{
 "answer": "In the Town of Oakville, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: Prohibited anywhere in the Town, except for agricultural use within an agricultural zone.. Source: Animal Control By-law No. 2018-006 (consolidated), verified 2026-08-30.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001678",
 "municipality": "Oakville",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-30",
 "official_website": "http://www.oakville.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law No. 2018-006 (consolidated)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-04-03",
   "document_url": "https://bylawdocuments-route-prod-gvbqa7becxakgwag.a03.azurefd.net/popular/bylaw-2018-006-animal-control-consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping domestic fowl anywhere in Oakville, and lists Galliformes (chickens, turkeys, pheasants, guinea fowl, pea fowl) and horses and ponies on the Schedule \"A\" prohibited-animal list, so backyard hens are not permitted. The prohibition does not apply to an agricultural use within an agricultural zone established by the Town's Zoning By-law. Anyone keeping more than one pigeon must maintain",
   "discovered_by": "on-recapture",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-30",
   "capture_sha256": "97e5d1aaec7290f118080d62f35bb0911eea38602aeba83ae1027aedf61ad5a8",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-30T21:41:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/97e5d1aaec7290f118080d62f35bb0911eea38602aeba83ae1027aedf61ad5a8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "Prohibited anywhere in the Town, except for agricultural use within an agricultural zone."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 9(2), Schedule \"A\"",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 9(1), Schedule \"A\", s. 14(4)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/oakville/backyard-hens/text-97e5d1aaec72/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/oakville/backyard-hens/"
}