{"title":"How many dogs or cats you can keep in Warfield","question":"How many dogs or cats can I keep in Warfield?","slug":"how-many-pets","place":{"path":"ca/bc/warfield","name":"Warfield","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"pets-and-wildlife","name":"Pets, animals and wildlife"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Warfield","url":"https://warfield.ca"},"short_answer":"In Warfield, three or more dogs at one time on a parcel need a kennel licence from the Village, unless the Zoning Bylaw permits a kennel there. Animal Control Bylaw 703 sets no limit on cats and no combined pet limit.","aliases":["how many dogs warfield","pet limit warfield","kennel licence warfield","how many cats can I have warfield"],"cost":"Kennel licence fee not stated in the sources read. No ticket amount found for keeping too many animals.","how_long":"Not applicable.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"Village Office","value":"555 Schofield Hwy., Trail, BC V1R 2G7","note":"Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Friday"},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-368-8202"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF)","url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"dog-licence","title":"Warfield dog licences: fees and how to get one","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dog-licence/"},{"slug":"dog-leash-rules","title":"Warfield dog leash rules and off-leash areas","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dog-leash-rules/"},{"slug":"backyard-chickens","title":"Warfield backyard chickens, bees and livestock rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/backyard-chickens/"},{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Warfield bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/trail","name":"Trail","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/trail/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/rossland","name":"Rossland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/montrose","name":"Montrose","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/montrose/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fruitvale","name":"Fruitvale","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/salmo","name":"Salmo","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/how-many-pets/"},{"place":"ca/bc/nelson","name":"Nelson","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/how-many-pets/"}],"topic":{"title":"Dog and cat limits in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/how-many-pets/"},"facts":{"dog_limit":{"label":"Dogs allowed","value":"Up to two dogs. Keeping three or more dogs at one time on a parcel needs a valid kennel licence from the Village, unless the Zoning Bylaw permits kennel use there.","short":"Up to two dogs (three or more needs a kennel licence)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf","title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"s. 5.7","quotes":["No person may keep three (3) or more dogs at any one time on any parcel of land in the Village unless kennel use is permitted under the Village’s Zoning Bylaw, without holding a valid kennel license issued by the Village."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"cat_limit":{"label":"Cats allowed","value":null,"status":"none","note":"Warfield's Animal Control Bylaw sets no limit on how many cats you may keep.","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf","title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield"}]},"other_limits":{"label":"Other animal limits","value":"Farm animals, poultry and rabbits may be kept only as the Zoning Bylaw allows. No combined pet limit is set.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf","title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"s. 8.0(d)","quotes":["be kept on any parcel of land or property other than in accordance with the Village’s Zoning Bylaw"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"exceptions":{"label":"Exceptions","value":"Three or more dogs are allowed with a kennel licence, or where the Zoning Bylaw permits kennel use. A 'dog' means an animal over four months old (a dangerous dog of any age), so younger puppies are not counted as dogs under the bylaw.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf","title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"ss. 2.0, 5.7","quotes":["an animal of the species canine that is over the age of four months, and includes a dangerous dog of any age","unless kennel use is permitted under the Village’s Zoning Bylaw"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"The bylaw notice schedule is a scanned image that was not read.","sources":[]},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf","title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield","section":"s. 1.0","quotes":["Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":4,"matched":4,"none":1,"unknown":1},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nIn Warfield, the [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf) lets you keep up to two dogs. Keeping three or more dogs at one time on a parcel needs a valid kennel licence from the Village, unless the Zoning Bylaw permits kennel use there. A \"dog\" means an animal over four months old, so younger puppies are not counted as dogs under the bylaw.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. If you have, or plan to have, three or more dogs, ask the Village Office (250-368-8202) whether your property needs a kennel licence or is zoned for kennel use.\n2. For farm animals, poultry or rabbits, check what the Zoning Bylaw allows first. See the chickens answer.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- The bylaw includes cats as animals but sets no limit on how many cats you may keep, and no combined limit on pets.\n- Farm animals, poultry and rabbits may be kept only as the Zoning Bylaw allows.\n- No ticket amount for keeping too many animals was found. Section 9 sets only court penalties, up to $5,000.","sources":[{"url":"https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf","title":"Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF), Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://warfield.ca/contact-us/","title":"Contact Us, Village of Warfield","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"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."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/how-many-pets/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/how-many-pets.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/how-many-pets.json"}}