{
 "answer": "In the City of Guelph, Ontario, hens permitted: True; livestock rule: Urban agriculture excludes agriculture, livestock based; livestock and horses not covered by the urban agriculture permission in all zones.. Source: City of Guelph Zoning By-law (2023) - Urban Agriculture definition, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001538",
 "municipality": "Guelph",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://guelph.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Guelph Zoning By-law (2023) - Urban Agriculture definition",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Guelph-Zoning-Bylaw-2023.pdf",
   "summary": "Defines \"urban agriculture\" to include small-scale food growing and backyard chickens, and permits it in all zones except the Natural Heritage System zone; no numeric hen limit or coop-setback rule stated.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "dd972b38f9587d9ee6b1a83e814844ce8ee9ec4290affffa49b3af00edfc294f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dd972b38f9587d9ee6b1a83e814844ce8ee9ec4290affffa49b3af00edfc294f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Urban agriculture excludes agriculture, livestock based; livestock and horses not covered by the urban agriculture permission in all zones."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "urban agriculture... including community gardens and backyard chickens",
    "livestock_rule": "does not include agriculture, livestock based and agriculture, vegetation based"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/guelph/backyard-hens/text-dd972b38f958/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/guelph/backyard-hens/"
}