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

Township of Beckwith, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-Law 2024-11 Licensing, Regulating and Keeping of Dogs and Other Animals.

Dogs & animal control — Beckwith, Ontario

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'

scout note

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.