THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF IQALUIT

BY-LAW # 537
CANADIAN INUIT DOG AND DOG TEAM BY-LAW
WHEREAS public safety is the utmost concern of the City.
WHEREAS there is potential danger to humans by nature of both Dogs and Dog Team
Activity.
WHEREAS the Canadian Inuit Dog is the last indigenous dog to North America and is
rare and distinct.
WHEREAS the Canadian Inuit Dog and Dog Team activity have been an integral part of
the survival and flourishing of Inuit and are an integral part of the City of Iqaluits
unique character and its economic and tourism development.
WHEREAS the Canadian Inuit Dog is recognized as the official animal of Nunavut by
the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
WHEREAS the City wishes to manage the inherent risk and the preservation of
Canadian Inuit Dogs and Dog Team activities through thoughtful and reasonable
regulation and enforcement.
WHEREAS the Cities, towns, and Villages Act R.S.N.W.T. 1988 C-8 Section 115 and
Section 116 provides for the passage of By-laws to control, license and the prevention of
cruelty to animals.
WHEREAS the City wishes to acknowledge and reference that it has a Domestic Animal
Control Bylaw for the control, license and prevention of cruelty to domestic animals.
BEING A BY-LAW of the Municipality of Iqaluit, Nunavut to provide for public safety
and the preservation of Canadian Inuit Dogs and Dog Team activities through responsible
management, regulation and enforcement.
NOW THEREFORE PURSUANT to the provision of the Cities, Towns and Villages
Act, the Council of the Municipality of Iqaluit, Nunavut at the regular session duly
assembled, enacts as follows:
SEVERABILITY
If any provision of the By-law is declared invalid because of any word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of the By-law or any documents which form part of the
By-law or an application thereof to any person or circumstance is declared invalid, the
remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby but shall remain in force.
SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE
1.1

This By-law shall be known and may be cited as the Canadian Inuit Dog By-law
of the Municipality of Iqaluit.

SECTION 2 - INTERPRETATION
2.1 In this By-law the following terms (unless the context specifically requires otherwise)
shall have the following meanings:
2.2 Animal Control Officer shall mean a By-law Officer appointed by the Municipality
to do any act or perform any duties under this By-law and includes a member of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and, when authorized, a Special Constable and any
person acting under the authority of an Animal Control Officer.
2.3 At Large shall mean where a Dog is at any place other than the Property of the
Owner or Designated Dog Team Area and is not being carried by any Person or is not

otherwise restrained by a Permitted Leash held by a person capable of controlling the

