National Capital Commission Animal Regulations (SOR/2002-164)
Full Document:
Regulations are current to 2013-04-29
Domestic Animals
11. Sections 12 to 14 apply to keepers of all domestic animals.
12. (1) No person shall use a domestic animal in an organized event on unleased land without the authorization of the Commission under subsection 28(1).
(2) No person shall use a domestic animal to pull a sled, wagon or other conveyance on unleased land except as part of an organized event in respect of which an authorization has been issued by the Commission under subsection 28(1).
13. The keeper of a domestic animal shall not allow the animal, while on unleased land, to
(a) chase, attack, bite or injure a person or another animal or fight with another animal;
(b) damage property of the Commission;
(c) make noise for more than 15 minutes between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; or
(d) drink from, or get on or into, an ornamental or drinking fountain, or a body of water of a permanent nature surrounded by Commission land.
14. The keeper of a domestic animal shall not, on unleased land, leave the animal unattended in a vehicle or container in excessive heat or cold that could endanger the health of the animal.
LEASED LAND - PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
General
15. (1) No lessee shall have an animal other than a domestic animal on leased land.
(2) The keeper of a domestic animal shall not allow the animal, while on leased land, to
(a) chase, attack, bite or injure a person or another animal or fight with another animal;
(b) damage property of the Commission; or
(c) enter any body of water of a permanent nature surrounded by Commission land or drink from that body of water.
(3) The keeper of a domestic animal shall not, on leased land, leave the animal unattended in a vehicle or container in excessive heat or cold that could endanger the health of the animal.
(4) The keeper of a domestic animal shall not, on leased land, have the animal within three metres of the shoreline of any body of water of a permanent nature.
Leased Residential Property
16. No person shall have a hoofed animal on leased residential property.
17. (1) No lessee shall allow more than three domestic animals to be on the lessee’s leased residential property at one time, except if the additional animals are unweaned young of any of the three permitted animals.
(2) No lessee shall allow a domestic animal that is on the lessee’s leased residential property to make noise for more than 15 minutes between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(3) Every lessee shall pick up and dispose of fecal matter deposited by a domestic animal on the lessee’s leased residential property.
18. No person shall have a domestic animal on leased residential property unless it is restrained in one of the following ways:
(a) it is in the residence;
(b) it is restrained on a leash or by the handle of a harness
(i) that is held by a person, or is securely attached to an object that cannot be displaced by the animal, and
(ii) that is not more than two metres (6.5 feet) long;
(c) it is in a container from which it cannot escape;
(d) it is in an enclosure or behind a fence that is of a construction and dimensions sufficient to keep it within the limits of the property; or
(e) it is in a location on the property controlled by an invisible electronic fencing system.
- Date modified: