- applies to all animals during any activity, excluding generally accepted practices of animal management, husbandry and slaughter
- enforced by Peace Officers with an appointment issued by the Solicitor General's office for the Animal Protection Act, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and members of municipal police services
- applies to the slaughter of animals where the meat is intended for human consumption excluding the slaughter of a producer's own animals for consumption by their household
- enforced by police officers and inspectors designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
- provides the facility, registration, and tracking requirements for farmed cervids, and the standards for velvet antler removal
- enforced by inspectors designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
British Columbia
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in British Columbia.
- Animal Care Codes of Practice Regulation (of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act)
- Establishes specific National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) Codes of Practice as 'reasonable and generally accepted practices' under section 24.02 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
- Protects all farm animals, excluding wild animals, from distress during any activity
- Enforced by police officers and the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Establishes some protections for dairy animals during handling, housing, and milking
- Enforced by inspectors designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Applies to farm animals during slaughter at provincially-licenced slaughter facilities
- Enforced by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Manitoba
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Manitoba.
- Animal Care Act and Animal Care Regulation
- apply to most farm animals during all activities including transport, excluding generally accepted practices
- enforced by the Office of the Chief Veterinarian, special animal protection officers and police officers
New Brunswick
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in New Brunswick.
- Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
- protect any farm animal during any activity
- enforced by the New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and police officers
- provide protection for chicks during housing
- enforced by inspectors designated by the Minister of Agriculture
Newfoundland and Labrador
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Animal Health and Protection Act and Animal Protection Regulations / Animal Protection Standards Regulations
- protects all domestic animals, adopts codes of practice and allows for increased monetary penalties
- enforced by police officers and inspectors appointed by the Minister, which may include provincial and municipal employees as well as non-governmental agencies
- protects farm animals during holding and slaughter
- enforced by the Department of Government Services
Nova Scotia
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Nova Scotia.
- Animal Health and Protection Act
- addresses destroying diseased animals, quarantine, vaccination, and testing
- enforced by inspectors designated by the Ministry of Agriculture
- protects all animals during any activity, excluding generally accepted practices of animal management husbandry or slaughter
- enforced by inspectors designated by the Ministry of Agriculture
- protect most farm animals during slaughter
- enforced by inspectors designated by the Ministry of Agriculture
- prohibits displaying or selling artificially coloured living chickens
- enforced by the Department of Agriculture
Northwest Territories
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in the Northwest Territories.
- Herd and Fencing Act (PDF)
- protects most farm animals during housing (fencing)
- enforced by officers appointed by the Commissioner
Nunavut
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Nunavut.
- Herd and Fencing Act
- protects most farm animals during housing (fencing)
- enforced by officers appointed by the Commissioner
Ontario
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Ontario.
- Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13 (ontario.ca)
- establishes inspection powers and authorities
- establishes offences for causing or permitting distress to an animal and for failure to comply with standards of care
- General Regulation
- Pounds Regulation
- Research Facilities and Supply Facilities Regulation
- Transportation Regulation
- protect farm animals used in research, teaching, testing
- protect animals at supply facilities for research
- regulate municipal pounds
- enforced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- Disposal of Deadstock Regulation
- require humane destruction and prohibits moving most fallen farm animals
- enforced by inspectors as appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- applies to most farm animals during slaughter
- enforced by inspectors as appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- applies to most farm animals during sale
- enforced by inspectors as appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- provides for euthanizing compromised farm animals at auction
- enforced by inspectors as appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- govern the horse racing industry, including the treatment of the farm animals involved
- enforced by Alcohol and Gaming Commission Investigators
Prince Edward Island
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Prince Edward Island.
- Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations
- protect all farm animals from distress during any activity, excluding generally accepted practices of animal management, husbandry or slaughter
- enforced by inspectors appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture
Québec
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals and companion animals in Quebec.
- Animal Welfare and Safety Act (B-3.1)
- to ensure the protection, welfare and safety of all designated animal species throughout their lives
- agriculture, teaching and research activities are exempted of certain obligations of care and prohibited acts only if generally recognized rules and practices are followed
- ensures that the circumstances and the methods used to euthanize or slaughter animals are not cruel and cause a minimum of pain and anxiety
- provide standards relating to transporting, holding and slaughtering farm animals, as well as facility sanitation
- enforced by inspectors and veterinarians appointed by the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- protects wildlife and wild animals kept in captivity (those not designed by B-3.1)
- enforced by wildlife protection officers of the Quebec Ministry of Environment, Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks
Saskatchewan
The following acts and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Saskatchewan.
- The Animal Protection Act, 2018 and Animal Protection Regulations, 2018
- protects all animals from being in distress
- covers animal care duties and prohibited activity
- protection of service animals, and protection of certain animals against dogs
- appointment and powers of animal protection agencies, and animal protection officers
- covers animal health and the prevention, control, and eradication of diseases among animals
- authority for establishing animal health programs, biosecurity measures, quarantine orders, surveillance zone orders and establishing reportable and notifiable disease lists
- livestock specific (not cats and dogs)
- gives local governments the authority to pass bylaws to address stray animals, including locations of pounds, and appointment of pound keepers
- outlines rules for the restraint and impoundment of animals, and requires the finder to provide food and shelter for the stray animal
- protects any farm animal, including fertilized ova, fish, and bees during production, manufacture, sale, purchase and transport. Various parts of this process are covered under multiple regulations
- The Livestock Dealer Regulations, 1995
- The Livestock Inspection and Transportation Regulations, 1978
- The Animal Custom Care Regulations, 2006
- The Saskatchewan Egg Regulations, 2010
- The Fur Farming Regulations, 2017
- The Meat Inspection (Saskatchewan) Regulations
- The Domestic Game Farm Animal Regulations
- The Premises Identification Regulations
- The Milk Products Compositional Standards Regulations, 2014
Yukon
The following act and regulations provide protection for farm animals in Yukon. There are additional supporting regulations that define species categories and permit fees as well as service of orders (general regulation)
- Animal Protection and Control Act and Animal Protection and Control Regulation
- Requires all animal owners to provide care for and control of animals that they own
- References national codes of practice for most livestock species
- enforced by Officers employed by Yukon Government as well as RCMP, with option to appoint deputy officers