dog and that leash is attached to a choke chain, collar, or harness securely holding
that Dog;
2.4 City shall mean the legally incorporated Municipality, Town or City of Iqaluit.
2.5 Canadian Inuit Dog shall mean any dog that has the general physical characteristics
of the official animal of Nunavut (as identified by the Government of Nunavut)
and/or of the recognized breed with the Canadian Kennel Club and/or the Inuit Sled
Dog International and/or The Canadian Eskimo Dog Association.
2.6 Council shall mean the Council of the Municipality of Iqaluit.
2.7 Designated Dog Team Area shall mean an area designated in accordance to this
By-law and listed in Appendix G and additions thereto for the keeping of one or
more Dog Teams.
2.8 Dog shall mean a Canadian Inuit Dog or a Dog Team Dog.
2.9 Dog Team shall mean a Dog Team Dog or any number of Dog Team Dogs used
for pulling a sled or qamutik or a wheeled vehicle be it for traditional activities,
and/or recreational activities, and/or sport, and/or expeditions, and/or tourism
activities (outfitting, eco-tourism).
2.10 Dog Team Activities shall mean those activities of using Dog Team Dogs for
pulling a sled or qamutik or wheeled vehicle be it for traditional activities, and/or
recreational activities, and/or sport, and/or expeditions, and/or tourism activities
(outfitting, eco-tourism).
2.11 Dog Team Dogs shall mean those Canadian Inuit Dogs, and any other Dog that
would reasonably be considered to be a Dog Team Dog by virtue of similar
appearance or similar function to traditional dog team dogs, registered by a Dog
Team Owner as being a part of a Dog Team.
2.12 Dog Team Dogs shall include all puppies under the age of six months that have not
been registered.
2.13 Dog Team Owner shall mean person, persons, proprietorship or body corporate
that owns, cares for and uses a Dog Team Dog for Dog Team Activities.
2.14 "Designated Dog Team Routes" shall mean access and egress routes to and from
Designated Dog Team Areas as identified along with respective Designated Dog
Team Areas in Appendix G and amendments thereto.
2.15 Identification Tag shall mean a tag issue by the Municipality to identify Dog
Team Dogs.
2.16 Licence shall mean a Licence issued by the Town in accordance to the provisions
of this By-law.
2.17 Licence Tag shall mean an identification tag issued by the Town showing the
licence number for a specific Dog in a Dog Team.
2.18 Microchip shall mean a microchip device inserted sub-cutaneously into a Dog
Team Dog for identification purposes.
2.19 Municipality shall mean the legally incorporated Town or City of Iqaluit.
2.20 Municipal Dog Shelter shall mean premises designated by the Municipality for
the impoundment and care of dogs.
2.21 "Original Dog Team Designated Area" - shall mean the original list of Designated
Dog Team Areas as approved by Council in Appendix "G" of this Bylaw upon the
adoption by Council of this Bylaw.
2.22 Person shall mean an individual, individuals, proprietorship or body corporate.
2.23 Planning Committee of Council shall mean the committee of Council established
in accordance with the Council Procedures Bylaw.
2.24 Possession shall mean:
a) Having physical or effective control of a Dog or a Dog Team; or
b) Having given physical or effective control of a Dog or Dog Team to
another person for the purpose of controlling the Dog or Dog Team for
a period of time.
2.25 Rabid Dog shall mean any dog suspected of or having rabies.
2.26 Tether shall mean a chain or other similar device used to restrain a Dog.
2.27 Town shall mean the legally incorporated Municipality, Town or City of Iqaluit.
2.28 Town Dog Shelter shall mean premises designated by the Town or City for the
impoundment and care of dogs.
2.29 Vicious Dog shall mean any Dog with a known propensity, tendency or
disposition to attack, without provocation, any person or animal notwithstanding the
territorial nature of the Dog;

2.30 Violation Ticket shall mean a ticket as defined in the Summary Conviction
Procedures Act, as amended.
SECTION 3 NUNAVUT LAND CLAIMS AGREEMENT
3.1 In accordance to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, this By-law shall not impose
on any Inuk, as defined by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, any form of licence
or permit or impose any form of tax or fee if a Dog Team is used for harvesting
purposes.
3.2 In order to be exempt from any form of licence or permit or any form of tax or fee
that may be imposed under this By-law, an Inuk must make a declaration in
accordance to Appendix F of this By-law that he or she is using is or her Dog or
Dog Team for harvesting purposes.
3.3 An Inuk, as defined by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, shall not be exempt
from any other aspect of this By-law.
SECTION 4 EXEMPTION FROM ANIMAL CONTROL BYLAW
4.1 Dogs that are registered in accordance to this By-law shall be exempt from the
Animal Control By-law or any of its successors.
SECTION 5- DOG CONTROL PROVISIONS
5.1 No person shall release any Dog from the Town Dog Shelter or a vehicle in which
a dog has been placed after seizure without having first been authorized to do so by
a Dog Control Officer.
5.2 No Person shall untie, loosen or otherwise free a Dog that is in the custody or
control of a Dog Control Officer.
5.3 No person shall alter, deface, or damage the figures, letters or markings of any
dog tag issued under this By-law.
5.4 An Owner shall not permit or suffer to permit a Dog to be At Large.
5.5 An Owner whose Dog unreasonably barks or howls so as to disturb the quiet,
peace and repose of any person is guilty of an offence.
5.6 An Owner of any Dog which has damaged any Public Property Area or private
property not the Property of the Owner within the municipal boundaries of the
Town is guilty of an offence.
5.7 The Town may post signs indicating Public Property Areas where Dogs are not
permitted, and an Owner whose Dog is in a Public Property area where a sign may
prohibit the presence of Dogs, whether At Large or under the control of such
Owner, is guilty of an offence.
5.8 An Owner of a Dog, whether in care and control of the Dog or not, may be guilty
of an offence if such Dog without being provoked:
1.
2.
3.
5.9

Attacks, threatens, or injures any person; or,

Chases any person while such person is on foot or bicycle; or,
Attacks, injures or kills any animal belonging to any other person.

