Ucluelet fireworks rules

Are fireworks allowed in Ucluelet?

Ucluelet, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-08

How it works

The Fireworks Regulation Bylaw No. 2006, 2026 bans buying, possessing, storing, selling and setting off fireworks and firecrackers "except in strict accordance with this Bylaw". It gives residents no permission to set off consumer fireworks. Fire ban notices also list fireworks among prohibited items.

Steps

1. A Fireworks Supervisor aged 18 or older, with a Natural Resources Canada Fireworks Operator Certificate, applies to the Fire Chief for a Fireworks Event Permit at least 30 days before the event.
2. Include a fire safety plan and proof of liability insurance.
3. Pay the $150 permit fee, which is in the Fees and Charges Bylaw.

Good to know

• Covered: consumer fireworks (showers, golden rain, lawn lights, pin wheels, roman candles, fountains, wheels, volcanoes, mines, snakes) and firecrackers. Christmas crackers, sparklers and caps for toy guns are excluded. Display fireworks and special effect pyrotechnics are professional products.
• Display fireworks and special effect pyrotechnics can be sold, given or possessed only under a Fireworks Event Permit, which the buyer must show to the seller.
• Events must end before 11 p.m. A permit may be revoked when open burning restrictions are in place.
• Flares used by motorists, boaters or emergency services are exempt.
• Bylaw notices: setting off consumer fireworks or firecrackers $250 ($187.50 if paid within 14 days; $312.50 if paid late). Buying or possessing them $150 ($112.50; $187.50). Selling them $300 ($225; $400). The court fine can be up to $50,000.