{
 "answer": "The City of Markham, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Animal Control By-law 2018-91 (Animal Protection), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001620",
 "municipality": "Markham",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.markham.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2018-91 (Animal Protection)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.markham.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/2018-91%20-%20Consolidated%20-Updated%20July%2028%2C%202025.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires dogs off-property be leashed (max 2m), bans dogs within 5m of playgrounds, caps households at 4 mature pets, sets tether rules (min 3m), and lists prohibited/exotic animals. Consolidated to July 28, 2025.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "476bfe069dd30a025058b9f62adefc5e09cd9e13461ac241a5c8c69889032c81",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/476bfe069dd30a025058b9f62adefc5e09cd9e13461ac241a5c8c69889032c81.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/markham/animal-control/text-476bfe069dd3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/markham/animal-control/"
}