--- title: Gold River fireworks rules question: "Are fireworks allowed in Gold River?" place: Gold River, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/gold-river category: Bylaws, noise and complaints owner: municipal owner_body: Village of Gold River sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/fireworks/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/fireworks.json" --- # Gold River fireworks rules **Question:** Are fireworks allowed in Gold River? **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. **Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Gold River, https://goldriver.ca) **Cost:** No permit fee is stated. On conviction, the penalty is up to $2,000 per offence; no ticket amount is stated. **Where:** - Phone: Village Hall, (250) 283-2202 ## Key facts - **Setting off fireworks:** 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. - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 3](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "A person shall not, except between October 24 and November 1" … "in any year, sell, give, fire or set off fireworks." - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 5](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "Fireworks may be sold to and discharged by a pe r son or" … "organization at a public display" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Selling fireworks:** 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. - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 3](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "in any year, sell, give, fire or set off fireworks." - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 4](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "The Fire Commissioner may designate fireworks that may not" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **What counts as fireworks:** 'Fireworks' includes cannon crackers, fireballs, fire crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation. - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 1(a)](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "includes cannon crackers, fireballs, fire" … "crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs," - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Permit:** Only for a public display, with the written permission of the Fire Commissioner or one of his local assistants having jurisdiction in the Village. - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 5](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "public display if the public display is" … "held with the written permission of the Fire Commissioner" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Fine:** Not confirmed. The ticket schedules are scanned PDFs with no readable text. - **Bylaw:** Village of Gold River Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 - Source: [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989, s. 9](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) - Official wording: "This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the" … "Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works Under 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. ## Good to know - "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. - If the Fire Commissioner so designates, some fireworks may not be sold to a minor without a parent's or guardian's written permission. - 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. - 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. - The bylaw is from 1989. Call Village Hall at (250) 283-2202 to confirm it still applies. ## Official forms and pages - [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF)](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) ## Related questions - [Gold River backyard fire and burning rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/backyard-fire.md) - [Gold River noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/noise-rules.md) ## The same question elsewhere - [Fireworks rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fireworks.md) - [Campbell River](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/fireworks.md) - [Tofino](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/fireworks.md) - [Sayward](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/fireworks.md) - [Cumberland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/fireworks.md) - [Courtenay](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/courtenay/fireworks.md) - [Comox](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/comox/fireworks.md) ## Sources - [Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 407, 1989 (PDF), Village of Gold River](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bylaw-No-407-1989-Firearms-and-Fire-Cracker-Regulation.pdf) (read 2026-11-08) _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. 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