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 "answer": "In the Town of Ajax, Ontario, dogs & animal control rules are set by Dog and Cat By-law No. 40-2025, verified 2026-10-28. A licence is required. Leash rule: Every owner shall keep a dog or cat leashed and under the control of some person when off the property. Max animals: three (3) dogs; three (3) cats.",
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 "municipality": "Ajax",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.ajax.ca/",
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   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/By-law-40-2025-Dog-and-Cat-By-law-Remediated.pdf",
   "title": "Dog and Cat By-law No. 40-2025",
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   "is_official": true,
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-20",
   "status": "adopted",
   "summary": "Licenses and regulates dogs and cats. Tag required on payment of licence fee; dogs and cats may not run at large; limit of three dogs and three cats per dwelling unit; dangerous-dog and impoundment provisions.",
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   "discovered_by": "on-animal",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T22:18:44+00:00",
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   "document_number": "40-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9d9e29c01850de61ecf7a2da7490184206a67956c9b953ee32874200b9b86c34.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Every owner shall keep a dog or cat leashed and under the control of some person when off the property",
    "max_animals": "three (3) dogs; three (3) cats"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4.6",
    "max_animals": "s. 8.7; s. 8.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/animal-control/bylaw-40-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/town-hall/governance-accountability/by-law/common-by-laws/",
   "title": "Ajax common by-laws index",
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "status": "n/a",
   "summary": "Index listing the Dog and Cat By-law and other common by-laws.",
   "notes": "",
   "discovered_by": "on-animal",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "2371cf59e80f3a581b48bad98cef879bab5851c0960fd1c1baf32e4300281799",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:50:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "capture_backfilled_from_sibling": true,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2371cf59e80f3a581b48bad98cef879bab5851c0960fd1c1baf32e4300281799.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/noise/common-by-laws/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/ajax/animal-control/"
}