{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001656",
 "municipality": "Niagara Falls",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://niagarafalls.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Care and Control By-law 2019-35",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-03-19",
   "document_url": "https://niagarafalls.ca/media/n0yprszz/animal-control-bylaw-2019-35_03192019.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates animal care and control in Niagara Falls, including keeping animals, kennels, dangerous animals, prohibited animals and enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "d0a30af977a8f9069d6f866511c694cac9139eda2d320744ef95aa91f5d0d4a8",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d0a30af977a8f9069d6f866511c694cac9139eda2d320744ef95aa91f5d0d4a8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$40.00 unsterilized; $20.00 sterilized",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs off owner's premises must be on a leash not exceeding 5 metres, held by a person.",
    "max_animals": "No more than 3 dogs over 10 weeks of age without kennel registration",
    "fine_range": "$50.00 to $500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 3.17, s. 3.18",
    "max_animals": "s. 3.42",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"G\" (set fines range from $50.00 to $500.00)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/niagara-falls/animal-control/text-d0a30af977a8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/niagara-falls/animal-control/"
}