Dogs & animal control — Athens, Ontario

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

Township of Athens has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-10.

Dog By-law 00-01-03 adopted bylaw
licence required True s. 2
leash rule No person shall allow a dog to leave the property unless on a leash not exceeding three (3) metres s. 17
max animals three (3) dogs s. 13
fine range not more that $5,000.00 s. 41
scout note

By-law for the licensing, regulating and keeping of dogs for the Township of Athens and Rear of Yonge and Escott (By-law 00-01-03), in force January 1, 2001. Confirmed via OCR of scanned document; explicit passing date not legible in the text.

Machine-readable: animal-control.json · Official website: http://www.athenstownship.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-10 · Dogs & animal control in other municipalities