{ "title": "Backyard chicken rules in British Columbia, by municipality", "description": "What the bylaws of 137 places in British Columbia say on the same question, side by side. 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agricultural zones (A-1, A-2, A-3)" }, "max_hens": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "roosters": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "registration": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/abbotsford", "name": "Abbotsford", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Only in agricultural, RR and CR zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "No hen count; SRH zone 50 animal units per hectare" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No in SRH zone; other zones not stated" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/anmore", "name": "Anmore", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Conflicting: up to 12 hens, but 2 acres required" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "12 under 1 acre; 24 over 1 acre (2 acre rule too)" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No under 1 acre; 1 rooster over 1 acre" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/armstrong", "name": "Armstrong", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, R.1 lots of at least 600 m²" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "6 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, $50 permit fee; City inspection first" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/ashcroft", "name": "Ashcroft", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, rear yard, for personal egg use only" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "4 hens (12 per 3,000 m² in RR1)" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/barriere", "name": "Barriere", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "max_hens": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "roosters": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "registration": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/belcarra", "name": "Belcarra", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, all residential zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "6 hens (minimum 2)" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, $50 registration fee" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/bowen-island", "name": "Bowen Island", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Not named in bylaw; unclear" }, "max_hens": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "roosters": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "registration": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/burnaby", "name": "Burnaby", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burnaby/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burnaby/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, R1 lots at least 15 m wide and 560 m²" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "2 to 4 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/burns-lake", "name": "Burns Lake", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, R1 zone only" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Six hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/campbell-river", "name": "Campbell River", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, residential or PA-1 zones, with City licence" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "6 hens (10 per 0.4 ha in RU zones)" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No (except RU-1, RU-2, RU-3 zones)" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, one-time $10 licence fee" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/canal-flats", "name": "Canal Flats", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/canal-flats/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/canal-flats/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Not named; agricultural A-1 zone only" }, "max_hens": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "roosters": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/castlegar", "name": "Castlegar", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, under Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw" }, "max_hens": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "roosters": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, one-time $10 licence fee" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/central-saanich", "name": "Central Saanich", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes on residential lots, within lot-size limits" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "8 to 12 chickens or ducks, by lot size" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No, unless agriculture is permitted" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/chase", "name": "Chase", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chase/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chase/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, lots over 550 m² in some R zones, registered" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Four hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, free BCPID, then Village permit" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/chetwynd", "name": "Chetwynd", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chetwynd/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chetwynd/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes in some zones (AG, RU1, RU2, R1)" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "5 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, no fee stated" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/chilliwack", "name": "Chilliwack", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "No in ordinary residential zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "No hen count set" }, "roosters": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "None found; no City fee" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/clearwater", "name": "Clearwater", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clearwater/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clearwater/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes in SH-1, CR-1 and RL-1 zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "4 to 50 poultry and rabbits, by lot size" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No, except where agriculture is primary use" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/clinton", "name": "Clinton", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clinton/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clinton/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "No hen rule found; agricultural zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No, except in A1 zone" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/coldstream", "name": "Coldstream", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, R1 and R2 zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "4 hens (6 in R3 and R4 zones)" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No in R1 and R2 zones" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/colwood", "name": "Colwood", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, lots of 550 m² to under 4,000 m²" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Four chickens" }, 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"registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/cranbrook", "name": "Cranbrook", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Not clearly allowed" }, "max_hens": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "roosters": { "status": "unknown", "short": null }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/creston", "name": "Creston", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/creston/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, with Town hen licence, R1 or R5 zone" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Six hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, $23 a year ($20 on Town's page)" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/cumberland", "name": "Cumberland", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, residential zones, rear yard only" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Six female birds" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/daajing-giids", "name": "Daajing Giids", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/daajing-giids/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/daajing-giids/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes in LR and RR zones only" }, "max_hens": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "roosters": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "registration": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/dawson-creek", "name": "Dawson Creek", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/dawson-creek/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/dawson-creek/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, with a backyard hen licence" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "6 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, annual $24.46 licence fee" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/delta", "name": "Delta", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, RS or RD zones, with City licence" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "2 to 4 hens (12 poultry on RS2 lots of 0.2 ha or more)" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, $50 a year licence" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/north-vancouver-district", "name": "District of North Vancouver", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, RS zones, with District hen permit" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "2 to 6 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, $66 application plus $66 a year" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/duncan", "name": "Duncan", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/duncan/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/duncan/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, Low Density Residential lots over 450 m²" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "6 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Not required; no fee found" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/elkford", "name": "Elkford", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/elkford/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/elkford/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, in R-1, R-2, R-MH, R-MP and P-1 zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Five hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "unknown", "short": null } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/enderby", "name": "Enderby", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, up to five hens in R.1, R.1-A and R.2 zones" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "Five hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, $50 application fee; inspection first" } } 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"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, if registered with the Village" }, "max_hens": { "status": "stated", "short": "4 hens" }, "roosters": { "status": "stated", "short": "No, except on agricultural-zoned lands" }, "registration": { "status": "stated", "short": "Yes, with BC Premises ID number; no fee stated" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/gibsons", "name": "Gibsons", "url": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/backyard-chickens/", "json": "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gibsons/backyard-chickens.json", "facts": { "hens_allowed": { "status": "stated", "short": "No, except in AG zone" }, "max_hens": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "roosters": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" }, "registration": { "status": "none", "short": "None set" } } }, { "place": "ca/bc/gold-river", "name": "Gold River", "url": 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