{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000016",
 "municipality": "Central Saanich",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.centralsaanich.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw - 2097",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.centralsaanich.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/2097%20Animal%20Control%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the keeping, licensing, and control of animals including dogs in the District of Central Saanich (Bylaw 2097, 2025).",
   "capture_sha256": "52e6da74135d1b149936d164660830034c606e75d40708204e5a0a4041b31023",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/52e6da74135d1b149936d164660830034c606e75d40708204e5a0a4041b31023.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "As set out in Fees and Charges Bylaw (amount not stated in this bylaw); fee waived in year dog is neutered/spayed if certificate provided",
    "leash_rule": "Animals must be confined on a leash or chain or under control of a competent person in highways, public places, public beaches and public buildings",
    "max_animals": "No more than 4 dogs over 4 months on any parcel; no more than 4 cats over 4 months on any parcel (unless parcel >2 hectares); kennel = more than 4 dogs",
    "fine_range": "Not exceeding $500.00 per offence; not exceeding $10,000.00 where dangerous dog contravention results in injury or death"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5.1",
    "licence_fee": "s. 5.7; s. 5.2",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2.4.1",
    "max_animals": "s. 3.1; s. 6.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 14.1; s. 14.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/central-saanich/animal-control/text-52e6da74135d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/central-saanich/animal-control/"
}