Any person who kills a Dog of which he is not the Owner may be guilty of an
offence.
This section does not apply to:
A Dog Control Officer acting pursuant to this By-law.

5.10 Where a dog defecates on any public property or private property other than the
property of the owner or a Designated Dog Team Area, the owner shall immediately
cause such defecation to be removed in a sanitary manner.
5.11 An Owner of a Dog shall ensure that when that Dog is in a Vehicle that the Dog is
either enclosed within the Vehicle or if the Dog is in the uncovered box of a truck
that the Dog is tethered in such a manner as to ensure that the Dog can not fall out of
or otherwise escape the truck.
5.12 Any person interfering with, hindering or impeding a Dog Control Officer in the
performance of any duty authorized by this by-law is guilty of an offence.

5.13

Any person may take charge of any dog or dogs At Large and as soon as possible
deliver the dog or dogs to a Dog Control Officer.

SECTION 6-VICIOUS DOGS

6.1 Any dog shall be deemed to be vicious or a public nuisance if it has made an
unprovoked attack upon any person or domesticated animal in the course of which
such person or animal is bitten or injured or where such person suffers damage to
his/her clothing or personal property.
6.2 In the event that a Dog is determined to be a Vicious Dog pursuant to this By-law,
the Vicious Dog provisions of this By-law shall apply upon the Owner of a Vicious
Dog receiving written notice that the Dog has been determined to be a Vicious Dog.
6.3 An Owner of a Vicious Dog shall keep the Dog confined within a Municipalityapproved secure enclosure.
6.4 An Owner of a Vicious Dog, while outside the Designated Dog Team Area and while
outside a Municipality-approved secure enclosure, with a Vicious Dog, shall have the
dog muzzled and on a Municipality-approved leash held and controlled by the Owner.
6.5 Any dog deemed to be a Vicious Dog, such dog shall, in the public interest, be
forthwith quarantined by the owner for ten days and if found to be rabid, destroyed.
6.6 An agent of the Municipality may enter, at any time, the property where a vicious dog
is kept to ascertain that the provisions of this by-law are being complied with.
6.7 Any owner of a vicious dog must prevent, at all times, the dog from being at large. If
such dog is found at large, it may - where it is deemed by the animal control officer to
be a clear and immediate threat to human life - immediately destroyed by the animal
control officer.
6.8 When a vicious dog is off the owners property, the owner shall securely muzzle such
animal and either harness it or leash it securely to effectively prevent it from attacking
or biting a person or another animal.
SECTION 7 REGISTRATION AND LICENCING PROVISIONS
7.1 Every Dog Team Owner shall register his or her Dog Team and annually re-new his
or her registration by the 15th of January with the Municipality in accordance to the
fee schedule set out in Appendix A.
7.2 Each Dog that is part of a Dog Team, except for puppies under the age of six months,
shall be registered as part of a Dog Team.
7.3 No person shall own a Dog Team within the Municipality unless the Dog Team is
registered in accordance with this By-law.
7.4 A Dog Team Owner who does not register or who fails to renew his or her annual
registration is guilty of an offence.
7.5 A Dog Team Owner shall provide to the Municipality the following information
when registering a Dog Team:
a) Name, telephone number and street address of the Owner.
b) Name and description of the Dog Team Dogs.
c) Proof of vaccination for all Dog Team Dogs in accordance to this By-law.
d) The whereabouts of the Designated Dog Team Area(s) where the Dog
Team will be kept throughout the year
7.6 Any person who provides the town with false or misleading information with respect
to any information that may be required in this By-law is guilty of an offence.
SECTION 8 IDENTIFICATION OF DOG TEAM DOGS
8.1 The Municipality shall identify each Dog Team Dog in a Dog Team by means of dog
tag and when and if available from the Municipality a subcutaneous microchip.
8.2 Each Dog Team Dog in a registered Dog Team shall be issued an Identification Tag
and shall have it attached to its collar. Dog Team Dog Identification Tags shall be
easily distinguishable from any other tag issued by the Municipality.
8.3 Any replacement tags shall be issued free of charge by the Municipality.
SECTION 9 - DESIGNATED DOG TEAM AREAS
9.1 Except as provided in this By-law, Dog Teams within the Municipality of Iqaluit shall

