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title: "Salt Spring Island noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines"
question: "What are the noise rules and quiet hours on Salt Spring?"
place: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Bylaws, noise and complaints
owner: regional
owner_body: Capital Regional District
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# Salt Spring Island noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines

**Question:** What are the noise rules and quiet hours on Salt Spring?

**Short answer:** On Salt Spring Island, an unincorporated area, CRD Noise Suppression Bylaw 3384 bans any noise that disturbs the neighbourhood or people nearby. It sets no fixed quiet hours. It limits construction and loading to after 7 a.m. (8 a.m. on weekends and holidays) and before sunset or 7 p.m., and amplified music from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m.

**Who handles it:** Regional district (Capital Regional District, https://www.crd.ca)  
**Cost:** Ticket fines: $100 first offence, $200 second, $500 subsequent (CRD Ticket Information Authorization Bylaw 1857, Schedule 12).  
**Where:**
- Phone: CRD Bylaw Services (office hours), 250-474-3351 or 1-800-665-7899 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No after-hours noise response.)
- Email: CRD Bylaw Services, bylaw@crd.bc.ca

## Key facts

- **General rule:** No one may make or continue any noise or sound in the Salt Spring Island Electoral Area that disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of people near the source.
  - Source: [CRD Bylaw 3384, Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006, s. 2](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b)
  - Official wording: "No person shall make, cause to be made, or continue to make any noise or sound in the Electoral Area"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Quiet hours:** None set. The CRD's Noise Suppression Bylaw 3384 sets no fixed quiet hours for ordinary noise.
- **Construction hours:** Not before 7 a.m. (8 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) and not after sunset or 7 p.m., whichever is later. Applies to using construction equipment and to loading or unloading vehicles.
  - Source: [CRD Bylaw 3384, Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006, s. 3(1)-(2)](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b)
  - Official wording: "No person shall construct or use construction equipment before the hours of 7:00 am (8 am on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays) or after sunset or 7:00 pm, whichever is latest."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Other limits:** No amplified music outdoors from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. if it disturbs others; indoors, unless all reasonable steps are taken. Firearm discharge before 9 a.m. or after sunset is banned if it disturbs others. Exempt: emergency vehicles, warning signals, bells, farm operations, public gatherings in parks.
  - Source: [CRD Bylaw 3384, Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006, ss. 3(3)-(6), 4](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b)
  - Official wording: "No person or business shall play amplified music outdoors between the hours of 11:00 pm and 9:00 am" … "No person shall discharge a firearm before 9:00 am or after sunset" … "The operation of farm equipment and the noise associated with legitimate farm operations" … "No person shall discharge a firearm before 9:00 am or after sunset that disturbs other people as" … "The operation of farm equipment and the noise associated with legitimate farm operations, providing"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Who to call, business hours:** CRD Bylaw Services, 250.474.3351 or 1.800.665.7899, during office hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), or submit a complaint online; email bylaw@crd.bc.ca.
  - Source: [Bylaw Compliance, Capital Regional District, How do I contact Bylaw Services](https://www.crd.ca/programs-services/bylaw-compliance)
  - Official wording: "you can call CRD Bylaw Services at 250.474.3351 or 1.800.665.7899 during regular office hours or submit a complaint online." … "Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm." … "Email bylaw@crd.bc.ca"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Who to call, after hours:** CRD bylaw officers do not respond to noise after hours. Call the non-emergency number of the police or RCMP for your area (911 for emergencies).
  - Source: [Bylaw Compliance, Capital Regional District, Submitting a Complaint](https://www.crd.ca/programs-services/bylaw-compliance)
  - Official wording: "Bylaw enforcement officers do not respond after hours to noise i.e. noisy parties, barking dogs." … "call the non-emergency number for appropriate Police or RCMP for your area"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Fine:** $100 first offence, $200 second offence, $500 subsequent offences (ticket), for each of the bylaw's noise offences.
  - Source: [CRD Ticket Information Authorization Bylaw 1857 (consolidated March 2025), Sched. 12 (Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island))](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/1857-consolidated-capital-regional-district-ticket-information-authorization-bylaw-1990b)
  - Official wording: "Noise which disturbs 2 $100.00 (first offence) $200.00 (second offence) $500.00 (subsequent offences)"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006 (CRD Bylaw No. 3384)
  - Source: [CRD Bylaw 3384, Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006, s. 9](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b)
  - Official wording: "Bylaw No. 3384 “Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No.1, 2006”"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

Noise on Salt Spring Island is regulated by the CRD under [Noise Suppression Bylaw 3384](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b). Islands Trust does not handle noise. No one may make or continue any noise or sound that disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of people near the source. The bylaw sets no fixed quiet hours for ordinary noise, and no decibel limit.

## Good to know

- Construction and loading: the bylaw bans using construction equipment, and loading or unloading vehicles, before 7 a.m. (8 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) and after sunset or 7 p.m., whichever is later.
- Music: no amplified music outdoors from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. if it disturbs others, and none indoors unless all reasonable steps are taken.
- Firearms: discharge before 9 a.m. or after sunset is banned if it disturbs others.
- Exempt: emergency vehicles, warning signals, bells, farm operations, public gatherings in parks, and construction or industrial work whose hours cannot reasonably be changed because of tides, ferry schedules, weather or fire hazards, if noise is reduced.
- To complain, call CRD Bylaw Services at 250.474.3351 or 1.800.665.7899 during office hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), submit a complaint online, or email bylaw@crd.bc.ca.
- CRD bylaw officers do not respond to noise after hours. Call the non-emergency number of the police or RCMP for your area (911 for emergencies).
- Tickets under CRD Bylaw 1857 are $100 for a first offence, $200 for a second and $500 for later offences. Barking dogs fall under the animal bylaw.

## Official forms and pages

- [Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006, Bylaw 3384 (PDF)](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b)

## Related questions

- [Salt Spring Island bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/bylaw-fines.md)
- [Salt Spring Island fireworks rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salt-spring-island/fireworks.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Noise bylaws in British Columbia: quiet hours, construction hours and fines by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/noise-rules.md)

## Sources

- [CRD Bylaw 3384, Noise Suppression Bylaw (Salt Spring Island) No. 1, 2006 (PDF)](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/3384-noise-suppression-bylaw-salt-spring-island-no-1-2006b) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Compliance, Capital Regional District](https://www.crd.ca/programs-services/bylaw-compliance) (read 2026-11-05)
- [CRD Ticket Information Authorization Bylaw 1857 (consolidated March 2025) (PDF)](https://www.crd.ca/media/file/1857-consolidated-capital-regional-district-ticket-information-authorization-bylaw-1990b) (read 2026-11-05)

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