Dogs & animal control — Pelee, Ontario

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

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

Dog Licensing and Regulation By-law No. 1625 adopted bylaw
licence required True s. 1: "Every owner of a dog within the Municipality...shall...obtain a tag"
licence fee $3.00 male or spayed female; $5.00 each additional male or spayed female; $10.00 intact female; $15.00 each additional intact female; $50.00 kennel (5+ dogs) Fee table following s. 1
leash rule Dogs found off premises without a tag, or with a tag not under control of any person, may be seized. "found off the premises...without a tag, or with a tag and not under the control of any person"
max animals Kennel licence required if five or more dogs "For a kennel (required if five or more dogs)"
fine range penalty not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars; reclaiming fee $25.00 first offence, $35.00 each offence thereafter "penalty not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars"; "$25.00 for a reclaiming fee on the first offence...fee of $35.00 reclaiming fee for each offence thereafter"
scout note

Township of Pelee by-law imposing a dog licence fee and regulating the running at large of dogs under s.103 of the Municipal Act, 2001.

Machine-readable: animal-control.json · Official website: https://www.pelee.org/ · Last verified 2026-06-10 · Dogs & animal control in other municipalities