{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of French River, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: No person shall keep livestock unless the area is zoned for that purpose or lawfully used for that purpose.. Source: Responsible Animal Ownership By-law 2023-45, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001516",
 "municipality": "French River",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.frenchriver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Responsible Animal Ownership By-law 2023-45",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-08-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.frenchriver.ca/uploads/dm/25974/Responsible_Animal_Ownership_202345.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping livestock (defined to include poultry and bees) and Galliformes (chickens, turkeys, etc.) anywhere not zoned for agricultural use - i.e. no backyard hens/bees permitted on ordinary residential land; domestic rabbits are exempted from the prohibited-animals list.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "ef6892ac460a5c43af45d2ee6f9c71258138036ccb7004112f972c6c90848f07",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ef6892ac460a5c43af45d2ee6f9c71258138036ccb7004112f972c6c90848f07.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep livestock unless the area is zoned for that purpose or lawfully used for that purpose."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 2(g) Galliformes (e.g., ... chickens ...), except when located on a property zoned for agricultural uses",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 9.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/french-river/backyard-hens/text-ef6892ac460a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/french-river/backyard-hens/"
}