{
 "answer": "In the Town of Aylmer, Ontario, hens permitted: False; bees permitted: False; livestock rule: No person shall keep livestock within the Town except on lands where it is a permitted use under the Planning Act.. Source: Animal Control By-law No. 09-06, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001413",
 "municipality": "Aylmer",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.aylmer.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law No. 09-06",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-02-27",
   "document_url": "https://aylmer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/By-Law09-06-Animals.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping bees, or raising/keeping horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese or turkeys on any Town land or structure unless the use is permitted by zoning.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "178a2d7a327aa8cb1f6698dc6e30add8c94a799f23accdba0e7abb274fa997be",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/178a2d7a327aa8cb1f6698dc6e30add8c94a799f23accdba0e7abb274fa997be.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "bees_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep livestock within the Town except on lands where it is a permitted use under the Planning Act."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 9: \"keeping of ... chicken\"",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 9: \"keeping of bees\"",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/aylmer/backyard-hens/text-178a2d7a327a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/aylmer/backyard-hens/"
}