{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001644",
 "municipality": "Montague",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.township.montague.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw 4214-2026",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.montaguetownship.ca/images/4214-2026_-_Regulate_the_Keeping_and_Licencing_of_Animals.pdf",
   "summary": "Township of Montague bylaw 4214-2026 to regulate the keeping and licensing of animals (scanned PDF on the township's own site).",
   "capture_sha256": "cce0e1d1f128f6caea5ee5e758ade63a8da4273069b65b78987be8b09c3f747b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/cce0e1d1f128f6caea5ee5e758ade63a8da4273069b65b78987be8b09c3f747b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00; $5.00 microchipped; $500.00 grandfathered dangerous/prohibited dog; No Charge service dog; $5.00 replacement tag",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must be leashed (max 1.8 m / 6 ft) and under control on any Township land; running at large prohibited.",
    "max_animals": "Maximum 3 dogs per premises; more than 3 dogs (4 months of age or older) requires a kennel licence",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 to $1,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 6.1(a)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 8.2; s. 8.3; s. 8.5",
    "max_animals": "s. 5.1; definition of \"Kennel\"",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"C\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/montague/animal-control/text-cce0e1d1f128/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/montague/animal-control/"
}