Smoking includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookah pipes, vaping devices, e-cigarette and other lighted or activated electronic smoking devices that burn or vaporize tobacco, cannabis or other weeds or substances.

Smoking in the Resort Municipality of Whistler is prohibited in the following areas:

• in or within 10 metres of the perimeter of an outdoor customer service area;
• within a 10-metre buffer below any opening into a building, including a door or window that opens or air intake;
• in a park or on the Valley Trail; and
• in all public plaza areas (e.g. Town Square, Village Common, Village Square and Mountain Square) or on the Village Stroll.

In addition, smoking is prohibited in parks and on other public property including in or within 25 metres of:

children’s play equipment (except on private property) playgrounds school property playing fields beaches food concessions picnic areas

parks skateboard parks the Valley Trail any part of a park or other municipal property used for a public event or activity for which the municipality has issued a permit

the grounds of any municipal building used for public recreation buildings, transit stops or transit shelters where people wait to board a vehicle for hire or public transit vehicle

Do not throw cigarettes on the ground or out of vehicle windows. They can ignite wildfires. Learn more about fire prevention.

Whistler Blackcomb ski resort has banned smoking on their property including the ski, bike and hiking areas, lift lines, restaurants and parking areas.

Bylaw enforcement

We hope people will comply with the smoking regulation bylaw. If not, Bylaw Officers may issue a ticket of $200 for smoking in a prohibited area. Bylaw enforcement includes targeted education, signage, Bylaw Officers in the Village and on the Valley Trail. We increase ticketing and enforcement when the fire danger rating is high or extreme.

Smoking cannabis in public

The federal Cannabis Act makes it legal for adults in Canada to possess, grow and use cannabis recreationally. Provincial law and our smoking bylaw regulate smoking cannabis in public.