Dogs & animal control — Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Do I need a dog licence? What are the leash rules?

District municipality of Yarmouth has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Dog By-law D-048-22 adopted bylaw
licence required True s. 3.1
leash rule Any dog off owner's premises without continuous restraint or control of a person is deemed running at large s. 4.1
fine range not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars and not more than one thousand ($1000.00) dollars s. 11.1
scout note

Provides for the regulation, control, restriction, keeping and licensing of dogs in the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth.

Machine-readable: animal-control.json · Official website: https://munyarmouth.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Dogs & animal control across Canada