be kept in Designated Dog Team Areas as identified in Appendix G and subsequent

amendments to Schedule 'G'.
9.2 Upon the adoption by Council of this Bylaw an "Original Dog Team Designated
Areas" list shall be identified and approved by Council, by resolution, in Appendix
"G" of this Bylaw.
9.3 In deciding upon Appendix 'G' the list of Original Dog Team Designated Areas in
Section 1.1 above, Council shall consider the history of the Dog Team Area with
respect to safety and thoughtful management by the particular Owner.
9.4 A Dog Team Owner may keep a bitch with suckling puppies to a maximum of 8
months at a residence if confined to a kennel approved by the Animal Control Officer
or at large upon special written approval of the Animal Control Officer.
9.5 Exceptions to Section 9.4 may apply, upon written permission from the Animal
Control Officer.
9.6 A Dog Team Owner may keep any injured or sick Dog Team Dog at a residence
while it is convalescing or being treated for its injuries or sickness.
9.7 All Designated Dog Team Areas shall be subject to annual review with the possibility
of revision per the provisions of this Bylaw.
9.8 All Designated Dog Team Areas on private property, or that are owner-specific, or
that are in residential areas shall not be transferable to new Dog Team Owners or to
new or other areas.
SECTION 10 DESIGNATED DOG TEAM AREA SELECTION COMMITTEE
10.1 A committee, called the Designated Dog Team Area Selection Committee
(DDTASC) shall be established by Council, in accordance to its Procedures
Bylaw. The Committee shall be made up of the following:
a) A Councillor.
b) Two Dog Team Owners
c) Two members at large.
10.2 The Committee shall be supported administratively by the Municipal
Administration and/or Bylaw Department.
10.3 The Mayor shall consult with the Committee before Council appoints the Council
representative to this Committee.
10.4 The DDTASC shall be responsible for the following:
a) To review and provide input to Council regarding its proposed Original
Designated Dog Team Areas
b) Subsequent to a) above, consider and make recommendations regarding
additions and deletions to the Original Designated Dog Team Areas based on
the Criteria for the Designation of Dog Team Areas to be presented to the
Planning Committee of Council for recommendation to Council;
c) To annually review each Designated Dog Team Area and present an annual
report on the Designated Dog Team Areas to the Planning Committee of
Council;
d) To provide advice to the Municipality Administration in ensuring the
Designated Areas are well signed, well publicized and on how best to ensure
safety; and
e) To assist in public education efforts with regard to Dog Teams and
Designated Dog Team Areas.
SECTION 11 PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION AND
REVISION OF DESIGNATED DOG TEAM AREAS
11.1 The principles that shall be used to guide the selection of Designated Dog Team
Areas are as follows:
a) Public safety. Public Safety shall be the upper most principle for the
selection of Designated Dog Team Areas.
b) The preservation of the Canadian Inuit Dog and promotion of related Dog
Team Activities. This Bylaw shall not in any way serve to eliminate or
unreasonably restrict the Canadian Inuit Dog and related Dog Team
Activities; and
c) The necessity for proper socialization of Canadian Inuit Dogs. Canadian

