--- title: Keremeos dog leash rules and off-leash areas question: "Where can dogs be off leash in Keremeos, and what are the leash rules?" place: Keremeos, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/keremeos category: Pets, animals and wildlife owner: municipal owner_body: Village of Keremeos sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/dog-leash-rules/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/dog-leash-rules.json" --- # Keremeos dog leash rules and off-leash areas **Question:** Where can dogs be off leash in Keremeos, and what are the leash rules? **Short answer:** In Keremeos, dogs may not be at large, and a dog not on a leash can be ticketed $50. Owners must clean up dog excrement left on other people's or public property. The Village's readable pages do not list where dogs may be off leash. **Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Keremeos, https://www.keremeos.ca/home) **Cost:** Tickets: $50 for a dog at large, $50 for a dog not on a leash, $50 for failing to remove excrement. **How long:** Not applicable. **Where:** - Phone: Village Office, 250-499-2711 - In person: Village Office, 702 4th Street, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0 ## Key facts - **Leash rule:** Dogs may not be at large. The ticket schedule lists "Dog not on leash" (s. 13.1) as an offence, so a leash is required in some places; where exactly is in the scanned bylaw. - Source: [Animal Control, Animal Control page](https://www.keremeos.ca/animal-control) - Official wording: "are not permitted to be at large" - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026), Schedule 2 (Animal Control Bylaw 843, 2025)](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/) - Official wording: "Dog not on leash" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Maximum leash length:** Not confirmed. The Animal Control Bylaw is a scanned file that could not be read. - **Off-leash areas:** Not confirmed. The Animal Control Bylaw is a scanned file that could not be read. - **Places dogs are not allowed:** Not confirmed. The Animal Control Bylaw is a scanned file that could not be read. - **Cleaning up:** The owner must immediately remove dog excrement left on another person's property or on public property. Ticket: $50 for failure to remove excrement (s. 13.3). - Source: [Animal Control, Animal Control page](https://www.keremeos.ca/animal-control) - Official wording: "Every owner must immediately remove excrement left by their dog on another person's property or on public property." - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026), Schedule 2 (Animal Control Bylaw 843, 2025)](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/) - Official wording: "Failure to remove excrement" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Fine, dog at large or off leash:** $50 for an animal at large (s. 12) and $50 for a dog not on leash (s. 13.1). - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026), Schedule 2 (Animal Control Bylaw 843, 2025)](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/) - Official wording: "Animal at large" … "Dog not on leash" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Bylaw:** Animal Control Bylaw No. 843, 2025 - Source: [https://www.keremeos.ca/backyard-hens, Backyard Hens page](https://www.keremeos.ca/backyard-hens) - Official wording: "Animal Control Bylaw No. 843, 2025" - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026), Schedule 2 (Animal Control Bylaw 843, 2025)](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/) - Official wording: "ANIMAL CONTROL BYLAW 843, 2025" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works In Keremeos, the Village's ticket schedule lists "Dog not on leash" and animal at large as offences, so dogs must be under control and on a leash in at least some places. Exactly where a leash is required is in Animal Control Bylaw No. 843, 2025, which is a scanned file that could not be read. No readable Village page sets a maximum leash length, lists off-leash areas, or says which parks ban dogs. ## Good to know - Tickets under the [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/): $50 for an animal at large, $50 for a dog not on a leash, and $50 for failing to remove dog excrement. - You must immediately remove dog excrement left on another person's property or on public property. - The Village says it is collecting donations to bring its dog park back to life, with separate areas for large and small dogs. No readable page gives off-leash rules for it. - To ask where dogs may run off leash, call the Village Office at 250-499-2711. ## Official forms and pages - [Animal Control, Village of Keremeos](https://www.keremeos.ca/animal-control) ## Related questions - [Keremeos dog licences: fees and how to get one](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/dog-licence.md) - [How many dogs or cats you can keep in Keremeos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/how-many-pets.md) - [Keremeos rules for aggressive and dangerous dogs](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/dangerous-dogs.md) ## The same question elsewhere - [Dog leash rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/dog-leash-rules.md) - [Oliver](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/oliver/dog-leash-rules.md) - [Osoyoos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/osoyoos/dog-leash-rules.md) - [Penticton](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/dog-leash-rules.md) - [Summerland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/dog-leash-rules.md) - [Princeton](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/dog-leash-rules.md) - [Peachland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/peachland/dog-leash-rules.md) ## Sources - [Animal Control, Village of Keremeos](https://www.keremeos.ca/animal-control) (read 2026-11-08) - [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026) (PDF), Village of Keremeos](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/) (read 2026-11-08) - [Contact Us, Village of Keremeos](https://www.keremeos.ca/contact) (read 2026-11-08) - [https://www.keremeos.ca/backyard-hens](https://www.keremeos.ca/backyard-hens) (read 2026-11-08) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 3 could not be confirmed. 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