How many dogs or cats you can keep in Midway

How many dogs or cats can I keep in Midway?

Midway, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-08

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.

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.Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 21 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 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
Cats allowed	No more than 6 cats at any residence, including a premises with a suite, boarder or tenant.Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 11 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 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.
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).Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 12 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 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.
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.Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 21; Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 3 (Kennel); Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 40 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 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 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 no more than three (3) hens may be kept on any parcel zoned for single family residential use (R1 and R2)
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.Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, Schedule A, Penalties; Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 42 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 Official wording greater than 12 months $ 50.00 Second offence 100.00 Third offence 200.00 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
Bylaw	Village of Midway Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012, s. 1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 Official wording Village of Midway Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012

How it works

The Animal Control Bylaw No. 438, 2012 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.