{"title":"Gold River fireworks rules","question":"Are fireworks allowed in Gold River?","slug":"fireworks","place":{"path":"ca/bc/gold-river","name":"Gold River","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":"Village of Gold River","url":"https://goldriver.ca"},"short_answer":"In Gold River, no one may sell, give, fire or set off fireworks except between October 24 and November 1 in any year. A public display needs the written permission of the Fire Commissioner or a local assistant.","aliases":["fireworks bylaw gold river","firecrackers gold river","halloween fireworks gold river","fireworks permit gold river"],"cost":"No permit fee is stated. On conviction, the penalty is up to $2,000 per offence; no ticket amount is stated.","how_long":null,"where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Village Hall","value":"(250) 283-2202"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF)","url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Gold River backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/backyard-fire/"},{"slug":"noise-rules","title":"Gold River noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/noise-rules/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/campbell-river","name":"Campbell River","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/tofino","name":"Tofino","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/sayward","name":"Sayward","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/cumberland","name":"Cumberland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/courtenay","name":"Courtenay","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/courtenay/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/comox","name":"Comox","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/comox/fireworks/"}],"topic":{"title":"Fireworks rules in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fireworks/"},"facts":{"use":{"label":"Setting off fireworks","value":"No one may sell, give, fire or set off fireworks except between October 24 and November 1 in any year (Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 3). A public display needs the written permission of the Fire Commissioner or a local assistant (s. 5). The bylaw also applies the provincial Fireworks Act.","short":"Only Oct 24 to Nov 1","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 3","quotes":["A person shall not, except between October 24 and November 1","in any year, sell, give, fire or set off fireworks."]},{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 5","quotes":["Fireworks may be sold to and discharged by a pe r son or","organization at a public display"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"sale":{"label":"Selling fireworks","value":"Fireworks may be sold only between October 24 and November 1 in any year, and some may not be sold to a minor without a parent's or guardian's written permission, if the Fire Commissioner so designates.","short":"Only Oct 24 to Nov 1","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 3","quotes":["in any year, sell, give, fire or set off fireworks."]},{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 4","quotes":["The Fire Commissioner may designate fireworks that may not"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"what_counts":{"label":"What counts as fireworks","value":"'Fireworks' includes cannon crackers, fireballs, fire crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 1(a)","quotes":["includes cannon crackers, fireballs, fire","crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs,"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"permit":{"label":"Permit","value":"Only for a public display, with the written permission of the Fire Commissioner or one of his local assistants having jurisdiction in the Village.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 5","quotes":["public display if the public display is","held with the written permission of the Fire Commissioner"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"The ticket schedules are scanned PDFs with no readable text.","sources":[]},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Village of Gold River Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","section":"s. 9","quotes":["This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the","Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":1},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nUnder the Village's [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf), no one may sell, give, fire or set off fireworks except between October 24 and November 1 in any year. The bylaw also applies the provincial Fireworks Act. It does not set hours of the day.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- \"Fireworks\" includes cannon crackers, fireballs, fire crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation. Sparklers are not mentioned.\n- If the Fire Commissioner so designates, some fireworks may not be sold to a minor without a parent's or guardian's written permission.\n- A public display needs the written permission of the Fire Commissioner or one of his local assistants having jurisdiction in the Village. No fee is stated.\n- On conviction, the penalty is not more than $2,000 for each offence. No ticket amount is stated, and the ticket schedules are scanned PDFs with no readable text.\n- The bylaw is from 1989. Call Village Hall at (250) 283-2202 to confirm it still applies.","sources":[{"url":"https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf","title":"Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 1 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/fireworks/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/fireworks.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/fireworks.json"}}