--- title: How many dogs or cats you can keep in Harrison Hot Springs question: "How many dogs or cats can I keep?" place: Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/harrison-hot-springs category: Pets, animals and wildlife owner: regional owner_body: Fraser Valley Regional District sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/harrison-hot-springs/how-many-pets/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/harrison-hot-springs/how-many-pets.json" --- # How many dogs or cats you can keep in Harrison Hot Springs **Question:** How many dogs or cats can I keep? **Short answer:** In Harrison Hot Springs, the FVRD animal bylaw allows no more than 3 dogs and 3 cats over four months old on a property, with an overall limit of 5 pets, unless zoning or other regulations allow more. The ticket for excess pets is $100. **Who handles it:** Regional district (Fraser Valley Regional District, https://www.fvrd.ca) **Cost:** Bylaw notice for excess pets: $100 ($90 if paid early, $110 if late). **Where:** - Phone: FVRD Animal Control, 1-844-495-CARE (Monday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - Phone: Village Office, 604-796-2171 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.) ## Key facts - **Dogs allowed:** No more than 3 dogs over four months old on a property, within an overall limit of 5 pets, unless zoning or other regulations allow more. Anyone keeping four or more dogs has extra housing and care rules. - Source: [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated), Part D (s. D) and s. 33](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) - Official wording: "more than a total of 5" … "pets consisting of not more than three dogs or not more than three cats over the age of 4" … "a person keeping four or more dogs on a property must not cause or permit" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Cats allowed:** No more than 3 cats over four months old on a property, within the overall limit of 5 pets, unless zoning or other regulations allow more. - Source: [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated), Part D](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) - Official wording: "pets consisting of not more than three dogs or not more than three cats over the age of 4" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Other animal limits:** A total of 5 pets per property. "Pet" means a common domesticated animal other than exotic animals, wildlife, livestock or poultry. Anyone keeping more than five dogs must provide an indoor kennel area and outdoor exercise area for each dog, as zoning allows. - Source: [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated), Part D, definition of "pet", s. 34](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) - Official wording: "more than a total of 5" … "any common domesticated animal other than exotic animals, wildlife," … "every person who keeps more than five dogs must include" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Exceptions:** The limits do not apply where zoning or other regulations permit more. The limit wording refers to dogs and cats over four months old, so younger puppies and kittens are not clearly counted. Animal kennels are prohibited in all zones unless the zoning bylaw permits them (s. 3.3(b)); none of the zones read lists one. - Source: [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated), Part D](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) - Official wording: "except as permitted pursuant to applicable zoning or other regulations" … "pets consisting of not more than three dogs or not more than three cats over the age of 4" … "except as permitted pursuant to applicable zoning or other regulations." - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 1115, 2017 (consolidated to December 15, 2025), s. 3.3(b)(ix)](https://www.harrisonhotsprings.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1115--%28Consolidated-to-December-15%2C-2025%29.pdf) - Official wording: "viii) the slaughtering, rendering or processing of any fish or animal products or by- products; ix) any animal kennels: x) any Marihuana Dispensaries or Marihuana Operations; xi) the storage of any construction materials, intended for off-site works, on any" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Fine:** $100 by bylaw notice for excess pets ($90 early, $110 late). - Source: [FVRD Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw, Schedule A-3 Animal Control (consolidated), Schedule A-3 (Animal Control)](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Other/CONSOLIDATED%20Bylaw%20Notice%20Enforcement%20Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "D Excess Pets $100 $90 $110" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Bylaw:** FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013, Part D (Pets). - Source: [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated), Part A and Part D](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) - Official wording: "Fraser Valley Regional District Animal Control Regulation" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works The FVRD's [Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206]() (Part D, Pets) limits a property to no more than 3 dogs and no more than 3 cats over four months old, within an overall limit of 5 pets, unless zoning or other regulations allow more. A "pet" means a common domesticated animal other than exotic animals, wildlife, livestock or poultry. Anyone keeping four or more dogs has extra housing and care rules, and anyone keeping more than five dogs must provide an indoor kennel area and an outdoor exercise area for each dog, as zoning allows. ## Steps 1. Count your dogs and cats over four months old, plus other pets, against the limits above. 2. If you want more, ask the Village Office at 604-796-2171 whether zoning allows it. 3. Licence each dog with the FVRD. ## Good to know - The limit wording refers to animals over four months old, so younger puppies and kittens are not clearly counted. - The [Zoning Bylaw No. 1115]() (s. 3.3(b)) prohibits animal kennels in all zones unless the bylaw permits them, and the zone tables we read list none. - The ticket for excess pets is $100 ($90 early, $110 late) under the [FVRD Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw](). ## Official forms and pages - [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) - [Zoning Bylaw No. 1115, 2017 (consolidated to December 15, 2025) (PDF)](https://www.harrisonhotsprings.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1115--%28Consolidated-to-December-15%2C-2025%29.pdf) - [FVRD Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw, Schedule A-3 Animal Control (consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Other/CONSOLIDATED%20Bylaw%20Notice%20Enforcement%20Bylaw.pdf) ## Related questions - [Harrison Hot Springs dog licences: fees and how to get one](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/harrison-hot-springs/dog-licence.md) - [Harrison Hot Springs dog leash rules and off-leash areas](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/harrison-hot-springs/dog-leash-rules.md) ## The same question elsewhere - [Dog and cat limits in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/how-many-pets.md) - [Kent](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kent/how-many-pets.md) - [Chilliwack](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chilliwack/how-many-pets.md) - [Hope](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hope/how-many-pets.md) - [Abbotsford](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/how-many-pets.md) - [Mission](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/mission/how-many-pets.md) - [Maple Ridge](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/how-many-pets.md) ## Sources - [FVRD Animal Control Regulation Bylaw No. 1206, 2013 (consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Animal~Control/CONSOLIDATED%20-%20Animal%20Control%20Regulation%20Bylaw%201206,%202013.pdf) (read 2026-11-08) - [Zoning Bylaw No. 1115, 2017 (consolidated to December 15, 2025) (PDF)](https://www.harrisonhotsprings.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1115--%28Consolidated-to-December-15%2C-2025%29.pdf) (read 2026-11-08) - [FVRD Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw, Schedule A-3 Animal Control (consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.fvrd.ca/assets/Government/Documents/Bylaws/Other/CONSOLIDATED%20Bylaw%20Notice%20Enforcement%20Bylaw.pdf) (read 2026-11-08) - [Contact Us, Village of Harrison Hot Springs](https://www.harrisonhotsprings.ca/contact-us) (read 2026-11-08) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 6 of 6 facts was matched to the official text. 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