How many dogs or cats you can keep in 100 Mile House
How many dogs or cats can I keep?
Short answer
In 100 Mile House you may keep no more than three dogs and no more than three cats on a property. No combined pet limit is stated. Only animals on the bylaw's permitted list are allowed, and livestock depends on zoning.
Key facts
| Dogs allowed | No more than three dogs on any real property, including a premise that contains a suite, a boarder or a tenant.Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026, s. 3.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall keep or allow to be kept on any real property, including any premise that contains a suite, a boarder or tenant, more than three (3) dogs. |
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| Cats allowed | No more than three cats at any one time on any parcel in the District.Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026, s. 20.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall keep more than three (3) cats at any one time on any parcel |
| Other animal limits | Only species on Schedule B (Permitted Animals) are allowed in the District; all exotic animals are prohibited. Livestock, poultry, horses, goats and similar are allowed only 'when permitted by zoning'. Reptiles, snakes and some other animals have type and size limits.Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026, s. 15.5, 19.1, Schedule B · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingOnly those species listed on Schedule B, attached and forming part of this bylaw, All exotic animals are strictly prohibited within the municipal boundaries. Horse, sheep, goat, ass, swine, poultry, llama, cow, or other animals of the bovine species, when permitted by zoning. |
| Exceptions | A person who is a Foster Home for the SPCA may keep more than three cats, with an authorized SPCA Foster Home Application submitted to the District. A person who owned more than three cats before the bylaw was adopted must submit the Schedule A Grandfathering Consent Form for approval.Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026, s. 20.2, 20.3 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingunless such person is a Foster Home for the SPCA. A copy of Any person that owns more than three (3) cats, prior to adoption of this bylaw, |
| Fine | Bylaw notice for keeping more than 3 dogs (s. 3.1) or more than 3 cats (s. 20.1): $50 if paid within 14 days, $100 from day 15 to 28, $110 after 28 days.Council agenda package, September 8, 2026, Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1429 Schedule A, Bylaw 1429 Schedule A, Bylaw 1475 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wording3.1 Keeping more than 3 dogs $50.00 $100.00 $110.00 20.1 Keeping more than 3 cats 50.00 100.00 110.00 |
| Bylaw | Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026 (s. 3.1 dogs, s. 20 cats).Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026, title · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingDistrict of 100 Mile House Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026 |
How it works
The Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475 limits 100 Mile House households to three dogs on any real property, including a property with a suite, a boarder or a tenant, and to three cats at any one time on a parcel. The bylaw sets no combined cap on pets.
Good to know
- Only species on Schedule B (Permitted Animals) of the bylaw are allowed. All exotic animals are prohibited. Non-venomous snakes may not exceed 90 centimetres (36 inches) and other reptiles 60 centimetres (24 inches) at maturity.
- Livestock, poultry, horses, goats and similar animals are allowed only when zoning permits. Under the Zoning Bylaw, livestock is not allowed on a parcel of 0.4 hectares or less. See the chickens answer.
- A person who is a Foster Home for the SPCA may keep more than three cats with an authorized SPCA Foster Home Application submitted to the District.
- Someone who owned more than three cats before the bylaw was adopted must submit the Grandfathering Consent Form (Schedule A of the bylaw) for approval.
- The bylaw states no dog exception and no kennel licence rule. Ask the District at 250-395-2434 if you run a kennel.
- A bylaw notice for too many dogs or cats is $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days, $110 after 28 days).
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
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Sources
- Animal Control and Pound Operation Bylaw No. 1475, 2026 (PDF), District of 100 Mile House (read 2026-11-08)
- Zoning Bylaw No. 1466, 2026, consolidated (PDF), District of 100 Mile House (read 2026-11-08)
- Council agenda package, September 8, 2026, Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1429 Schedule A (PDF) (read 2026-11-08)
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