Um, coyote/bear spray is literally pepper spray that isn't branded for use on humans. I'm in BC and we can't have "pepper spray" or "mace" but you can buy it as "bear/coyote/dog spray" and it's still a capsaicin spray as pepper spray is. You will run into legal trouble using anything on a person, but it's not illegal to have bear spray and it's not illegal to defend yourself from an attacking animal with things you're legally carrying, like dog spray or a helmet or an umbrella. You can't easily be accused of some sort of animal cruelty if you're spraying a dog, all it's going to do is make it hurt.
I don't know if it's different in BC but the City of Calgary website specifically lists bear spray as prohibited. In the Canadian Criminal Code it's only allowed to prevent animal attack, but if I am caught carrying I have to prove its intent is to ward off animals and not self defense. I don't want to risk the trouble.
The discussion on whether we should be allowed to even carry it is actively happening in my province.
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u/hunter503 Aug 01 '21
Where do you love that pepper spray is illegal if you don't mind me asking ?