{
 "answer": "In the City of Mississauga, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: Livestock (cattle, horses, goats, swine, sheep, etc.) prohibited; permitted only on lands zoned and used for agricultural purposes.; setback: Animal enclosures: at least 3 m (10 ft) from property line, 6.1 m (20 ft) from school, church, or residential building not on same lot; pigeon enclosures: at least 6.1 m (20 ft) from property line.. Source: Animal Care and Control By-law 0098-2004, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001641",
 "municipality": "Mississauga",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.mississauga.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Care and Control By-law 0098-2004",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2004-03-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.mississauga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/21145710/Animal-Care-and-Control-By-law-0098-2004.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping chickens/poultry (Galliformes) and most exotic animals except on agriculturally zoned land; domestic rabbits are excepted (permitted); caps most animals at 4 per premises (pigeon-keeping exempt from the cap).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "01aa4867972014641904899bad7849133c7fa6674c526a979d40887c47771d03",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/01aa4867972014641904899bad7849133c7fa6674c526a979d40887c47771d03.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "Livestock (cattle, horses, goats, swine, sheep, etc.) prohibited; permitted only on lands zoned and used for agricultural purposes.",
    "setback": "Animal enclosures: at least 3 m (10 ft) from property line, 6.1 m (20 ft) from school, church, or residential building not on same lot; pigeon enclosures: at least 6.1 m (20 ft) from property line."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule \"A\", Galliformes: \"chickens\" listed as prohibited; s. 15(1)",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 15(1); s. 15(2)",
    "setback": "s. 22(1)(b); s. 22(2)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississauga/backyard-hens/text-01aa48679720/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mississauga/backyard-hens/"
}