{
 "answer": "In the Village of Merrickville–Wolford, Ontario, hens permitted: True. Source: Backyard Hens By-law 39-2024, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001634",
 "municipality": "Merrickville–Wolford",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.merrickville-wolford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Backyard Hens By-law 39-2024",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-07-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.merrickville-wolford.ca/component/edocman/backyard-hens-by-law-39-2024/viewdocument/672?Itemid=0",
   "summary": "Regulates the keeping of backyard hens — defined as female chickens — on residential-zoned properties (R1, R2, R3, LSR, MHP, H). The hens' owner must reside on the property, hens must be kept secured in a fully enclosed, predator-proof coop between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and in a coop or run at all times otherwise, home slaughter is prohibited,",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "a4f258382447b92a51adc47b9a36fe67cb0f35b1cd106ab60ed64b3af848486b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a4f258382447b92a51adc47b9a36fe67cb0f35b1cd106ab60ed64b3af848486b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.1 \"permit, regulate and control the keeping of hens on residential properties\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/merrickvillewolford/backyard-hens/text-a4f258382447/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/merrickvillewolford/backyard-hens/"
}