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title: Warfield dog leash rules and off-leash areas
question: "Where can dogs be off leash, and what are the leash rules in Warfield?"
place: Warfield, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/warfield
category: Pets, animals and wildlife
owner: municipal
owner_body: Village of Warfield
sources_read: 2026-11-08
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# Warfield dog leash rules and off-leash areas

**Question:** Where can dogs be off leash, and what are the leash rules in Warfield?

**Short answer:** In Warfield, a dog off its owner's property must be with a competent person who has effective control by leash, and may not be at large. Leashes may be up to 2.44 m (8 ft), or a retractable one up to 7.62 m (25 ft). The bylaw names no off-leash areas.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Warfield, https://warfield.ca)  
**Cost:** No fee. The bylaw sets no ticket amount for a dog at large.  
**How long:** Not applicable.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Village Office, 250-368-8202 (Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Friday)
- Email: Village Office, info@warfield.ca

## Key facts

- **Leash rule:** Off the owner's property, a dog in public must be with a competent person who has effective control by leash. An owner must not let a dog be at large. At home the dog must be contained in the home, yard or a pen.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, ss. 5.3, 5.4](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "All dogs when in public must be accompanied by and under the effective control of a competent person" … "The owner of a dog must not permit, suffer or allow their dog to be at large."
  - Source: [Animal Control, Animal Control page](https://warfield.ca/warfield-services/animal-control/)
  - Official wording: "Any dog that leaves the yard must be on a leash."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Maximum leash length:** A leash up to 2.44 m (8 ft), or a retractable leash up to 7.62 m (25 ft) when fully extended.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 5.4](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "by means of a leash not exceeding 2.44 metres (8 feet) in length or by means of a retractable leash not exceeding 7.62 metres (25 feet) in length when fully extended"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Off-leash areas:** None set. Warfield's Animal Control Bylaw designates no off-leash areas.
- **Places dogs are not allowed:** None set. Warfield's Animal Control Bylaw names no places where dogs are banned.
- **Cleaning up:** An owner must not let a dog defecate on a street, lane, park, school ground or other public place, or on private property other than the owner's, unless the excrement is removed at once and put in a waste container or disposed of sanitarily.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 5.5](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "unless the person immediately removes any excrement and disposes of it in a waste container or by other sanitary means"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Fine, dog at large or off leash:** Not confirmed. The Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw that lists ticket amounts is a scanned image that could not be read.
- **Bylaw:** Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 1.0](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

In Warfield, the [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) says that off the owner's property, a dog in public must be with a competent person who has effective control by leash. An owner must not let a dog be at large. At home, the dog must be contained in the home, the yard or a pen.

## Steps

1. Use a leash up to 2.44 m (8 ft), or a retractable leash up to 7.62 m (25 ft) when fully extended.
2. Clean up after your dog. It must not defecate on a street, lane, park, school ground or other public place, or on someone else's private property, unless you remove the excrement at once and put it in a waste container or dispose of it sanitarily.

## Good to know

- The bylaw designates no off-leash areas and names no places where dogs are banned. The Village's page does not say either. Ask the Village Office (250-368-8202) before letting a dog off leash in a park.
- Section 9 of the bylaw sets only court penalties, up to $5,000 under the Offence Act. No ticket amount for a dog at large was found; the Village's Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 950 lists ticket amounts, but its online copy is a scanned image that could not be read.

## Official forms and pages

- [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF)](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
- [Animal Control page, Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/warfield-services/animal-control/)

## Related questions

- [Warfield dog licences: fees and how to get one](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dog-licence.md)
- [How many dogs or cats you can keep in Warfield](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/how-many-pets.md)
- [Warfield rules for aggressive and dangerous dogs](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dangerous-dogs.md)
- [Warfield bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Dog leash rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Trail](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/trail/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Rossland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Montrose](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/montrose/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Fruitvale](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Castlegar](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Salmo](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/dog-leash-rules.md)

## Sources

- [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Animal Control, Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/warfield-services/animal-control/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Contact Us, Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/contact-us/) (read 2026-11-08)

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