Dogs & animal control — Beckwith, Ontario

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

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

By-Law 2024-11 Licensing, Regulating and Keeping of Dogs and Other Animals adopted bylaw
licence required True s. 4.1
licence fee $15.00; $2.00 replacement; $30.00 kennel; N/ C guide/police dog Schedule 'A'
leash rule Running at large prohibited; owner must maintain sufficient control to prevent the dog from running at large. s. 7.1; s. 7.2
max animals 3 dogs or cats; aggregate of 4 dogs or cats s. 6.13(a)
fine range $75.00; $100.00; $150.00; $250.00; $300.00; $500.00 Schedule 'C'
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Adopted Township of Beckwith by-law for licensing, regulating and keeping of dogs and other animals; read a third time and passed in open council 19 March 2024. Confirmed via OCR of the scanned CivicWeb PDF; date added.

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