{"title":"Coldstream fireworks rules","question":"Are fireworks allowed in Coldstream?","slug":"fireworks","place":{"path":"ca/bc/coldstream","name":"Coldstream","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"bylaws-and-complaints","name":"Bylaws, noise and complaints"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"District of Coldstream","url":"https://www.coldstream.ca"},"short_answer":"No. In Coldstream no one may light fireworks unless authorized by a fireworks permit from the Protective Services Manager, and selling fireworks in the District is banned. Discharging without a permit is a $200 ticket.","aliases":["fireworks bylaw coldstream","halloween fireworks coldstream","fireworks permit coldstream","sell fireworks coldstream"],"cost":"Discharging without a permit: municipal ticket $200, or bylaw notice $200 ($100 if paid early, $300 late). Selling fireworks: $200. Fireworks in a District park without a permit: bylaw notice $100 ($50 early, $150 late), or municipal ticket $150. No permit fee is stated.","how_long":"Apply at least 14 days ahead.","where":[{"type":"phone","label":"District of Coldstream Municipal Hall (Protective Services)","value":"250-545-5304","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/"},{"title":"Parks and Public Spaces Regulation Bylaw No. 1651, 2014","url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/87200/"}],"related":[{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Coldstream backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/backyard-fire/"},{"slug":"noise-rules","title":"Coldstream noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/noise-rules/"},{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Coldstream bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/bylaw-fines/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/vernon","name":"Vernon","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/lumby","name":"Lumby","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/lake-country","name":"Lake Country","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lake-country/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/spallumcheen","name":"Spallumcheen","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/armstrong","name":"Armstrong","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/enderby","name":"Enderby","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/fireworks/"}],"topic":{"title":"Fireworks rules in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fireworks/"},"facts":{"use":{"label":"Setting off fireworks","value":"Not without a permit. No one may light or discharge fireworks in the District unless authorized by a fireworks permit from the Protective Services Manager, and then only as the permit allows. In District parks, discharging fireworks without a permit is also banned.","short":"No, unless authorized by a permit","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/","title":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","section":"s. 16(1)(c)","quotes":["light or discharge fireworks within the boundaries of the District unless authorized by a","permit issued by the Protective Services Manager, and then only strictly in accordance with"]},{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/11456/","title":"District of Coldstream Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1636, 2013","section":"Parks bylaw s. 7.1(i)","quotes":["7.1(i) Discharge fireworks without a permit $100 $50 $150 No"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"sale":{"label":"Selling fireworks","value":"No. A person must not sell or offer to sell fireworks, retail or wholesale, in the District.","short":"No","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/","title":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","section":"s. 16(1)(a)","quotes":["sell or offer to sell, either by way of retail or wholesale, fireworks in the District;"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"what_counts":{"label":"What counts as fireworks","value":"Fireworks include cannon crackers, fireballs, firecrackers, mines, Roman candles, skyrockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation under the Fireworks Act.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/","title":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","section":"Schedule A (definition)","quotes":["“fireworks” includes cannon crackers, fireballs, firecrackers, mines, Roman candles,","skyrockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"permit":{"label":"Permit","value":"The Protective Services Manager may grant or refuse a fireworks permit. Applicants must apply at least 14 days ahead, show a valid Federal Fireworks Display Supervisor's Certificate, carry $2,000,000 public liability insurance naming the District, and give a site plan.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/","title":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","section":"s. 16(2), 16(3)","quotes":["apply to the Protective Services Manager at least 14 days in advance of a proposed","proof of a valid Federal Fireworks Display","not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) per","provide a site plan and details of the location, duration and safety measures in place for the"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Discharging fireworks without a permit: municipal ticket $200; bylaw notice $200 ($100 if paid early; $300 late). Selling fireworks: $200. Fireworks in a District park without a permit: bylaw notice $100 ($50 early, $150 late); municipal ticket $150.","short":"Notice $200 ($100 if paid early); ticket $200","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/2314/","title":"District of Coldstream Municipal Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1598, 2012","section":"Schedule 7, Schedule 9","quotes":["29. Sell fireworks 16(1)(a) $200","31. Discharge fireworks without a permit 16(1)(c) $200","10. Discharge fireworks without a permit 7.1(i) $150.00"]},{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/11456/","title":"District of Coldstream Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1636, 2013","section":"Appendix 6, Appendix 8","quotes":["16(1)(c) Discharge fireworks without a permit $200 $100 $300 No","7.1(i) Discharge fireworks without a permit $100 $50 $150 No"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025 (and Parks and Public Spaces Regulation Bylaw No. 1651, 2014 for parks)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/","title":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","section":"title page","quotes":["Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025"]},{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/87200/","title":"District of Coldstream Parks and Public Spaces Regulation Bylaw No. 1651, 2014","section":"title page","quotes":["Parks and Public Spaces Regulation Bylaw No. 1651, 2014"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":6,"matched":6,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nUnder the District's [Fire Protection Bylaw 1852](<https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/>), no one may light or discharge fireworks in the District unless authorized by a fireworks permit from the Protective Services Manager, and then only as the permit allows. In District parks, discharging fireworks without a permit is also banned. A person must not sell or offer to sell fireworks, retail or wholesale, in the District.\n\nFireworks include cannon crackers, fireballs, firecrackers, mines, Roman candles, skyrockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation under the Fireworks Act. Sparklers are not named.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Apply to the Protective Services Manager at least 14 days ahead. The Manager may grant or refuse a permit.\n2. Show a valid Federal Fireworks Display Supervisor's Certificate.\n3. Carry $2,000,000 public liability insurance naming the District, and give a site plan.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- The bylaw sets no dates or hours for fireworks, and no page sets Halloween dates for consumer fireworks.\n- No permit fee is stated in the bylaw or the District pages we read.\n- Discharging without a permit is a municipal ticket of $200, or a bylaw notice of $200 ($100 if paid early, $300 late). Selling fireworks is $200. In a District park without a permit it is a $100 bylaw notice ($50 early, $150 late) or a $150 municipal ticket.","sources":[{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/1948/","title":"District of Coldstream Fire Protection Bylaw No. 1852, 2025","accessed":"2026-11-06"},{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/87200/","title":"District of Coldstream Parks and Public Spaces Regulation Bylaw No. 1651, 2014","accessed":"2026-11-06"},{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/11456/","title":"District of Coldstream Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1636, 2013","accessed":"2026-11-06"},{"url":"https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/2314/","title":"District of Coldstream Municipal Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1598, 2012","accessed":"2026-11-06"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-06","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 6 of 6 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/fireworks/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/fireworks.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/fireworks.json"}}