Warfield dog leash rules and off-leash areas
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.
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.Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, ss. 5.3, 5.4; Animal Control, Animal Control page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingAll 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. Any dog that leaves the yard must be on a leash. |
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| 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.Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 5.4 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingby 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 |
| 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.Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 5.5 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingunless the person immediately removes any excrement and disposes of it in a waste container or by other sanitary means |
| 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, 2007Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 1.0 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingAnimal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 |
How it works
In Warfield, the Animal Control Bylaw No. 703 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
- Use a leash up to 2.44 m (8 ft), or a retractable leash up to 7.62 m (25 ft) when fully extended.
- 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
The same question in other places
Sources
- Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield (read 2026-11-08)
- Animal Control, Village of Warfield (read 2026-11-08)
- Contact Us, Village of Warfield (read 2026-11-08)
Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 2 are recorded as not set; 1 could not be confirmed. How answers are checked.