{
 "answer": "In the Town of Hawkesbury, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: All farm animals including goats, sheep, swine, pigs, lamas, alpacas, ostriches, chickens and all poultry prohibited.; permit or licence: Reptiles and lizards must be registered; fee per By-law N° 36-2023. Source: By-law N° 18-2024 prohibiting and regulating the keeping of certain exotic and other animals, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001551",
 "municipality": "Hawkesbury",
 "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.hawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law N° 18-2024 prohibiting and regulating the keeping of certain exotic and other animals",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-04",
   "document_url": "https://www.hawkesbury.ca/uploads/documents/R%C3%A9glements-municipaux/BY-LAW-N%C2%B0-18-2024-prohibiting-and-regulating-the-keeping-of-certain-exotic-and-other-animals.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans keeping chickens, poultry, horses, cattle and other farm animals within the Town; caps rabbits at 2 in a fenced outdoor cage, guinea pigs at 6 (max 2 fully grown), and rodents at 6 per residential dwelling unit.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "fcfc1f8ac0f550910db50d1a7a6bbb7780f09a16a61964c6f30703a2688525d5",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fcfc1f8ac0f550910db50d1a7a6bbb7780f09a16a61964c6f30703a2688525d5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "All farm animals including goats, sheep, swine, pigs, lamas, alpacas, ostriches, chickens and all poultry prohibited.",
    "permit_or_licence": "Reptiles and lizards must be registered; fee per By-law N° 36-2023"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 2(v): 'All farm animals (including but not limited to ... chickens)'; s. 2(w): 'All poultry'",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 2(t)–(v): all perissodactyls, bovines, and farm animals prohibited",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 5: 'Every person who owns a reptile or lizard must register their animal with the Town'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hawkesbury/backyard-hens/text-fcfc1f8ac0f5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hawkesbury/backyard-hens/"
}