How many dogs or cats you can keep in Lions Bay
How many dogs or cats can I keep in Lions Bay?
Short answer
In Lions Bay, you may keep no more than three dogs and no more than four cats, each over about four months old, on any parcel of land. Kennels are not allowed.
Key facts
| Dogs allowed | No more than three dogs apparently over four months old on any parcel of land in the Village at one time.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461, 2014, s. 6.6.6 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall keep more than three dogs apparently over the age of four months on |
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| Cats allowed | No more than four cats apparently over four months old on any parcel of land in the Village at one time.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461, 2014, s. 6.8.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall keep more than four cats apparently over the age of four months on |
| Other animal limits | No kennels (a place for training, breeding or boarding three or more animals). Zoning bans animal husbandry, keeping poultry and boarding of animals; only household pets other than poultry may be kept.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461, 2014, s. 6.1; definition of Kennel; Zoning and Development Bylaw No. 520, 2017, s. 4.3.3 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall operate a kennel in the Village. “Kennel” means a place, building, or structure for the training, breeding, or boarding of animal husbandry including the keeping of poultry, fish farming, the boarding of animals and the keeping of animals, except that household pets, other than poultry, may be kept; |
| Exceptions | Animals under about four months old are not counted ('apparently over the age of four months'). There is no kennel licence: kennels are prohibited. The bylaw lists no other exception to the dog and cat limits.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461, 2014, s. 6.1, 6.6.6, 6.8.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall operate a kennel in the Village. No person shall keep more than three dogs apparently over the age of four months on No person shall keep more than four cats apparently over the age of four months on |
| Fine | Bylaw notice: keeping more than three dogs $110 ($100 if paid within 14 days, $120 after 28 days); a compliance agreement is available. No ticket amount is listed for keeping more than four cats.Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 385, 2006, Schedule A, Schedule A, Animal Control & Licensing Bylaw No. 461 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingKeep more than three dogs $110 $100 $120 YES |
| Bylaw | Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No 461, 2014 (s. 6.6.6, 6.8.1, 6.1); Zoning and Development Bylaw No. 520, 2017 (s. 4.3.3).Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461, 2014, s. 1.1; Zoning and Development Bylaw No. 520, 2017, s. 1.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingThis Bylaw may be cited as “Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No 461, 2014” This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Zoning and Development Bylaw No.520, 2017". |
How it works
The Village of Lions Bay's Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461 limits dogs and cats per parcel of land (s. 6.6.6 and 6.8.1). Only animals "apparently over" four months old count, so younger puppies and kittens are not counted. The bylaw lists no other exception to the limits.
Good to know
- Dogs: no more than three on any parcel at one time.
- Cats: no more than four on any parcel at one time.
- Kennels (places for training, breeding or boarding three or more animals) are not allowed, and there is no kennel licence.
- The Zoning and Development Bylaw No. 520 bans animal husbandry, keeping poultry and boarding of animals; only household pets other than poultry may be kept.
- Keeping more than three dogs is a bylaw notice of $110 ($100 if paid within 14 days, $120 after 28 days), and a compliance agreement is available. No ticket amount is listed for more than four cats. See the Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw.
- Every dog over 24 weeks old also needs a licence. See the dog licence answer.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
West Vancouver · Bowen Island · District of North Vancouver · North Vancouver · Gibsons · Squamish
Sources
- Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 461, 2014 (PDF), Village of Lions Bay (read 2026-11-08)
- Zoning and Development Bylaw No. 520, 2017 (PDF), Village of Lions Bay (read 2026-11-08)
- Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 385, 2006, Schedule A (PDF), Village of Lions Bay (read 2026-11-08)
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