business briefing
Industry news and updates with a focus on companies and businesses in the sector
Regulatory briefing
Global legal and regulatory news and updates from the vape industry
Market reports
Detailed full-length reports including data and analysis of numerous vaping markets around the world
Snapshot: Canada, November 2020
26th November 2020
Regulatory reports
Thorough reports providing legal and regulatory analysis of different countries and sections of the e-cigarette industry
Pricing trackers
Online e-cig pricing guides for numerous markets around the world, updated quarterly and provided in database format
Online e-cig pricing: Canada Q3 2020
14th October 2020
Regulatory trackers
Up-to-date information about current regulations around the world, presented in user-friendly maps and Excel spreadsheets
Global regulatory tracker: regulatory burden index January 2021
11th February 2021
Brands trackers
Our online price benchmarking project, analysing multi-brand retail websites in selected vape markets
Online brands tracker: Canada Q4 2020
18th January 2021
Flavour & nicotine trackers
Analytical insights of the most significant vaping flavours and nicotine strengths
Flavour tracker Canada Q3 2020
1st February 2021
Databases
User-friendly databases with key global analysis, statistics, directories and more
Key global e-cigarette markets database: March 2021
5th March 2021
Blog
Analysis of critical issues and trending industry topics are explored in our blog
‘Must do better’ – tobacco companies score poorly in harm reduction exam
2nd October 2020
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Charts and infographics
A brief highlight of what can be found in our full-length e-cigarette market reports
IQOS more familiar in Canada than US
4th December 2019
Some Canada’s data insights
In May 2018, the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act became law, bringing nationwide regulation of e-cigarettes to Canada. The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) sets the general rules governing vapour products, both with and without nicotine.
The most recent Proposal on Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations was submitted in June 2019, which aims to strengthen product requirements, especially regarding nicotine products.
In February 2019, the government served notice of plans to tighten restrictions on advertising and published the Notice of Intent – Potential Measures to Reduce the Impact of Vaping Products Advertising on Youth and Non-users of Tobacco Products. As of August 2020, shops that allow access to under-18s are not allowed to advertise of display products, while online shops must have an age-verification system to do so.
Individual provinces have started taking matters into their own hands, imposing further restrictions including tax hikes, flavour restrictions and nicotine caps.
Canada is a fast-growing market; however, the growth rate is currently negatively affected by the recent vaping scandal in the US. Vape stores are registering a significant decrease in sales.
