Signs for smoke-and vape-free spaces

You must post no smoking and no vaping signs if you are an employer or owner (proprietor) of an:

You must post enough of either both the individual tobacco signs and the individual electronic cigarette signs, or the combined tobacco and electronic cigarette signs, at each entrance, exit and washroom to ensure employees and the public know they cannot smoke tobacco or cannabis (medical or recreational) or vape anything there.

You must post additional no smoking and no vaping signs if you are an employer or owner (proprietor) of a:

  • hotel,
  • motel, or
  • inn

In the case of hotels, motels, and inns, you must either post both of the individual tobacco sign and individual electronic cigarette sign, or the combined tobacco and electronic cigarette sign, in every:

  • “non-smoking” or “non-vaping” guest room, and
  • washroom associated with such guest rooms

You can:

  • order these signs from your local public health unit (exception: Electronic Cigarette Sign)
  • download the PDF (right-click and choose "Save link as") and print an exact copy.
The employer and owner (proprietor) are responsible for ensuring that the signs meet the size requirements described in Ontario Regulation 268/18. The image of the sign may not meet the size requirements when you print the PDF. You might need to resize the sign before printing to meet the requirements

Get more detail about posting these signs and their required dimensions in the legislation.

Illustration of a black cigarette with smoke coming out of it in a red circle with a line through it. Branded with Ontario and Smoke-Free Ontario logos.
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Official sign names:

  • Tobacco Sign for Employers
  • Tobacco Sign for Proprietors
  • Tobacco Sign for Hotels, Motels and Inns

Sign date: April 1, 2020

Minimum size: 10 cm high, 10 cm wide

Illustration of a black e-cigarette with vapour coming out of it in a red circle with a line through it. Branded with Ontario and Smoke-Free Ontario logos.
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Official sign names:
  • Electronic Cigarette Sign for Employers
  • Electronic Cigarette Sign for Proprietors
  • Electronic Cigarette Sign for Hotels, Motels and Inns

Sign date: April 1, 2020

Minimum size: 10 cm high, 10 cm wide

Illustration of a black cigarette with smoke coming out of it in a red circle with a line through it. Branded with Ontario and Smoke-Free Ontario logos.
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Official sign names:

  • Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sign for Employers
  • Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sign for Proprietors
  • Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sign for Hotels, Motels and Inns

Sign date: April 1, 2020

Minimum size: 15 cm high, 20 cm wide

Signs for controlled areas in certain residential facilities and hospices

If a residential care facility (meaning a long-term care home, retirement home that provides care, provincially funded supportive housing residence, designated veterans' facility, designated psychiatric facility), or residential hospice has a controlled area where people can smoke or vape, the facility owner (proprietor) and employer must post signs outside any entrance to the controlled area.

You can download the PDF (right-click and choose "Save link as") and print a copy:

The employer and owner (proprietor) are responsible for ensuring that the signs meet the size requirements described in Ontario Regulation 268/18. The image of the sign may not meet the size requirements when you print the PDF. You might need to resize the sign before printing to meet the requirements.

Get more detail about posting these signs and their required dimensions in the legislation.

Illustration of a house with a burning cigarette inside it and text saying: “You must live here to vape or some in this room. Employees are not required to enter." Branded with Ontario and Smoke-Free Ontario logos.
Download PDF

Official sign names:

  • Controlled Areas in Certain Residential Facilities

Sign date: April 1, 2020

Size: 10 cm high, 10 cm wide

You will also need to post a sign indicating the maximum permitted occupancy of the controlled area.