How many dogs or cats you can keep in Maple Ridge
How many dogs or cats can I keep?
Short answer
Maple Ridge allows no more than three dogs on a parcel, and no more than six weaned, altered (spayed or neutered) cats. A dog under four months old does not count. The bylaw does not say how many unaltered cats are allowed.
Key facts
| Dogs allowed | No more than 3 dogs on any parcel. A dog under four months old does not count.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012, s. 6.1.1, 6.4.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingNo Owner shall Keep, or permit to be kept, more than three (3) dogs on any A dog established by the Owner to be under the age of four (4) months |
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| Cats allowed | No more than six (6) weaned altered (spayed or neutered) cats on any one parcel.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012, s. 10.1.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingmore than six (6) weaned Altered Cats on any one parcel |
| Other animal limits | No one may walk more than three dogs in a public place at one time. Livestock may be kept only as the Zoning Bylaw permits. Hobby beekeeping is limited to two hives per lot.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012, s. 6.5.1(c), 11.1.1; Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019, s. 402.13 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingwalk more than three (3) Dogs in any Public Place at any one time. No Owner shall Keep or permit to be kept Livestock except as permitted a maximum of two (2) bee hives per Lot shall be permitted; |
| Exceptions | The dog limit does not apply at the Animal Control Facility or in a lawfully licenced pet store, veterinary clinic, pet care establishment, commercial kennel or hobby kennel. The cat limit has the same exceptions except kennels. Dogs under four months old do not count.Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012, s. 6.1.1, 10.1.1, 6.4.1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingexcept at the Animal Control Facility, or in the lawful and licenced operation of a Pet store, veterinary medical clinic, or Pet care A dog established by the Owner to be under the age of four (4) months |
| Fine | Bylaw notice: more than 3 dogs $150 and more than six cats $150 (each $100 within 14 days, $200 after 28 days). Municipal ticket: $100 for each.Bylaw Notice Enforcement (Consolidated) Bylaw No. 7626-2020, Schedule A, Part 1; Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 6929-2012 (Consolidated), Schedule 2 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wording6908-2012 6.1.1 More than 3 dogs $150 $100 $200 Yes 6908-2012 10.1.1 More than six cats $150 $100 $200 Yes More than 3 dogs 6.1.1 $100 More than six cats 10.1.1 $100 |
| Bylaw | Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012 (dogs s. 6.1, cats s. 10.1)Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012, title · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06Official wordingAnimal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012 |
How it works
Under the Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012, no more than three dogs may be kept on any parcel, and no more than six weaned altered cats. A dog under four months old does not count toward the limit.
Good to know
- The dog limit does not apply at the Animal Control Facility or in a lawfully licenced pet store, veterinary clinic, pet care establishment, commercial kennel or hobby kennel. The cat limit has the same exceptions except kennels.
- The bylaw text says nothing about how many unaltered cats you may keep. Ask the department.
- No one may walk more than three dogs in a public place at one time.
- Livestock may be kept only as the Zoning Bylaw permits. See the backyard chickens answer.
- Hobby beekeeping is limited to two hives per lot under the Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019.
- Penalty for more than three dogs or more than six cats: a bylaw notice is $150 for each; a municipal ticket is $100 for each.
- To ask about a higher limit, call 604-467-7305.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Pitt Meadows · Port Coquitlam · Coquitlam · Anmore · Township of Langley · Port Moody
Sources
- Bylaw Notice (Ticket), City of Maple Ridge (read 2026-11-05)
- Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012 (read 2026-11-05)
- Zoning Bylaw 7600-2019 (read 2026-11-05)
- Bylaw Notice Enforcement (Consolidated) Bylaw No. 7626-2020 (read 2026-11-05)
- Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 6929-2012 (Consolidated) (PDF) (read 2026-11-05)
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