{"title":"Quesnel fireworks rules","question":"Are fireworks allowed in Quesnel?","slug":"fireworks","place":{"path":"ca/bc/quesnel","name":"Quesnel","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"bylaws-and-complaints","name":"Bylaws, noise and complaints"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"City of Quesnel","url":"https://www.quesnel.ca"},"short_answer":"In the City of Quesnel the fire bylaw restricts fireworks rather than banning them. No one may sell, give away or set off fireworks between October 24 and November 15 each year, and no one under 18 may light or possess them. They are banned in streets, parks and other public places.","aliases":["halloween fireworks quesnel","firecrackers quesnel","fireworks bylaw quesnel","fireworks permit quesnel"],"cost":"Retail permit for Low Hazard fireworks $50; High Hazard or movie pyrotechnics permit $250. No municipal ticket amount is set; on conviction a court fine of $100 to $10,000.","how_long":null,"where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Hall No. 1","value":"250-992-5121","note":"310 Kinchant Street"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw 1902, 2021 (PDF), Section 11","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984"},{"title":"Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 1941 (PDF)","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/145810/"}],"related":[{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Quesnel backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/backyard-fire/"},{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Quesnel bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/bylaw-fines/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/williams-lake","name":"Williams Lake","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/williams-lake/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/prince-george","name":"Prince George","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/vanderhoof","name":"Vanderhoof","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vanderhoof/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/100-mile-house","name":"100 Mile House","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/100-mile-house/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fort-st-james","name":"Fort St James","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/fireworks/"},{"place":"ca/bc/valemount","name":"Valemount","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/fireworks/"}],"topic":{"title":"Fireworks rules in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fireworks/"},"facts":{"use":{"label":"Setting off fireworks","value":"The bylaw does not ban consumer fireworks outright but restricts them. No one under 18 may light, hold, explode or possess fireworks. No selling, giving or setting off fireworks between October 24 and November 15 each year. Not on any highway, street, park, playground, school grounds, forested area or other public place, and never toward a person, animal, vehicle, building or forested area. Follow Natural Resources Canada's Manual of Display Fireworks. High hazard fireworks only at public events authorized by Council and permitted by the Fire Chief.","short":"Restricted; not Oct 24 to Nov 15","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (PDF)","section":"s. 11.2, 11.3(5), 11.5-11.8","quotes":["No person under the age of eighteen shall light, hold, explode or possess any fireworks within the City.","the City of Quesnel further restricts the time between October","in any year, where a person or business must not sell, give or set off fireworks.","No person shall light, activate or explode any Fireworks on any highway, street, park, playground, school grounds, forested area or any other public place within the municipality.","No person shall discharge, propel, point or throw any fireworks at, toward, or in the","No person shall handle and discharge fireworks except in accordance with the \"Manual","High Hazard Fireworks may be used at public event that are authorized by written permission from Council"]},{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/145810/","title":"Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 1941 (PDF)","section":"Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 1941, s. 4.1(c)","quotes":["other than the discharge of fireworks as permitted under the Fire Prevent"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"sale":{"label":"Selling fireworks","value":"Only a business with a valid City business licence and a Fireworks Permit from the Fire Chief may sell Low Hazard fireworks; no sale or giving to anyone under 18; no sales between October 24 and November 15; High Hazard fireworks may not be sold except as part of a permitted public event.","short":"Only with permit; none Oct 24 to Nov 15","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (PDF)","section":"s. 11.2(2), 11.3, 11.8","quotes":["No person shall sell, give, or dispose of any fireworks to a person who is under the age of eighteen years.","The Fire Chief or his designate may issue a Fireworks Permit to sell Low Hazard Fireworks from a place of business","An applicant to sell Low Hazard Fireworks must have a valid Business License","No person shall at any time sell, give, possess or explode High Hazard Fireworks,"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"what_counts":{"label":"What counts as fireworks","value":"\"Fireworks\" includes cannon crackers, fireballs, firecrackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes and other products made to produce an explosion or pyrotechnic effect, but not caps for toy products, Christmas crackers or model rocket engines. Low Hazard: showers, fountains, golden rain, lawn lights, pin wheels, Roman candles, volcanoes. High Hazard (per the federal Explosives Regulations) includes rockets, shells, barrages, batteries and firecrackers.