Ontario and Canadian Federal Gov't Will Team Up to Double Vape Tax

The price of vaping products is set to rise in Ontario, with the province planning to add a tax as a way to reduce the prevalence of vaping, particularly among young people.

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s fall economic statement this week contains an announcement that Ontario will be adding a provincial excise duty to vaping products, which would double the current federal duty rates.

The combined tax would see manufacturers and importers paying $2 per two millilitres of vaping liquids for the first 10 millilitres, then $2 per 10 millilitres for volumes beyond that.

Ontario says in the fall economic statement that taxation is a well-established approach to deterring the consumption of products that pose health risks.