Inuit Dogs are friendlier and less likely to be dangerous when they are kept
close to humans where interaction with the Dogs is constant and daily.
11.1.1 Based on the Principles set out in Section 9.1 the criteria for the selection of
Designated Dog Team Areas shall be as follows:
a) Designated Dog Team Areas should be in areas which are highly visible;
b) Designated Dog Team Areas should be in areas where there are low
volumes of human traffic;
c) Designated Dog Team Areas should be away from areas with high density
child populations;
d) Designated Dog Team Areas shall be away from schools, playgrounds,
shopping areas and designated pedestrian walk-ways;
e) Designated Dog Team Areas should be in areas where there is easy and
safe access to the land and/or sea ice;
f) Designated Dog Team Areas should allow for easy access to the dogs by
the Dog Team Owner;
g) Designated Dog Team Areas should allow for the humane keeping of dogs
including but not limited to, access to water in the summer.
SECTION 12 PROCESS FOR DESIGNATING DESIGNATED DOG TEAM
AREAS BEYOND ORIGINAL DESIGNATED DOG TEAM
AREAS
12.1

Council shall, upon adoption of this Bylaw, approve the Original Designated
Dog Team Areas, Appendix "G", by resolution and in conformance with the
provisions of this Bylaw. The following sections provides for selecting all
Designated Dog Team Areas thereafter.
12.2.1 Original Designated Dog Team Areas shall be listed in Appendix G and any
additions or deletions to the original Appendix 'G' shall follow in numeric order.
For illustrative purposes, that is to say - G-1, G-2, G-3, etc.
12.3 Request for designation of a Designated Dog Team Area beyond those Original
Designated Dog Team Areas approved by Council in "Appendix G" shall be
limited and considered as exceptions or variances to "Appendix G".
12.4 Such variances to Appendix G, may either be accepted or refused based on the
Principles and Criteria for the Selection of Designated Dog Team Areas set out in
Section 9 of this By-law.
12.5 Request for the Designation of a Dog Team Area shall be submitted to the
Municipality with sufficient information to be able to conduct an initial screening
of the request against the Principles and Criteria for the Selection of Dog Team
Areas. The initial screening of request will be undertaken by the Bylaw
Department or Municipal Administration.
12.6 Within twenty (20) working days of receipt of the request, the Municipality
Administration shall either:
a) refuse the request for designation and inform the person making the
request of the reasons for the refusal; or
b) forward the request to the DDTASC for their consideration.
12.7 Within thirty (30) working days of the receipt of a request for designation the
DDTASC shall consider the request and shall either:
a) refuse the request for designation and inform the person making the
request for the reasons for the refusal; or
b) approve the request for designation with conditions to reasonably
ameliorate the prevention of incidents. This will as a general rule
require enclosed pens of a prescribed dimension unless reasoned
otherwise by the DDTASC. The DDTASC shall forward its
conditional approval to the Planning Committee of Council; or
c) recommend approval of the request and forward it to the Planning
Committee of Council.
12.8

In considering a request for designation, the DDTASC may take such reasonable
steps to investigate the appropriateness of the request as measured against the
Principles and Criteria for the Selection of Dog Team Areas, including, but not
limited to:
a) Inviting the person making the request and any citizens who may be

affected by the designation to meet with the DDTASC;

b) Seeking input from residents from the vicinity of the area.
12.9 Upon receiving a request for designation from the DDTASC, the Planning
Committee of Council shall consider the request and shall either:
a) refuse the request for designation and inform the DDTASC for the
reasons of the refusal and return the request to the DDTASC for
reconsideration; or
b) recommend Council approve the request.
12.10 Should a request be refused by Planning Committee the person making the
request may seek to have the request heard by the Municipal Council. The
decision of the Municipal Council shall be final.
12.11 In considering a complaint of persons regarding designation, the DDTASC may
take such reasonable steps to investigate the appropriateness of the complaint as
measured against the Principles and Criteria for the Selection of Dog Team Areas,
including, but not limited to:
a) Inviting the person making the complaint and any citizens who may
be affected to meet with the DDTASC;
b) Seeking input from residents from the vicinity of the area.
12.12 Should a DDTA be recommended for revocation by the DDTASC to the Planning
Committee and in turn to the Council, the person facing revocation may seek to
have his concerns heard by the Municipal Council. The decision of the Municipal
Council shall be final.
SECTION 13 KEEPING DOGS WITHIN DESIGNATED DOG TEAM AREAS
13.1

