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title: Pitt Meadows fireworks rules
question: "Are fireworks allowed?"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
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owner_body: City of Pitt Meadows
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# Pitt Meadows fireworks rules

**Question:** Are fireworks allowed?

**Short answer:** No. In the City of Pitt Meadows consumer (family-grade) and prohibited fireworks cannot be sold, thrown, discharged, possessed or stored. Display fireworks and pyrotechnics are allowed only at a permitted event. The bylaw notice is $500.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Pitt Meadows, https://www.pittmeadows.ca)  
**Cost:** Display or pyrotechnic event permit: $250 application fee, $1,000 security deposit, $5 million liability insurance naming the City. Bylaw notice for breaches $500.  
**How long:** Apply to Fire and Rescue at least 7 days before the event.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue Service, 604-465-2401
- Email: Fire and Rescue, fire@pittmeadows.ca
- Phone: Bylaw Services, 604-465-2428

## Key facts

- **Setting off fireworks:** No. Consumer (family-grade) fireworks and prohibited fireworks cannot be sold, distributed, thrown, discharged, possessed or stored in the City. Display fireworks and special-effect pyrotechnics are allowed only at a permitted event. No fireworks in City parks without a permit. Consumer fireworks may be carried through the City if bought lawfully elsewhere.
  - Source: [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026, ss. 3.1-3.2, 4.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "A person must not sell, distribute, throw, propel, eject, Discharge, possess, or store Consumer Fireworks or Prohibited Fireworks in the City." … "a person may possess Consumer Fireworks solely for the purpose of transporting them through the City" … "unless the person is:"
  - Source: [https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/Parks%20and%20Community%20Facilities%20Regulations%20Bylaw%20No.%202954%2C%202023.pdf, s. 11.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/Parks%20and%20Community%20Facilities%20Regulations%20Bylaw%20No.%202954%2C%202023.pdf)
  - Official wording: "No person will discharge any fireworks in a Park or Community Facility"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Selling fireworks:** No. Selling or distributing consumer or prohibited fireworks in the City is not allowed.
  - Source: [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026, s. 3.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "A person must not sell, distribute, throw, propel, eject, Discharge, possess, or store Consumer Fireworks or Prohibited Fireworks in the City."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **What counts as fireworks:** Consumer Fireworks (Type F.1: showers, fountains, golden rain, roman candles, volcanoes) and Prohibited Fireworks (firecrackers, bottle rockets, cherry bombs, smoke bombs, trick devices) are banned. Sky lanterns and any open-air fire are banned separately (s. 3.3). Display Fireworks (Type F.2) and Pyrotechnics (Type F.3) need a Special Permit.
  - Source: [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026, s. 2.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Consumer Fireworks commonly referred to as family grade Fireworks" … "including outdoor, low-hazard recreational Fireworks such as showers, fountains, golden rain, roman candles, and volcanoes;" … "Prohibited Fireworks means any Firework or similar product not authorized for use under the Explosives Regulations" … "Display Fireworks commonly referred to as professional grade Fireworks" … "Prohibited Fireworks means any Firework or similar product not authorized" … "bottle skyrockets, fake Firecrackers, and other trick devices;" … "not under the control of the user such as Sky Lanterns."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Permit:** Only a certified Display Fireworks Supervisor (aged 18 or over) may apply for a Display Fireworks Event permit, or a certified Pyrotechnician for a Pyrotechnic Event, to the Fire Rescue Service at least 7 days before. Application fee $250, $1,000 security deposit, and $5 million liability insurance naming the City.
  - Source: [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026, ss. 4.1, 4.3, 5.3, 6.5](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "A person must not Discharge, fire, or use Display Fireworks within the City" … "at least seven (7) days before the scheduled date of the Display Fireworks Event" … "an application fee of $250;" … "has a coverage limit of not less than $5 million per occurrence;" … "An Applicant for a Special Permit must deposit security in the amount of $1,000"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Fine:** Bylaw notice: $500 (no early-payment discount) for selling, possessing or discharging consumer or prohibited fireworks, or for an event without a permit. In a City park, discharging fireworks without a permit is $200 (Parks bylaw notice). Court: $500 to $50,000, or up to six months in jail, or both.
  - Source: [Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2439, 2009 (consolidated), Schedule A, Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-12/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-No-2439%2C-2009-Consolidated-Version.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Sell, distribute, throw, 3.1 n/a 500" … "Display Fireworks Event 4.1 n/a 500"
  - Source: [Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2439, 2009 (consolidated), Schedule A, Parks and Community Facilities Regulation Bylaw](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-12/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-No-2439%2C-2009-Consolidated-Version.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Discharge any fireworks without a 11.1 200 n/a"
  - Source: [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026, s. 10.3](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "liable to a penalty not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for each offence"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026
  - Source: [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026, title](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)
  - Official wording: "FIREWORKS AND PYROTECHNICS" … "BYLAW NO. 3063, 2026"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

The [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026](<https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf>) bans Consumer Fireworks (Type F.1: showers, fountains, golden rain, roman candles, volcanoes) and Prohibited Fireworks (firecrackers, bottle rockets, cherry bombs, smoke bombs, trick devices). They cannot be sold, distributed, thrown, discharged, possessed or stored in the City. The bylaw sets no Halloween dates or hours. Consumer fireworks may be carried through the City if bought lawfully elsewhere.

## Good to know

- Display Fireworks (Type F.2) and Pyrotechnics (Type F.3) need a Special Permit. Only a certified Display Fireworks Supervisor (aged 18 or over) or a certified Pyrotechnician may apply, to Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue.
- No fireworks in City parks without a permit under the Parks and Community Facilities Regulations Bylaw.
- Sky lanterns and any open-air fire are banned separately (s. 3.3). Sparklers are not named in the bylaw.
- Bylaw notice: $500 (no early-payment discount) for selling, possessing or discharging consumer or prohibited fireworks, or holding an event without a permit. In a City park, discharging fireworks without a permit is $200. Court: $500 to $50,000, or up to six months in jail, or both.
- The bylaw is new; the notice schedule was amended for it by Bylaw 3066, adopted September 22, 2026.
- Questions: Fire and Rescue, 604-465-2401, or Bylaw Services, 604-465-2428.

## Official forms and pages

- [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026 (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Pitt Meadows backyard fire and burning rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/backyard-fire.md)
- [Pitt Meadows noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/noise-rules.md)
- [Pitt Meadows bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/bylaw-fines.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Fireworks rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fireworks.md)
- [Maple Ridge](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/fireworks.md)
- [Port Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/fireworks.md)
- [Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/fireworks.md)
- [Anmore](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/fireworks.md)
- [Port Moody](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/fireworks.md)
- [Township of Langley](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley-township/fireworks.md)

## Sources

- [Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bylaw No. 3063, 2026 (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-09/Fireworks-and-Pyrotechnics-Bylaw-No-3063%2C-2026.pdf) (read 2026-11-05)
- [https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/Parks%20and%20Community%20Facilities%20Regulations%20Bylaw%20No.%202954%2C%202023.pdf (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/Parks%20and%20Community%20Facilities%20Regulations%20Bylaw%20No.%202954%2C%202023.pdf) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2439, 2009 (consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-12/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-No-2439%2C-2009-Consolidated-Version.pdf) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Burn Permits, City of Pitt Meadows](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/emergency-services/fire-and-rescue-service/burn-permits) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Violations FAQs, City of Pitt Meadows](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/city-hall/bylaw-services/bylaw-violations-faqs) (read 2026-11-05)

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