Yes, you can smoke at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) — in a single designated outdoor smoking area outside the terminal, next to the Arrivals Waiting Area near the top of the stairs down to the pedestrian tunnel. The terminal building itself is smoke-free throughout.
Billy Bishop is Toronto’s downtown airport, a single compact terminal on the Toronto Islands reached by ferry or a pedestrian tunnel rather than a highway — a different setup from the roughly ten designated outdoor smoking areas spread across both terminals at Toronto Pearson (YYZ) on the mainland.
Where to Smoke
The airport’s own terminal map marks one outdoor smoking area, positioned outside the building next to the Arrivals Waiting Area, close to the top of the stairs leading down toward the pedestrian tunnel that connects the airport to Bathurst Quay on the mainland. It is landside, so reach it before check-in and screening, or right after you land.
There is no indoor smoking room anywhere in the terminal, and neither the Domestic Lounge nor the International Lounge past security has a smoking facility of any kind.
US Preclearance and Connections
Billy Bishop opened a United States preclearance facility on 10 March 2026 — Transport Canada describes it as the country’s first new US Customs and Border Protection preclearance facility in 25 years. Passengers flying to the United States complete customs, immigration and agriculture inspections at the airport before departure, then proceed directly to their gate with no further inspection on arrival, so smoke at the outdoor area before you join the preclearance queue. The same applies to any connection through YTZ: there is no way to smoke past the security checkpoint, so a transfer means exiting to the outdoor area and clearing security again.
Vaping
Ontario’s Smoke-Free Ontario Act treats e-cigarettes the same as tobacco, so vaping at YTZ is limited to the one outdoor smoking area outside the terminal and is not permitted anywhere inside the building.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free throughout |
| After security / airside | No | No smoking in the Domestic or International Lounges |
| US preclearance | No | Inspections complete before departure; smoke before joining the queue |
| Outdoor area (near Arrivals / pedestrian tunnel) | Yes | The single designated smoking area |
| Vaping | Same outdoor area | Treated the same as smoking under Ontario law |
For Canada’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Canada airport guide.