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 "municipality_id": "gx-001655",
 "municipality": "Newmarket",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.newmarket.ca",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2020-30",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.newmarket.ca/media/file/2020-30-animal-control-law-consolidation",
   "summary": "Regulates animal control and responsible pet ownership in Newmarket, including animal licensing, dangerous dogs, animals at large and nuisance animal noise.",
   "capture_sha256": "41afd629f6ed71e228f4d69a6612b41cd1e88454490a3a23bee1284eea985bc2",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/41afd629f6ed71e228f4d69a6612b41cd1e88454490a3a23bee1284eea985bc2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "No person keeping a Dog shall allow the Dog to be At Large unless confined to a leash-free Park or zone.",
    "max_animals": "No more than 3 Dogs or 4 Cats per person/dwelling unit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 12(1)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 13(1)",
    "max_animals": "s. 4(3)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/newmarket/animal-control/text-41afd629f6ed/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/newmarket/animal-control/"
}