{"title":"How many dogs or cats you can keep in Invermere","question":"How many dogs or cats can I keep in Invermere?","slug":"how-many-pets","place":{"path":"ca/bc/invermere","name":"Invermere","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"pets-and-wildlife","name":"Pets, animals and wildlife"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"District of Invermere","url":"https://invermere.net"},"short_answer":"In Invermere, keeping more than 4 dogs is an offence under the District's Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw. No official text we read sets a limit on cats. The bylaw itself is not posted, so ask the District which properties the limit covers.","aliases":["how many dogs invermere","cat limit invermere","pet limit invermere","kennel invermere"],"cost":"$100 municipal ticket for keeping more than 4 dogs.","how_long":"Not applicable.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"Municipal Hall","value":"914 8th Avenue, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."},{"type":"phone","label":"District office","value":"250-342-9281","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1130, 2002 (PDF), District of Invermere","url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61271/"},{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002 (consolidated PDF), District of Invermere","url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335/"}],"related":[{"slug":"dog-licence","title":"Invermere dog licences: fees and how to get one","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/dog-licence/"},{"slug":"dog-leash-rules","title":"Invermere dog leash rules and off-leash areas","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/dog-leash-rules/"},{"slug":"dangerous-dogs","title":"Invermere rules for aggressive and dangerous dogs","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/dangerous-dogs/"},{"slug":"backyard-chickens","title":"Invermere backyard chickens, bees and livestock rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/backyard-chickens/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/radium-hot-springs","name":"Radium Hot Springs","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/radium-hot-springs/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/canal-flats","name":"Canal Flats","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/canal-flats/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/elkford","name":"Elkford","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/elkford/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/kimberley","name":"Kimberley","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kimberley/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/golden","name":"Golden","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/golden/how-many-pets/"}],"topic":{"title":"Dog and cat limits in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/how-many-pets/"},"facts":{"dog_limit":{"label":"Dogs allowed","value":"Keeping more than 4 dogs is an offence under the Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw (s. 5.1). The bylaw text is not posted, so which properties it covers is not confirmed.","short":"Max 4 dogs (coverage not confirmed)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61271/","title":"Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1130, 2002 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"Schedule C","quotes":["Keep more than 4 dogs 5.1 $100.00"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"cat_limit":{"label":"Cats allowed","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_published","note":"The text of the Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw is not posted.","sources":[]},"other_limits":{"label":"Other animal limits","value":"The Zoning Bylaw defines a \"kennel\" as a place where four or more dogs or cats (two months or older) are kept.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002 (consolidated PDF), District of Invermere","section":"s. 2 definitions, Kennel","quotes":["where four or more dogs or cats are or are intended to be trained, cared for, bred, boarded, or kept for any purpose"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"exceptions":{"label":"Exceptions","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_published","note":"The text of the Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw is not posted.","sources":[]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"$100 (municipal ticket) for keeping more than 4 dogs.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61271/","title":"Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1130, 2002 (PDF), District of Invermere","section":"Schedule C","quotes":["Keep more than 4 dogs 5.1 $100.00"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 1072, 2000","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/375/","title":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/375/","section":"Bylaw 1390 recital","quotes":["Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 1072, 2000"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":4,"matched":4,"none":0,"unknown":2},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nIn Invermere, the ticket schedule lists keeping more than 4 dogs as an offence under section 5.1 of the Dog Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 1072, 2000. The bylaw text is not posted, so it is not confirmed which properties the limit covers or whether there are exceptions.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. If you keep, or plan to keep, more than 4 dogs, call the District office at 250-342-9281 before you do.\n2. Ask whether your property is covered and whether any exception or kennel approval applies.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- No official text read sets a limit on cats.\n- The [Zoning Bylaw No. 1145](https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335/) defines a \"kennel\" as a place where four or more dogs or cats (two months or older) are kept. That is a zoning definition, not a stated pet limit. The posted zoning copy is dated 2016, and later amendments are listed separately.\n- Keeping more than 4 dogs can bring a $100 municipal ticket under the [Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1130](https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61271/). No early or late amount is set in the text read.\n- Every dog over four months old also needs a licence; see the dog licence answer.","sources":[{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/61271/","title":"Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1130, 2002 (PDF), District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002 (consolidated PDF), District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.net/operations/animal-control/domestic/","title":"Domestic animal control, District of Invermere","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/375/","title":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/375/","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 4 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 2 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/how-many-pets/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/how-many-pets.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/how-many-pets.json"}}