East Van Vapes
2945 Kingsway, Vancouver BC V5R 5J4 · Vapor Retail
Inspection summary
East Van Vapes has been inspected 17 times by Vancouver Coastal Health since March 22, 2024. The most recent inspection, on September 3, 2026, found no infractions.
11 of 17 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 5 inspections with 5 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene.
The last 4 inspections in a row found no infractions. Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their findings differently, so we group them by what they mean for your health. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk
Hands are one of the main ways germs spread, from person to person and onto food and surfaces. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing their hands when required, and sick staff being kept away from work where it matters. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.
Recorded 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on April 28, 2025. For example:
Tobacco or vapour product promotions posted in an acceptable manner [TVPCA Section 2.4(1)(b)]
Food safety training and certificationLower risk
Many jurisdictions require a trained or certified person on site, such as a certified food handler. These findings mean the training record or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean anything was handled unsafely.
Recorded 11 times across 6 separate inspections, most recently on February 11, 2026. For example:
Information Sheet
Permits, records and postingLower risk
Operating permits, required signage, written procedures and logs. These findings are administrative: the documentation was missing or out of date at the time of inspection.
Recorded 5 times across 5 separate inspections, most recently on February 11, 2026. For example:
Municipal business license posted in a conspicuous place
Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk
Floors, walls and ceilings must be clean and in good repair, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate health risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.
Recorded 2 times on April 28, 2025. For example:
A retailer who sells restricted e-substances from a sales premises to which minors are permitted access must not sell a flavoured restricted e-substance. [ESR Section 7(1)]
Other findingsLower risk
Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.
Recorded 12 times across 6 separate inspections, most recently on February 11, 2026. For example:
Review with clerk/manager/owner
About this data
These results come from Vancouver Coastal Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
17 inspections
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- Routine
5 infractions
- Municipal business license posted in a conspicuous place
- Review with clerk/manager/owner
- Nature of enforcement program, including progressive enforcement module
- It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure employees are informed of the laws pertaining to tobacco and vapour products sales
- Brief overview of legislated responsibility (regulations, infractions, fines)
- Display of tobacco and vapour products prohibited to minors
- Restrictions on promotions
- Illegal sale of tobacco and vapour products to persons under 19 years of age
- Illegal sale of tobacco from an opened package
- Illegal sale of tobacco from a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes
- Posting of required warning decals
- Brief overview of inspection types (Routine; compliance checks for Display, Advertising, and Decals (DAD); compliance checks with Minor Test Shoppers (MTS); compliance checks with Adult Test Shoppers (ATS))
- Illegal sale of e-substance not containing nicotine, nicotine salts or cannabis
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine and cannabis
- Brief overview of required reports for vapour retailers (BCER, due dates, fines)
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine in concentrations greater than 20 mg/mL
- Illegal sale of vapour product refill container of greater than 30 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of vapour product cartridge of greater than 2 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of flavoured restricted e-substance from premises where minors are permitted access
- Request and check for proper identification
- There are 6 Acceptable types of ID which must carry the bearer’s photograph, birthdate and signature: 1) Driver’s License 2) Passport 3) Citizenship Card 4) Military Card 5) Canadian Permanent Resident Card 6) Any other provincial, federal or foreign government-issued I.D. that shows the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and signature.
- Information Sheet
- Provided and reviewed information sheet for tobacco and vapour products
- Tobacco/Vapour Product Training of Staff
- Recommended reviewing information about expectations to achieve comprehension and compliance through training and testing employee knowledge
- Routine
5 infractions
- Municipal business license posted in a conspicuous place
- Review with clerk/manager/owner
- Nature of enforcement program, including progressive enforcement module
- It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure employees are informed of the laws pertaining to tobacco and vapour products sales
- Brief overview of legislated responsibility (regulations, infractions, fines)
- Display of tobacco and vapour products prohibited to minors
- Restrictions on promotions
- Illegal sale of tobacco and vapour products to persons under 19 years of age
- Illegal sale of tobacco from an opened package
- Illegal sale of tobacco from a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes
- Posting of required warning decals
- Brief overview of inspection types (Routine; compliance checks for Display, Advertising, and Decals (DAD); compliance checks with Minor Test Shoppers (MTS); compliance checks with Adult Test Shoppers (ATS))
- Illegal sale of e-substance not containing nicotine, nicotine salts or cannabis
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine and cannabis
- Brief overview of required reports for vapour retailers (BCER, due dates, fines)
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine in concentrations greater than 20 mg/mL
- Illegal sale of vapour product refill container of greater than 30 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of vapour product cartridge of greater than 2 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of flavoured restricted e-substance from premises where minors are permitted access
- Request and check for proper identification
- There are 6 Acceptable types of ID which must carry the bearer’s photograph, birthdate and signature: 1) Driver’s License 2) Passport 3) Citizenship Card 4) Military Card 5) Canadian Permanent Resident Card 6) Any other provincial, federal or foreign government-issued I.D. that shows the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and signature.
