--- title: How many dogs or cats you can keep in Midway question: "How many dogs or cats can I keep in Midway?" place: Midway, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/midway category: Pets, animals and wildlife owner: municipal owner_body: Village of Midway sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/how-many-pets/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/how-many-pets.json" --- # How many dogs or cats you can keep in Midway **Question:** How many dogs or cats can I keep in Midway? **Short answer:** In Midway, you can keep no more than 4 dogs over 6 months old and no more than 6 cats at any residence. More than 4 dogs needs a kennel business licence. Most livestock is banned, except up to 3 hens with a permit. **Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Midway, https://www.midwaybc.ca) **Cost:** Penalty schedule in the bylaw: $50 first offence, $100 second, $200 third. **How long:** Not applicable. **Where:** - Phone: Village Office, 250-449-2222 - Phone: Bylaw Enforcement Officer, 250-449-8353 ## Key facts - **Dogs allowed:** No more than 4 dogs over 6 months old at any residence, including a premises with a suite, boarder or tenant. - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 21](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "No person shall keep or harbour more than four (4) Dogs over the age of six (6) months at any residence including any premises that houses a suite, a boarder or tenant" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Cats allowed:** No more than 6 cats at any residence, including a premises with a suite, boarder or tenant. - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 11](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "No person shall keep or harbour more than six cats at any residence, including any premise that houses a suite, a boarder or tenant." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Other animal limits:** No horses, mules, donkeys, cows, pigs, llamas, alpacas, cattle, sheep, goats, bees, poultry or fowl in the Village, except as the Zoning Bylaw or the Animal Control Bylaw allows (up to 3 hens with a permit). - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 12](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "Except as may be allowed in the Village of Midway Zoning Bylaw, or provision of this bylaw, no horses, mules, donkeys, cows, pigs, llamas, alpacas, cattle, sheep, goats, bees, poultry or fowl shall be harboured within the Village." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Exceptions:** More than 4 dogs only with a Business Licence for a kennel under the Business Licence Bylaw and the Zoning Bylaw. Up to 3 hens on R1 and R2 lots with a hen permit. - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 21](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "unless that person has obtained a Business Licence for the operation of a Kennel pursuant to Village of Midway Business Licence Bylaw and Village of Midway Zoning Bylaw" - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 3 (Kennel)](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "includes a facility or premises where five or more Dogs are kept, trained, cared for, bred, treated, or boarded for remuneration or for the purpose of sale" - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 40](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "no more than three (3) hens may be kept on any parcel zoned for single family residential use (R1 and R2)" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Fine:** Bylaw 438 Schedule A penalties: $50 for a first offence (and for later offences more than 12 months after the first), $100 for a second, $200 for a third. - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, Schedule A, Penalties](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "greater than 12 months $ 50.00" … "Second offence 100.00" … "Third offence 200.00" - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 42](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "upon summary conviction be liable to a penalty of not less than $50.00 and more than $2,000.00 plus the costs of the prosecution" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Bylaw:** Village of Midway Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012 - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 1](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) - Official wording: "Village of Midway Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works The [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) sets the limits. They apply at any residence, including a premises with a suite, boarder or tenant. - Dogs: no more than 4 dogs over 6 months old. - Cats: no more than 6 cats. - More than 4 dogs is allowed only with a Business Licence for a kennel under the Business Licence Bylaw and the Zoning Bylaw. ## Good to know - Horses, mules, donkeys, cows, pigs, llamas, alpacas, cattle, sheep, goats, bees, poultry and fowl are not allowed in the Village, except as the Zoning Bylaw or the Animal Control Bylaw allows. The Animal Control Bylaw allows up to 3 hens with a permit (see the backyard chickens answer). - The Zoning Bylaw posted on the Village site cannot be read online, so ask the Village Office (250-449-2222) whether a zone allows anything more. - The bylaw's penalty schedule is $50 for a first offence, $100 for a second and $200 for a third. It does not say which offences those cover. ## Official forms and pages - [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012 (PDF), Village of Midway](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) ## Related questions - [Midway dog licences: fees and how to get one](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/dog-licence.md) - [Midway backyard chickens, bees and livestock rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/backyard-chickens.md) - [Midway dog leash rules and off-leash areas](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/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) - [Grand Forks](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/how-many-pets.md) - [Osoyoos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/osoyoos/how-many-pets.md) - [Rossland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/how-many-pets.md) - [Keremeos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/how-many-pets.md) - [Penticton](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/how-many-pets.md) - [Warfield](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/how-many-pets.md) ## Sources - [Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012 (PDF), Village of Midway](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BYLAW-438-2012-Midway-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) (read 2026-11-08) - [Bylaws and Policies, Village of Midway](https://midwaybc.ca/bylaws-policies/) (read 2026-11-08) - [Village Office, Village of Midway](https://midwaybc.ca/village-office/) (read 2026-11-08) - [Bylaw Enforcement Complaint Form (PDF), Village of Midway](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2024-Complaint-Primary-Letter.pdf) (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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