How many dogs or cats you can keep in Tahsis
How many dogs or cats can I keep in Tahsis?
Short answer
In Tahsis, you may keep two dogs and three cats (each over four months old). More than two dogs needs a $50 kennel licence. There is no cat limit on parcels of 2 hectares or more.
Key facts
| Dogs allowed | Two dogs. More than two requires a kennel licence ($50). A kennel is allowed only on residential parcels of at least 0.20 ha (1/2 acre) and may hold at most ten dogs.Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended, s. 9(1)-(3) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person may keep or harbor more than two dogs within the Village unless such person has obtained a kennel license A kennel may only be located within the Village of Tahsis on residential parcels of land not less than .20 ha (1/2 acre). No person shall keep more than ten dogs in a kennel. |
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| Cats allowed | Three cats over four months old, except in a kennel. No limit on parcels of 2 hectares or more.Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended, s. 8 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person shall keep, shelter or harbor more than three cats apparently over the age of four months except in a kennel. there shall be no restrictions upon the number of cats which may be kept on parcels of 2 hectares or more. |
| Other animal limits | None set. Tahsis's animal bylaw sets no combined limit and no limit on other pets.Read: Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended |
| Exceptions | A kennel licence allows more than two dogs (up to ten, on residential parcels of 0.20 ha or more). More than three cats are allowed in a kennel, or on parcels of 2 hectares or more.Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended, s. 9(1)-(3); Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended, s. 8 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo person may keep or harbor more than two dogs within the Village unless such person has obtained a kennel license A kennel may only be located within the Village of Tahsis on residential parcels of land not less than .20 ha (1/2 acre). No person shall keep more than ten dogs in a kennel. No person shall keep, shelter or harbor more than three cats apparently over the age of four months except in a kennel. there shall be no restrictions upon the number of cats which may be kept on parcels of 2 hectares or more. |
| Fine | Not confirmed. The ticket amount is in a scanned schedule that could not be read. |
| Bylaw | Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997 (amended by Bylaw No. 449, 1998, Bylaw No. 507, 2005 and Bylaw No. 602, 2018).Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended, s. 1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingThis bylaw may be cited as the "Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997". |
How it works
The Village's Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420 limits dogs and cats. Dogs and cats count once they are over four months old. The bylaw sets no combined limit and no limit on other pets. Chickens, bees and livestock are set by the Zoning Bylaw (see the chickens and livestock answer).
Good to know
- Dogs: two. More than two needs a $50 kennel licence.
- A kennel is allowed only on residential parcels of at least 0.20 ha (1/2 acre) and may hold at most ten dogs.
- Cats: three, except in a kennel. There is no cat limit on parcels of 2 hectares or more.
- The ticket amount for breaking these limits is in a scanned schedule of the Village's ticketing bylaw that could not be read. Ask the Village office at (250) 934-6344.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Gold River · Sayward · Alert Bay · Campbell River · Port Hardy · Tofino
Sources
- Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 420, 1997, as amended (PDF), Village of Tahsis (read 2026-11-08)
- Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020 (PDF), Village of Tahsis (read 2026-11-08)
Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 1 is recorded as not set; 1 could not be confirmed. How answers are checked.