- Information Sheet
- Provided and reviewed information sheet for tobacco and vapour products
- Tobacco/Vapour Product Training of Staff
- Recommended reviewing information about expectations to achieve comprehension and compliance through training and testing employee knowledge
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
8 infractions
- Tobacco or vapour product promotions posted in an acceptable manner [TVPCA Section 2.4(1)(b)]
- More than three advertisements
- Tobacco or vapour products are displayed in an acceptable manner [TVPCA Section 2.4(1)(a)]
- Vapour products are visible
- A retailer who sells restricted e-substances from a sales premises to which minors are permitted access must not sell a flavoured restricted e-substance. [ESR Section 7(1)]
- A business owner must, before January 15, report the volume of sales, from the business owner's sales premises, that occurred within the most recent reporting period. [ESR Section 12(2)]
- A person must not sell, offer for sale, provide or distribute tobacco or vapour products to a person under 19 years of age [TVPCA Section 2(2)]
- Returned to the store with the minor, the purchased tobacco/vapour product and the change from the transaction. Asked the minor to point out the person who sold tobacco/vapour product. Approached and identified myself to the clerk/owner/manager stating that I was conducting compliance checks and a sale of tobacco/vapour product to a minor had just occurred. Asked the minor to state his/her age.
- Reviewed the events pertinent to the sale of tobacco/vapour product to the minor and the importance of verifying a tobacco/vapour product purchaser’s age by requesting and checking valid photo ID.
- Retailer/clerk will be put on the enforcement checklist for a period of 1 year from the violation date.
- Copy of warning letter attached to this report and placed in hard copy file.
- Handed the clerk/manager/owner a warning letter to sign confirming it has been received as well as the refund of the tobacco/vapour product.
- Review with clerk/manager/owner
- Nature of enforcement program, including progressive enforcement module
- It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure employees are informed of the laws pertaining to tobacco and vapour products sales
- Brief overview of legislated responsibility (regulations, infractions, fines)
- Display of tobacco and vapour products prohibited to minors
- Restrictions on promotions
- Illegal sale of tobacco and vapour products to persons under 19 years of age
- Brief overview of inspection types (Routine; compliance checks for Display, Advertising, and Decals (DAD); compliance checks with Minor Test Shoppers (MTS); compliance checks with Adult Test Shoppers (ATS))
- Illegal sale of flavoured restricted e-substance from premises where minors are permitted access
- Request and check for proper identification
- There are 6 Acceptable types of ID which must carry the bearer’s photograph, birthdate and signature: 1) Driver’s License 2) Passport 3) Citizenship Card 4) Military Card 5) Canadian Permanent Resident Card 6) Any other provincial, federal or foreign government-issued I.D. that shows the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and signature.
- Tobacco/Vapour Product Training of Staff
- Recommended reviewing information about expectations to achieve comprehension and compliance through training and testing employee knowledge
- Tobacco or vapour product promotions posted in an acceptable manner [TVPCA Section 2.4(1)(b)]
- Routine
5 infractions
- Municipal business license posted in a conspicuous place
- Review with clerk/manager/owner
- Nature of enforcement program, including progressive enforcement module
- It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure employees are informed of the laws pertaining to tobacco and vapour products sales
- Brief overview of legislated responsibility (regulations, infractions, fines)
- Display of tobacco and vapour products prohibited to minors
- Restrictions on promotions
- Illegal sale of tobacco and vapour products to persons under 19 years of age
- Illegal sale of tobacco from an opened package
- Illegal sale of tobacco from a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes
- Posting of required warning decals
- Brief overview of inspection types (Routine; compliance checks for Display, Advertising, and Decals (DAD); compliance checks with Minor Test Shoppers (MTS); compliance checks with Adult Test Shoppers (ATS))
- Illegal sale of e-substance not containing nicotine, nicotine salts or cannabis
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine and cannabis
- Brief overview of required reports for vapour retailers (BCER, due dates, fines)
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine in concentrations greater than 20 mg/mL
- Illegal sale of vapour product refill container of greater than 30 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of vapour product cartridge of greater than 2 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of flavoured restricted e-substance from premises where minors are permitted access
- Request and check for proper identification
- There are 6 Acceptable types of ID which must carry the bearer’s photograph, birthdate and signature: 1) Driver’s License 2) Passport 3) Citizenship Card 4) Military Card 5) Canadian Permanent Resident Card 6) Any other provincial, federal or foreign government-issued I.D. that shows the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and signature.
