Provincial

Egg flock permit

Up to 99 hens needs no permit; 100–399 hens needs a small-lot permit — you must be 19 or older, with free-range, free-run, organic or heritage production — and those eggs, graded or not, go only to the people who eat them; 400 or more needs quota. Ungraded eggs are sold from your farm or home, or at farmers’ markets. These rules cover chicken eggs only.

A change is coming

  • Higher compensation for destroyed laying hens and broiler breeders — proposed, no date set; it may not happen. What changes
Who issues it
BC Egg Marketing Board
Cost
Small-lot permit $250 a year.

Who needs it

The rules behind this page

Last checked 26 September 2026. We check this guide regularly against Island Health, provincial and municipal sources, but regulations and laws change often and we can’t guarantee it is complete or current. Confirm with Island Health and your municipality before you apply, build or sell.

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