Dogs & animal control — Caraquet, New Brunswick

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

Town of Caraquet has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Arrêté No. ARCAR-267 — Contrôle des animaux (Animal Control) adopted bylaw
licence required True 3.4
licence fee Chien non chatre 30 $; Chien chatre 25 $; Chien dangereux 100 $; chat (optional ID registration) 10 $ Chien non chatre
leash rule Dangerous dog off owner's property must be on a leash of at most one metre under control of a responsible person over 18 8.1.4
max animals no more than 3 dogs or 5 animals over 20 weeks 2.1
fine range $50-$1,070 (general); $100-$1,070 for art. 4.3; $250-$1,070 for art. 8.1 9.1
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Caraquet's animal control bylaw (Arrêté ARCAR-267) governing dogs and other animals within town limits. PDF is a scanned image; specific leash, licensing and impound rules not extractable.

Machine-readable: animal-control.json · Official website: https://www.caraquet.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Dogs & animal control in other municipalities