New Provincial Excise Tax Stamp – Cold Turkey Vape Shop

As of January 1st, 2025, Manitoba, along with New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, and Yukon, joined the federally coordinated vaping duty system. As a result of this change, there are now provincial excise tax stamps on all vaping products sold in Manitoba.

What Is The New Provincial Excise Tax Stamp?

Understanding Excise Tax On Vape Products

An excise tax is a tax that is charged on goods when they are manufactured or imported; the tax is paid by the manufacturer or importer.

The federal government introduced an excise tax on vape products in 2022. When this excise tax was introduced, the federal government also introduced a framework for provinces that wanted to generate their own tax revenue from vaping products. This framework, known as the coordinated vaping duty system, allows provinces to tax vaping products manufactured or imported for sale in their jurisdictions.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) handles excise duties on vaping. The current rate is:

$1.12 per 2 millilitres (mL), or fraction thereof, for the first 10 mL of vaping substance in the vaping device or immediate container
$1.12 per 10 mL, or fraction thereof, for amounts over the first 10 mL

The additional vaping duty charged by provinces that have opted into the coordinated vaping duty system is the same, effectively doubling the tax rate. A province (like Manitoba) that has opted into the scheme is known as a specified vaping province. In a specified vaping province, the total combined excise tax is:

$2.24 per 2 millilitres (mL), or fraction thereof, for the first 10 mL of vaping substance in the vaping device or immediate container
$2.24 per 10 mL, or fraction thereof, for amounts over the first 10 mL

Why Manitoba Introduced A Provincial Stamp

As a specified vaping province, the Government of Manitoba charges its own excise duties on vaping. This additional vaping duty is still charged and collected by the CRA. To show that duty has been paid on a vaping product slated for sale in Manitoba, a Manitoba vaping excise stamp was introduced.

Federal Vs. Manitoba Excise Stamps – What’s The Difference?

Federal Excise Stamp – Where It Applies

Federal excise stamps were used prior to the introduction of provincial excise stamps in every province. Since provinces have begun to adopt excise taxes, the federal vaping excise stamp has fallen out of use. Since April 1st, 2025, 9 out of 13 of Canada’s provinces and territories now require provincial vaping excise stamps for vaping products to be sold legally.

Manitoba and six other provinces and territories opted into the coordinated duty system as of January 1st, 2025. Though new products manufactured and imported at that time were charged the excise tax and stamped appropriately, existing products with federal vaping excise stamps were permitted to be sold in those regions up until March 31st, 2025. As of April 1st, this three-month grace period has ended.

Manitoba Vape Excise Stamp – Who It Affects

The Manitoba vaping excise stamp affects anyone purchasing vaping products in Manitoba. In other provinces and territories, products must be sold with the appropriate excise stamp:

Provincial excise stamps for Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
Federal excise stamps for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Labrador

Vaping products with Manitoba vape excise stamps can only be sold in Manitoba.

How This Affects Your Shopping Experience

Manitoba Customers – What You Can Buy

You can buy any of our products with Manitoba excise stamps. This means the inventory that you have access to will be limited for a period of time until we acquire new products on which the provincial vaping excise tax has been paid.

We’ve automated our system using GeoIP restrictions in order to give Manitobans the best possible shopping experience. You never have to worry about accidentally purchasing products for which duty has not been paid; all of the products you see on our online store are legal for purchase in Manitoba.

Out-Of-Province Customers – No Changes For You

Our site remains the same for all users outside of Manitoba; we continue to sell vapes in Canada. You can browse and purchase products as usual, knowing that all appropriate duties have been paid.

GeoIP Restrictions – Ensuring Compliance Online

GeoIP restrictions, also known as geo-blocking, use your IP address to determine your location. GeoIP restriction services allow websites like ours to change the products, services, and pages that a user can view depending on their location.

Our GeoIP restrictions do not limit your ability to access our website. Instead, we’ve used them to create a seamless user experience. You will only be able to purchase products that have the appropriate excise stamp; this ensures that we can continue to sell vaping products in Manitoba, and throughout Canada, legally.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why can’t I buy certain products anymore?

The coordinated excise duty framework restricts which vaping products can be sold in each province. More specifically, in Manitoba, duties on vaping products are charged twice—once for the federal vaping product duty, and once for the additional provincial duties on vaping products.

This means that only products with a Manitoba provincial excise stamp can legally be sold in Manitoba. Our inventory still contains products that have federal excise stamps; because these products cannot be sold in Manitoba, we cannot offer them to Manitobans on our online store.

As we refresh our inventory with products featuring Manitoba excise stamps, the products available to Manitobans will increase. We appreciate your patience.

2. Will this change product pricing?

Yes. Provinces are now charging an additional vaping duty equal to the excise tax already charged by the federal government. Though the Excise Act stipulates that importers and manufacturers must pay the tax, these importers and manufacturers raise prices for consumers to compensate for the tax increase.

You can expect to pay approximately:

An additional $5.60 on the first 10 ml of liquid in a product
An additional $1.12 on every 10 ml of liquid above the first 10

These numbers are not exact, as a manufacturer or importer might charge more or less on the end product; they are responsible for paying the excise tax, but that tax does not dictate how much they must charge consumers.