- Information Sheet
- Provided and reviewed information sheet for tobacco and vapour products
- Tobacco/Vapour Product Training of Staff
- Recommended reviewing information about expectations to achieve comprehension and compliance through training and testing employee knowledge
- Routine
5 infractions
- Municipal business license posted in a conspicuous place
- Review with clerk/manager/owner
- Nature of enforcement program, including progressive enforcement module
- It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure employees are informed of the laws pertaining to tobacco and vapour products sales
- Brief overview of legislated responsibility (regulations, infractions, fines)
- Display of tobacco and vapour products prohibited to minors
- Restrictions on promotions
- Illegal sale of tobacco and vapour products to persons under 19 years of age
- Illegal sale of tobacco from an opened package
- Illegal sale of tobacco from a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes
- Posting of required warning decals
- Brief overview of inspection types (Routine; compliance checks for Display, Advertising, and Decals (DAD); compliance checks with Minor Test Shoppers (MTS); compliance checks with Adult Test Shoppers (ATS))
- Illegal sale of e-substance not containing nicotine, nicotine salts or cannabis
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine and cannabis
- Brief overview of required reports for vapour retailers (BCER, due dates, fines)
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine in concentrations greater than 20 mg/mL
- Illegal sale of vapour product refill container of greater than 30 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of vapour product cartridge of greater than 2 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of flavoured restricted e-substance from premises where minors are permitted access
- Request and check for proper identification
- There are 6 Acceptable types of ID which must carry the bearer’s photograph, birthdate and signature: 1) Driver’s License 2) Passport 3) Citizenship Card 4) Military Card 5) Canadian Permanent Resident Card 6) Any other provincial, federal or foreign government-issued I.D. that shows the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and signature.
- Information Sheet
- Provided and reviewed information sheet for tobacco and vapour products
- Tobacco/Vapour Product Training of Staff
- Recommended reviewing information about expectations to achieve comprehension and compliance through training and testing employee knowledge
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- MTS Compliance
0 infractions
- Routine
6 infractions
- Municipal business license posted in a conspicuous place
- Tobacco retail authorization license posted in a conspicuous place
- Review with clerk/manager/owner
- Nature of enforcement program, including progressive enforcement module
- It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure employees are informed of the laws pertaining to tobacco and vapour products sales
- Brief overview of legislated responsibility (regulations, infractions, fines)
- Display of tobacco and vapour products prohibited to minors
- Restrictions on promotions
- Illegal sale of tobacco and vapour products to persons under 19 years of age
- Illegal sale of tobacco from an opened package
- Illegal sale of tobacco from a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes
- Posting of required warning decals
- Brief overview of inspection types (Routine; compliance checks for Display, Advertising, and Decals (DAD); compliance checks with Minor Test Shoppers (MTS); compliance checks with Adult Test Shoppers (ATS))
- Illegal sale of e-substance not containing nicotine, nicotine salts or cannabis
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine and cannabis
- Brief overview of required reports for vapour retailers (BCER, due dates, fines)
- Illegal sale of e-substance containing non-therapeutic nicotine in concentrations greater than 20 mg/mL
- Illegal sale of vapour product refill container of greater than 30 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of vapour product cartridge of greater than 2 mL capacity
- Illegal sale of flavoured restricted e-substance from premises where minors are permitted access
- Request and check for proper identification
- There are 6 Acceptable types of ID which must carry the bearer’s photograph, birthdate and signature: 1) Driver’s License 2) Passport 3) Citizenship Card 4) Military Card 5) Canadian Permanent Resident Card 6) Any other provincial, federal or foreign government-issued I.D. that shows the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and signature.
- Information Sheet
- Provided and reviewed information sheet for tobacco and vapour products
- Tobacco/Vapour Product Training of Staff
- Recommended reviewing information about expectations to achieve comprehension and compliance through training and testing employee knowledge
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