13.2

13.3
13.4

13.5

Designated Dog Team Areas shall be restricted to people other then Dog Team
Owners, or their designates, and Animal Control Officers. Any other person that
is found in a Designated Dog Team Area is guilty of an offence, unless that
person is there to release or aid an injured or a distressed dog or a person in
distress.
Where not penned, Dog Team Dogs shall be kept tethered on chains no longer
than 2 metres in length. There shall be a minimum distance of 1 metres between
all animals on a common chain.
Dog Team Dogs shall be checked by the Dog Team Owner or designate a
minimum of once per day.
Dog Team Owners shall feed and provide water as required for the healthy
upkeep of the Dog Team Dogs. Dogs who are determined, by the Animal Control
Officer, to be undernourished shalll be apprehended by the Animal Control
Officer after consultation with the Dog Team Owners who are members of the
DDTASC.
The Dog Team Owner shall keep vaccinations for each Dog Team Dog current
for the following:
a) Rabies;
b) Distemper;
c) Parvovirus;
d) Adenovirus;
e) Parainfluenza; and
f) Other diseases reasonably deemed appropriate by the Dog Control
Officer

SECTION 14 SIGNAGE AND PUBLIC INFORMATION

14.1
14.2
14.3

14.4
14.5

Signage to indicate the presence of a Dog Team Area shall be provided by the
Municipality to indicate the presence of a Designated Dog Team Area.
Signage shall be erected by the Dog Team Owner with the assistance of the
Municipality to inform the public of the presence of a Dog Team Area.
Designated Dog Team Areas shall be kept clean and free of debris by the Dog
Team Owners except in cases where debris is the responsibility of the
Municipality of Iqaluit or a commercial and/or private person.
Dog Team Owners shall inform the Municipality Administration when the Dog
Teams are moved from one Designated Dog Team Area to another.
The Municipality shall keep the public informed regularly of the whereabouts of

Dog Teams and Designated Dog Team Areas by publication of a map indicating
the Designated Dog Team Areas and by public service announcements.
SECTION 15 PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5

No Dog Team Owner shall allow a Dog Team Dog to remain unfed or unwatered
long enough to amount to cruelty.
No person shall punish or abuse a Dog Team Dog in a manner or to an extent that
is cruel or unnecessary.
Any person who teases, torments, annoys, abuses or injures a Dog Team Dog is
guilty of an offence.
Unless otherwise authorized by this By-law, any person who kills a Dog Team
Dog without the authorization of the Dog Team Owner is guilty of an offence.
Unless otherwise authorized by this By-law, any person, who without the
authorization of the Dog Team Owner, unties or lets loose a Dog Team Dog that
is not in distress, is guilty of an offence.

SECTION 16 - TRAVEL BY DOG TEAM WITHIN MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES

16.1

16.2
16.3
16.4

16.5

Dog Teams may be driven on such roads and paths within the Municipality in a
safe manner so as to access the land or sea ice from a Designated Dog Team Area.
These routes shall be called "Designated Dog Team Routes" and shall identified
and form part of Appendix 'G' and amendments thereto based on access and
egress to/from the Designated Dog Team Areas.
These designated Dog Team Routes shall be appropriately identified with
signage and other means.
Dog Teams shall be driven in a safe manner on these designated dog team routes.
Dog Teams shall have the right of way when encountering other vehicles on
theses designated routes. Other vehicles shall give Dog Teams ample space to be
able to continue traveling.
Dog Teams may be driven in a safe manner in other areas of the Municipality
when participating in a special event and with the written permission of the
Municipality Administration.

