Backyard hens & livestock — Midland, Ontario

Can I keep chickens, bees, or livestock on my property?

In the Town of Midland, Ontario, hens permitted: False; bees permitted: True; livestock rule: Schedule 'B' farm animals (including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs) only permitted on lands assessed and zoned as farmlands.. Source: Animal Control By-law 2024-36 (Animal Control and Feeding of Wildlife), verified 2026-08-28.

Animal Control By-law 2024-36 (Animal Control and Feeding of Wildlife) adopted bylaw
hens permitted False s. 2.3; Schedule "B" item 6: Galliformes (such as grouse, peacock, chickens, pheasants, turkeys)
bees permitted True Schedule "A" item 28: "All venomous insects, except bees as defined in the Bees Act, R.S.O. 1990, B.6"
livestock rule Schedule 'B' farm animals (including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs) only permitted on lands assessed and zoned as farmlands. s. 2.3: "no person shall keep, possess or harbour any Animal listed in Schedule 'B' of this by-law on any property except upon lands assessed and zoned as farmlands"
scout note

Prohibits the exotic and wild animals listed in Schedule 'A' on any property in the Town with no farmland exception, and separately confines the Schedule 'B' farm animals — Galliformes (chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants), geese, ducks and swans, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, pigs, llamas, ostriches and rabbits — to lands both assessed and zoned as farmland. Outside farmland, rabbits

Machine-readable: backyard-hens.json · Official website: http://www.midland.ca/ · Last verified 2026-08-28 · Backyard hens & livestock in other municipalities