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What are the Dog Gone Rules?

Are you uncertain what the rules are for walking dogs in the City of Edmonton? The City of Edmonton has very specific rules for dogs set out in the Animal Licensing Bylaw and the Parkland Bylaw.  Rules for dogs are in place for the safety of your community and the safety of your pet.

It’s pretty simple…

In the City of Edmonton, you must license your dog and you must clean up your pet’s defecation.

You can walk dogs on parkland so long as your dog is:

◊ leashed and on a trail

◊ leashed and on a boulevard

◊ leashed and in an area governed by signage permitting dogs

Unless at designated off-leash areas, dogs must be on a leash at all times.

How do you know you are walking on parkland?

Parkland means any property whether developed or not, owned, controlled or maintained by the City of Edmonton.  Any properties in your neighborhood that are intended for use by members of the public for recreation or general enjoyment – any green areas, groomed parks, naturalized roadway buffers, boulevards, river and ravine lands and community leagues– are parkland.  When walking in these areas, you must keep your dog on a leash and pick up after it.

For everyone’s safety and at all times, dogs must be kept at least ten meters from any playground, sports field or picnic site.  Your dog must be on a leash no longer than two meters in length.

Visit www.edmonton.ca/parks  for more information about dogs. For bylaw information, call 496-2950.

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