SECTION 17 POWERS OF THE DOG CONTROL OFFICER

17.1
17.2
17.3

17.4

17.5

17.6

Except as otherwise provided herein, a Dog Control Officer is empowered to

carry out the duties described herein and to enforce the provisions of this By-law.
A Dog Control Officer is authorized to capture and impound in the Municipality
Dog Shelter any Dog Team Dog which is at large.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, an Animal Control Officer is
authorized to capture and impound any Dog Team Dog that he or she has
reasonable grounds to believe has pursued or attacked a person or other animals.
Upon capturing and impounding and a Dog Team Dog, the Dog Control Officer
shall immediately attempt to contact the Dog Team Owner and shall continue to
attempt to contact the Dog Team Owner until the Dog Team Dog ceases to be
impounded per the provisions of this Bylaw.
All impounded Dog Team Dogs must be kept in the Municipality Dog Shelter for
a minimum period of seventy-two (72). Sundays and Statutory holidays shall not
be included in the computation of the seventy-two (72) hour period. During this
period, any Dog Team Dog may be redeemed by the Dog Team Owner, except as
otherwise provided in this By-law, upon payment to the Municipality or its
authorized agent if:
a) The appropriate impoundment fee as set out in Schedule A of this
By-law; and,
b) The appropriate Licence Fee when the Dog Team Dog is not
licenced pursuant to this By-law; and,
c) The cost of any treatment of any Dog Team Dog that is found to be
injured when captured or injured in the process of capture.
A Canadian Inuit Dog that is impounded and cannot be identified or should
remain unclaimed after seventy two (72) hours, the Dog Control Officer shall give

17.7

17.8

17.9

notice to all other Dog Team Owners and allow any Dog Team Owner to claim
the Dog Team Dog.
If at the end of the period of impoundment, the Dog Team Dog remains
unclaimed, the Dog Control Officer may:
a) If suitable, offer the Dog Team Dog for sale;
b) Destroy the Dog Team Dog in a humane manner;
c) Allow the Dog Team Dog to be redeemed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 15.5 of this By-law; or
d) Continue to impound the Dog for an indefinite period of time.
Upon payment of a fee as set out in Schedule A of this By-law, a Dog Control
Officer may destroy a Dog Team Dog when the Dog Team Owner signs a form
approved by the Town Administration indicating that the Dog Team Owner
waives all rights of ownership and requests the Municipality to destroy the Dog
Team Dog.
If a Dog Team Dog is reasonable believed to have rabies, the Dog Team Dog may
be seized and turned over to the RCMP or Renewable Resources.

SECTION 18 PENALTY PROVISIONS

18.1

18.2

18.3

18.4

Any person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an offence
and is liable on summary conviction to a fine as set out in Schedule XX of this
By-law.
An Animal Control Officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person is
violating any provision of this By-law may give such person written notice of
intention to prosecute in the form of a ticket as defined in the Summary
Conviction Procedures Act, and amendments thereto, setting forth the date, time,
and place of the offence; briefly stating the nature of the offense; stating that
payment may be made under this By-law.
A person who has received a ticket pursuant to Section 16 in respect of an alleged
offence under this By-law, may, after receipt of such ticket, in lieu of prosecution
under this By-law, pay to the Municipality such penalty as is set out in Schedule
B attached hereto and part of this By-law.
Any person who violates a provision of this By-law and does not pay the imposed
fine is liable to prosecution under the Summary Convictions procedure Act.

No compensation or damages shall be paid to an owner whose dog has been injured,
destroyed or otherwise disposed of, pursuant to this By-law.

SCHEDULES A, B, C, D, AND E ARE ATTACHED AND MAY BE CHANGED

FROM TIME TO TIME BY RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL.
A

FEES

FINES

DOG LICENCE APPLICATION

SYMPTOMS OF RABIES

AFFIDAVIT TO DESTROY ANIMAL

DECLARATION OF USE OF DOG TEAM FOR HARVESTING

PURPOSES

LIST OF ORIGINAL DESIGNATED DOG TEAM AREAS & DOG TEAM

ROUTES

"G-#"

LIST OF NEW DESIGNATED DOG TEAM AREAS & DOG TEAM

ROUTES

This by-law shall come into effect at the third and final reading of the by-law.

Read for a first time by the Council of the Town of Iqaluit this

day of

2001.

Mayor

Chief Administrative Officer

Read for a second time by the Council of the Town of Iqaluit this

day of

2001.

Mayor

Chief Administrative Officer

Read for a third time by the Council of the Town of Iqaluit this 24th
April

day of

2001.

Mayor

Chief Administrative Officer

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