Cannabis Regulations Across Canada

Privately-run retail stores, government-operated online sales

Wherever tobacco use is prohibited 

• Hospital, school or child care facilities
• Playgrounds, sports fields, skateboard or bike parks, zoos, outdoor theatres and pools and splash pads
• In vehicles (except those used as temporary residences such as RVs)

Under existing Occupation Health and Safety legislation, the employer has an obligation to protect the health and safety of all workers on their work site. In turn, workers must safeguard their health and safety, and the health and safety of others around them. Alberta has indicated the possibility of additional or updated legislation, training or education programs on cannabis in the workplace post-legalization.

Wherever tobacco use is prohibited

• Playgrounds, sports fields, skate parks, and other places where children commonly gather;
• School properties
• Motor vehicles

Workplace impairment is currently prohibited under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. B.C. employers are encouraged to develop clear impairment policies that take a fitness-to-work test approach to workplace impairment. WorkSafe BC has developed a primer on preparing for cannabis legalization in the workforce.

All supply and distribution managed by the provincial government. Privately run retail stores and online sales.

Cannabis use is prohibited in public spaces, including: restaurant patios, in stadiums or outdoor entertainment venues, near wading pools, splash pads and water parks, near playgrounds, on beaches, or within bus shacks or similar public structures.

Under the Workplace Safety and Health Act, employers must take necessary precautions to ensure the safety, health and welfare of workers, and to provide and maintain a safe workplace. SafeWork Manitoba has developed a primer on impairment in the workplace. 

Privately run retail stores, government operated online sales, with prices for all cannabis set by government.

Recreational cannabis use is prohibited in public spaces.

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, an employer, supervisor or worker shall not enter or remain on the premises of a workplace or at a job site while his or her ability to perform work responsibilities is impaired by intoxicating substances or another cause that endangers his or her health or safety or that of other workers.

• on or within 20 meters of playgrounds located in an outdoor public space
• on or within 20 meters of a publicly owned sport and recreation event or venue, located in an outdoor public space
• on and within nine meters of public trails
• in provincial parks and on provincial beaches, except for within the boundaries of a rented campsite
• in vehicles used as part of one’s job or work; this does not apply to a personal vehicle used for work purposes if they are the only person using the vehicle for work purposes (this applies to tobacco only – any use of cannabis in vehicles is prohibited).

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, employers must take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker

Under the Act Respecting Occupational Health and Safety, every employer must take the necessary measures to protect the health and ensure the safety and physical well-being of his worker

Privately run retail stores, online sales

Recreational cannabis use is prohibited in public spaces.

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, every employer shall ensure, insofar as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all of the employer’s workers The Government of Saskatchewan is considering legislative changes to The Saskatchewan Employment Act and The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996 to more specifically include cannabis.