{
 "answer": "In the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, hens permitted: True; bees permitted: False; livestock rule: No person shall keep livestock in any residential zone, as defined by the Zoning By-law.; setback: more than 0.6 m from the any property line. Source: Animal Control By-law 2019-109 (Consolidated), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001428",
 "municipality": "Bradford West Gwillimbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofbwg.com//",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2019-109 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-12-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.townofbwg.com/living-in-bwg/by-laws/frequently-requested-by-laws/animal-control-by-law/",
   "summary": "Prohibits livestock in residential zones except chickens, which are allowed only on residentially-zoned lots of 2.5+ acres outside the urban settlement area, meeting zoning-bylaw minimum distance separation, with agriculturally-zoned land abutting on all sides.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "cda9d4c7beb98f4f3b0d04dcfd893bc806ab85715f32a84c8fbb3f848cfb6c25",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/cda9d4c7beb98f4f3b0d04dcfd893bc806ab85715f32a84c8fbb3f848cfb6c25.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "bees_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep livestock in any residential zone, as defined by the Zoning By-law.",
    "setback": "more than 0.6 m from the any property line"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.4: \"a person may keep chickens within any residential zone\"",
    "bees_permitted": "Schedule 'A': \"Apis genus, melittogoly — Such as honey bees, stingless honey bee\"",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 3.3",
    "setback": "s. 6.2(b)(ii)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bradford-west-gwillimbury/backyard-hens/text-cda9d4c7beb9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/bradford-west-gwillimbury/backyard-hens/"
}