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (PDF)","section":"s. 2 Definitions","quotes":["\"Fireworks\" includes cannon crackers, fireballs, firecrackers, mines, Roman candles, sky","but does not include caps for toy products, Christmas crackers or model rocket engines.","Act of Canada and includes firework showers, fountains, golden rain, lawn lights, pin","shells, bombshells, tourbillions, maroons, large wheels, bouquets, barrages, bombardos,"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"permit":{"label":"Permit","value":"Retail sale of Low Hazard fireworks: Fireworks Permit from the Fire Chief, $50 (covers fire-safety inspection of the premises). High Hazard or movie pyrotechnics: permit $250, for a public event authorized in writing by Council; applicant must hold a Fireworks Supervisor Card. No permit is required of residents for Low Hazard use in the bylaw.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.quesnel.ca/media/file/master-fee-bylaw-january-1-2026pdf","title":"Comprehensive Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1683, Schedule D7 (consolidated December 2025) (PDF)","section":"Schedule D7","quotes":["11.3(4) Fireworks Sales Permit $50","High Hazard and movie pyrotechnics","$250.00"]},{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (PDF)","section":"s. 11.3(4), 11.8(2)","quotes":["The fee is for inspection of a premise to ensure fire safety prior to the","must possess a valid Fireworks Supervisor Card issued by the Explosives Regulatory Division."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"No municipal ticket amount found (Fire bylaw not in the Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw). On conviction: $100 to $10,000.","short":"No ticket; $100 to $10,000 in court","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (PDF)","section":"s. 13.2","quotes":["liable to a fine of not less than $100.00 and not more than $10,000.00"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Fire Protection, Prevention and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (Section 11 Fireworks)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/147232/","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Amendment Bylaw No. 1946, 2023 (PDF)","section":"Title of amended bylaw","quotes":["The City of Quesnel Fire Protection, Prevention and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":6,"matched":6,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nSection 11 of the [Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902](https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984) does not ban consumer fireworks outright but restricts them. The provincial Fireworks Act also applies.\n\n## Rules\n\n- No one under 18 may light, hold, explode or possess fireworks.\n- No selling, giving or setting off fireworks between October 24 and November 15 each year.\n- No fireworks on any highway, street, park, playground, school grounds, forested area or other public place, and never toward a person, animal, vehicle, building or forested area.\n- Follow Natural Resources Canada's Manual of Display Fireworks.\n- No fixed hours or other date window is set.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- \"Fireworks\" includes cannon crackers, fireballs, firecrackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs and torpedoes. Caps for toy products, Christmas crackers and model rocket engines are not included. Sparklers are not mentioned.\n- Only a business with a valid City business licence and a Fireworks Permit from the Fire Chief ($50) may sell Low Hazard fireworks.\n- High Hazard fireworks are allowed only at public events authorized in writing by Council and permitted by the Fire Chief ($250 permit; the applicant must hold a Fireworks Supervisor Card).\n- No permit is required of residents for Low Hazard use in the bylaw.\n- Fire bans or a total burning ban may also be in effect; check with the Fire Department at 250-992-5121.\n- No municipal ticket amount is set; on conviction the court fine is $100 to $10,000.","sources":[{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/131984","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Bylaw No. 1902, 2021 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/147232/","title":"Fire Prevention, Protection and Emergency Services Amendment Bylaw No. 1946, 2023 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/145810/","title":"Parks and Public Places Bylaw No. 1941 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.quesnel.ca/media/file/master-fee-bylaw-january-1-2026pdf","title":"Comprehensive Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1683, Schedule D7 (consolidated December 2025) (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.quesnel.ca/municipal-services/emergency-services/volunteer-fire-department","title":"Volunteer Fire Department, City of Quesnel","accessed":"2026-11-05"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-05","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 6 of 6 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/fireworks/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/fireworks.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/fireworks.json"}}