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title: How many dogs or cats you can keep in Warfield
question: "How many dogs or cats can I keep in Warfield?"
place: Warfield, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/warfield
category: Pets, animals and wildlife
owner: municipal
owner_body: Village of Warfield
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# How many dogs or cats you can keep in Warfield

**Question:** How many dogs or cats can I keep in Warfield?

**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.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Warfield, https://warfield.ca)  
**Cost:** Kennel licence fee not stated in the sources read. No ticket amount found for keeping too many animals.  
**How long:** Not applicable.  
**Where:**
- In person: Village Office, 555 Schofield Hwy., Trail, BC V1R 2G7 (Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; closed Friday)
- Phone: Village Office, 250-368-8202

## Key facts

- **Dogs allowed:** 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.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 5.7](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Cats allowed:** None set. Warfield's Animal Control Bylaw sets no limit on how many cats you may keep.
- **Other animal limits:** Farm animals, poultry and rabbits may be kept only as the Zoning Bylaw allows. No combined pet limit is set.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, s. 8.0(d)](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "be kept on any parcel of land or property other than in accordance with the Village’s Zoning Bylaw"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Exceptions:** 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.
  - Source: [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007, ss. 2.0, 5.7](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Fine:** Not confirmed. The bylaw notice schedule is a scanned image that was not 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) 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.

## Steps

1. 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.
2. For farm animals, poultry or rabbits, check what the Zoning Bylaw allows first. See the chickens answer.

## Good to know

- The bylaw includes cats as animals but sets no limit on how many cats you may keep, and no combined limit on pets.
- Farm animals, poultry and rabbits may be kept only as the Zoning Bylaw allows.
- No ticket amount for keeping too many animals was found. Section 9 sets only court penalties, up to $5,000.

## Official forms and pages

- [Animal Control Bylaw No. 703, 2007 (PDF)](https://warfield.ca/wp-content/documents/bylaws/Bylaw-703-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Warfield dog licences: fees and how to get one](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dog-licence.md)
- [Warfield dog leash rules and off-leash areas](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/dog-leash-rules.md)
- [Warfield backyard chickens, bees and livestock rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/backyard-chickens.md)
- [Warfield bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/warfield/bylaw-fines.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Dog and cat limits in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/how-many-pets.md)
- [Trail](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/trail/how-many-pets.md)
- [Rossland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/how-many-pets.md)
- [Montrose](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/montrose/how-many-pets.md)
- [Fruitvale](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fruitvale/how-many-pets.md)
- [Salmo](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/salmo/how-many-pets.md)
- [Nelson](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/how-many-pets.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)
- [Contact Us, Village of Warfield](https://warfield.ca/contact-us/) (read 2026-11-08)

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