A driver carries cannabis in the car. When is this legal?
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CannSell: Where to use it, transport and driving
Where adults may and may not smoke or vape cannabis in Ontario, possession and home-growing limits, carrying cannabis in vehicles and boats, and impaired-driving consequences.
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Study reference: Ontario cannabis retail law and AGCO guidance (Oct 2026), Ch. 13 Public use and driving — ontario.ca Cannabis laws; Cannabis Control Act s. 12; ontario.ca Impaired driving
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A driver carries cannabis in the car. When is this legal?
- When the package is opened but the driver is completely sober
- When only a passenger is holding it in an open container
- When it is unopened, or in closed baggage out of reach
- When it is in the cup holder within the driver's easy reach
Do Ontario's impaired-driving laws apply to snowmobiles and boats?
- Only during the winter months when roads are icy
- No, they apply to cars and trucks on public roads only
- Yes, including boats, snowmobiles and off-road vehicles
- Only to boats over a certain length with a motor
How close to a hospital entrance may a person smoke cannabis?
- No closer than 20 metres
- No closer than 2 metres
- Any distance, outdoors is fine
- No closer than 9 metres
How many cannabis plants may be grown at one Ontario residence?
- Up to four plants per adult living there
- Up to four plants per residence
- Up to ten plants per residence
- Any number for personal use
How do penalties for cannabis-impaired driving compare with alcohol-impaired driving?
- They apply only if THC is above 20 ng
- They apply only to commercial drivers
- They are the same as for alcohol-impaired driving
- They are lighter because cannabis is legal
How much dried cannabis may an adult carry in public in Ontario?
- Any amount bought legally
- Up to 60 grams or the equivalent
- Up to 5 grams or the equivalent
- Up to 30 grams or the equivalent
Can a person smoke cannabis in a condo building's shared hallway or lobby?
- Yes, after 11 p.m. when the building is quiet
- Yes, if the person lives in the building
- No, indoor common areas are off limits
- Yes, if the condo board has not banned it
Which drivers face Ontario's zero-tolerance rule for cannabis?
- Young, novice and commercial drivers
- Only drivers over the age of 65
- Only drivers with prior convictions
- Only drivers of motorcycles
A driver refuses a demand for drug testing. What immediate consequences apply in Ontario?
- A $50 ticket payable within 30 days of the stop
- 90-day suspension, 7-day impoundment and a $550 penalty
- A warning letter and a note added to the driver's record
- A 3-day suspension with no impoundment of the vehicle
How far from a children's playground must someone be to smoke or vape cannabis?
- More than 20 metres
- More than 3 metres
- More than 9 metres
- More than 50 metres
Where may an adult legally smoke recreational cannabis in Ontario?
- In an enclosed workplace during a scheduled break
- In a private home that is not also a workplace
- On a bar or restaurant patio after 11 p.m.
- Inside a bus shelter with a roof and three walls
May a passenger smoke cannabis in a car that is being driven?
- Yes, as long as the driver does not use any
- Yes, if all of the car's windows are open
- Yes, but only on rural roads with little traffic
- No, no one may consume it in a vehicle being driven
Where to use it, transport and driving: key rules to remember
Our summary of what the official handbook says on this topic, in our own words. Read it before or after the practice questions above, then check the original chapter. Read the official chapter ↗
Cannabis laws (where you can smoke or vape)
- Allowed: private residences (not those that are also workplaces, such as long-term care homes); many outdoor public places such as sidewalks and parks; designated smoking hotel rooms; parked or anchored residential vehicles and boats with permanent sleeping and cooking facilities.
- Not allowed: indoor common areas of condos, apartments and residences; enclosed public places and enclosed workplaces; non-designated hotel rooms.
- Not allowed at schools, on school grounds or within 20 m of them; on children's playgrounds or within 20 m; in child care centres or places where home child care is provided, even if children are absent.
- Not allowed within 9 m of hospital entrances or exits, or on hospital outdoor grounds.
