{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000090",
 "municipality": "North 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": "http://www.northsaanich.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 751 (Consolidated 2014)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://northsaanich.ca/wp-content/uploads/0751-Animal-Control-Cons-February-2014.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates animal ownership in North Saanich including dog licensing, leash requirements, and animal impoundment.",
   "capture_sha256": "6424bdaf34782d44bf6ee44d8b29ddce9fa78f907b7e8f505887fab6adf02243",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6424bdaf34782d44bf6ee44d8b29ddce9fa78f907b7e8f505887fab6adf02243.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "female (not spayed) $30.00 before July 31 / $15.00 after; female (spayed) $20.00/$10.00; male (not neutered) $30.00/$15.00; male (neutered) $20.00/$10.00; late penalty $5.00",
    "leash_rule": "dogs on highway or public place must be under direct and continuous control; on leash not exceeding 2.4m if dangerous dog",
    "max_animals": "no more than three dogs over age six months without valid Kennel Licence",
    "fine_range": "minimum $50.00 first offense; minimum $100.00 subsequent offenses"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule A",
    "leash_rule": "s. 17.2(a)",
    "max_animals": "s. 3.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 18.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/north-saanich/animal-control/text-6424bdaf3478/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/north-saanich/animal-control/"
}