{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Meaford, Ontario, hens permitted: True; permit or licence: Permit required; no fee stated. Source: By-law 077-2014 to Regulate the Keeping of Backyard Poultry and Community Gardens, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001632",
 "municipality": "Meaford",
 "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.meaford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 077-2014 to Regulate the Keeping of Backyard Poultry and Community Gardens",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-09-22",
   "document_url": "https://www.meaford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/77-2014-regulate-the-keeping-of-backyard-poultry.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires anyone keeping backyard poultry to register with the Municipality and obtain a permit, declaring they have reviewed OMAFRA small-flock biosecurity guidance and the zoning by-law. Husbandry standards for hens: at least 0.37 m2 of coop floor area and 0.92 m2 of covered outdoor enclosure per hen, at least one roost giving 15 cm per hen and one nest box",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "ef95b2a1f0c6cf8d755aebb406efa00c9daf327e6a58f92a8bac65d82208f4c2",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ef95b2a1f0c6cf8d755aebb406efa00c9daf327e6a58f92a8bac65d82208f4c2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "permit_or_licence": "Permit required; no fee stated"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 2.3: \"No person shall keep Backyard Poultry unless that person first registers with and receives a permit\"",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 2.3: \"registers with and receives a permit from the Municipality of Meaford\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/meaford/backyard-hens/text-ef95b2a1f0c6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/meaford/backyard-hens/"
}