- Not allowed on publicly owned sports fields (not golf courses) and within 20 m; in restaurants and bar patios and within 9 m of a patio; in sheltered outdoor areas with a roof and more than two walls such as bus shelters.
- Municipal by-laws, leases and employer or landlord policies may add restrictions.
- Consuming recreational cannabis in an enclosed workplace is illegal.
Cannabis laws (possession and growing)
- Adults 19+ may have up to 30 g dried cannabis (or equivalent) in public.
- Up to four plants per residence (not per person), for personal use, from seeds or plants bought from the OCS or an authorized store, unless a lease or condo rules forbid it.
- Medical cannabis is regulated by the federal government and bought from federally licensed producers, not from retail stores.
Cannabis in vehicles and boats
- No one may drive or have care or control of a vehicle or boat, moving or not, with cannabis in it, unless the cannabis is in its original unopened packaging or packed in closed baggage not readily available to anyone in the vehicle.
- Police with reasonable grounds may search the vehicle or boat and its occupants without a warrant.
- You cannot consume cannabis (smoking, vaping or eating) in a vehicle or boat that is being driven or will be driven.
Impaired driving
- Driving impaired by cannabis carries the same penalties as alcohol-impaired driving.
- Ontario's zero-tolerance rule for young, novice and commercial drivers also applies to cannabis.
- Impaired-driving laws also cover boats, snowmobiles and off-road vehicles.
- Failing or refusing a drug or alcohol test, or performing poorly on a Drug Recognition Expert evaluation: immediate 90-day licence suspension, 7-day vehicle impoundment and a $550 penalty.
- Police use roadside drug screening equipment and sobriety tests.
Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines; CAMH
- Do not drive for at least 6 hours after using cannabis; there is no known safe level of use for driving.
- Cannabis impairs judging distance, focus, reaction time and control of movements.
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Other topics
- Training and certificationWho must complete AGCO Board-approved cannabis retail training before the first shift, the two approved programs, the 80% final-exam standard, background checks and training records.
- Licences, managers and store locationsRetail operator licence, store authorization and retail manager licence, what managers do, age 19 for applicants, the five-store limit, the 150-metre school rule, public notice and municipal opt-outs.
- Legal age and checking IDAge 19 in Ontario, ID checks at the door for anyone who appears under 25, the good-faith ID defence, fake ID, proxy purchases, no staff under 19 and youth offences.
- Products, sources and purchase limitsBuying only from the OCS, what else a store may sell, the 30-gram limit per visit or order, federal equivalency amounts, THC limits for edibles and extracts and packaging rules.
- Cannabis and its effectsTHC and CBD, onset and duration for inhaled and ingested cannabis, short- and long-term effects, overconsumption and poisoning, pregnancy, mixing with alcohol and safe storage.
- Lower-risk use guidelinesCanada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: delaying use, lower-THC products, avoiding synthetics and smoking, occasional use, six hours before driving and who should not use, plus the store's duty to share responsible-use information.
- Intoxication and refusing a saleThe ban on selling to anyone who is or appears intoxicated, signs of cannabis impairment, overconsumption, proxy buying, compliance records and police powers on premises.
- Running the storeHours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., the cannabis retail seal, posting the authorization, enclosed retail space, surveillance, secure storage, sensory displays and the ban on self-service and vending machines.
- Delivery, curbside and online salesWho may deliver, delivery hours of 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., residences and private places only, ID at the door, returning undelivered orders, curbside pick-up rules and First Nations delivery restrictions.
- Advertising, promotion and inducementsWhat store advertising may not do, federal promotion limits, no free product or contests to drive sales, and the rules on inducements from licensed producers.
- Records, inventory and destructionThree-year records, monthly inventory counts, certified point-of-sale systems, destroying unsellable cannabis on camera, recalls, inter-store transfers and preventing diversion.
- Inspections, offences and penaltiesAGCO inspections and inspectors' powers, whistle-blower protection, fines under the Cannabis Licence Act and Cannabis Control Act, monetary penalties and Licence Appeal Tribunal hearings.