In Nanaimo the most chickens you can have is 6. If you have 450m2 in your property or more you can have 6 chickens or ducks. If you have less than 450m2 in your property then you can only have 4 =(. You are not allowed to have roosters, cocks, cockerels, or peacocks and other things like it. Nanaimo city council tried letting people have chickens for a year and there was only two complaints and they were easily dealt with. Then they let  everybody raise chickens for eggs. (See page 8 in the Nanaimo link above for the exact bylaws.)