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title: How many dogs or cats you can keep in Port Moody
question: "How many dogs or cats can I keep?"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Pets, animals and wildlife
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owner_body: City of Port Moody
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# How many dogs or cats you can keep in Port Moody

**Question:** How many dogs or cats can I keep?

**Short answer:** The City of Port Moody sets no limit on the number of dogs or cats you can keep, and no combined pet limit. The Fees Bylaw does treat anyone with four or more dogs as holding a $210 kennel licence. Livestock and poultry are banned on residential property.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Port Moody, https://www.portmoody.ca)  
**Cost:** Kennel licence (four or more dogs) $210 in place of individual dog licence fees, per the Fees Bylaw.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Licensing, 604-469-4541
- Phone: Bylaw Enforcement, 604-469-4697

## Key facts

- **Dogs allowed:** None set. Port Moody's Animal Control Bylaw sets no maximum number of dogs per home.
- **Cats allowed:** None set. Port Moody's Animal Control Bylaw sets no maximum number of cats per home.
- **Other animal limits:** No combined limit is set. Livestock and poultry may not be kept on residentially zoned property at all.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw, 2024, No. 3343, s. 16.1, s. 3.1 (Livestock, Poultry)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=631683)
  - Official wording: "No person shall keep Livestock or Poultry on or in any residentially zoned property." … "means cattle, goats, horses, sheep, swine, llamas, alpacas, ostriches" … "includes a domestic fowl, waterfowl, pigeons, and peafowl"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Exceptions:** The Fees Bylaw treats a person who possesses four or more dogs as holding a kennel licence ($210), which replaces the individual dog licence fees. The bylaw text read does not say how a kennel licence is obtained or what it allows.
  - Source: [Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524 (consolidated PDF), Business Licence and Bylaw Enforcement, Dog Licences](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=669753)
  - Official wording: "Kennel Licence (for which a person shall be considered having same if said person" … "possesses four or more dogs in lieu of individual Fees)" … "210.00"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Fine:** Not confirmed. No ticket for keeping too many animals appears in the City's ticket schedule.
- **Bylaw:** City of Port Moody Animal Control Bylaw, 2024, No. 3343
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw, 2024, No. 3343, s. 1.1](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=631683)
  - Official wording: "This Bylaw may be cited as “City of Port Moody Animal Control Bylaw, 2024 No. 3343”."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

The City of Port Moody's [Animal Control Bylaw](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=631683) does not set a maximum number of dogs or cats per home, and no combined pet limit appears in it or the Zoning Bylaw. Keeping livestock or poultry on residentially zoned property is not allowed at all.

## Good to know

- The Fees Bylaw treats a person with four or more dogs as holding a kennel licence ($210), in place of individual dog licence fees. The bylaw text does not say how to get a kennel licence or what it allows. Ask Licensing at 604-469-4541.
- Every dog needs a licence (see the dog licence answer). Cats over six months must be spayed or neutered and identified under the bylaw.
- The Animal Control Bylaw mentions a "breeder's permit" for cats but gives no detail.
- No ticket for keeping too many animals appears in the ticket schedule.

## Official forms and pages

- [Animal Control Bylaw No. 3343 (PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=631683)

## Related questions

- [Port Moody dog licences: fees and how to get one](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/dog-licence.md)
- [Port Moody backyard chickens, bees and livestock rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/backyard-chickens.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Dog and cat limits in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/how-many-pets.md)
- [Belcarra](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/how-many-pets.md)
- [Anmore](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/how-many-pets.md)
- [Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/how-many-pets.md)
- [New Westminster](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/how-many-pets.md)
- [Port Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/how-many-pets.md)
- [Burnaby](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burnaby/how-many-pets.md)

## Sources

- [Animal Control Bylaw, 2024, No. 3343 (PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=631683) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524 (consolidated PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=669753) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Dog Licences, City of Port Moody](https://www.portmoody.ca/home-and-property/pets/dog-licences/) (read 2026-11-05)

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