Vaping cost and law guides for Canada
The catalogue on this site answers what something costs today. These pages answer why — how the federal duty is calculated, what the nicotine cap means, which provinces charge extra, and what a puff count is actually measuring. Every figure is either computed from the legislation or taken from the prices we track, and each page says when it was last reviewed.
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How much does a vape cost in Canada?
The real delivered cost, built up from shelf price, federal and provincial duty, sales tax and shipping.
Vape tax in Canada, explained
Why the duty on a five-pack of disposables is more than double the duty on a single bottle holding the same liquid.
Nicotine strength: what mg/mL and percentages mean
How to read 20 mg/mL, 2%, and the federal cap that makes the two the same number.
What a puff count actually tells you
Why an advertised puff count is not a comparable figure, and what to measure instead.
Disposable and refillable vapes: the cost per millilitre
The same litre of e-liquid costs very different amounts depending on the container it arrives in. Here is the arithmetic.
What the law says about buying vapes online in Canada
Age rules, the nicotine cap, flavour restrictions and provincial duty — what applies where.
E-liquid bottle sizes: cost per millilitre by size
How much a 30, 60 or 100 mL bottle actually costs per millilitre, from prices read across the catalogue.
How much e-liquid is in a pod or a disposable vape?
The range of e-liquid capacities disposables and pods actually state, in millilitres.
Nicotine salt and freebase e-liquid: what the labels mean
What the two chemistries mean, and the strengths each is actually sold at.
Types of vapes: disposables, pod systems, kits and e-liquid
What each format actually is, and how many listings, at what typical price, the catalogue holds for it.
How to find the cheapest vape in Canada
What to compare: the same product across stores, price per millilitre, price per rated puff and the delivered price.