{
 "answer": "In the Township of Perry, Ontario, hens permitted: True; max hens: 7; roosters prohibited: True; setback: 1 m from side or rear lot line; 3 m from windows/doors of abutting dwellings; 15 m from any school; 7.5 m from any church or business. Source: Poultry By-law (Backyard Hens) 2023-51, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001696",
 "municipality": "Perry",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.townshipofperry.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Poultry By-law (Backyard Hens) 2023-51",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-10-18",
   "document_url": "https://townshipofperry.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-51-Poultry-By-law-Backyard-Hens-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Allows keeping up to 7 domestic female chickens or ducks on residential lots under 2 hectares, in an approved coop/run in the rear or side yard; free-ranging, home slaughter and roosters/breeding males are prohibited.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "2cff1cb75cdf3904a0f17c83155dab6ac3fcfeaecafdee65a60a60f55debbb4c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2cff1cb75cdf3904a0f17c83155dab6ac3fcfeaecafdee65a60a60f55debbb4c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "7",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "setback": "1 m from side or rear lot line; 3 m from windows/doors of abutting dwellings; 15 m from any school; 7.5 m from any church or business"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.0 a) \"keep or raise female chickens or female ducks\"",
    "max_hens": "s. 3.0 b) \"maximum of 7 domestic female chickens or female ducks\"",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 3.0 c) \"keeping of Roosters...is prohibited\"",
    "setback": "s. 3.0 h) and s. 3.0 i)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/perry/backyard-hens/text-2cff1cb75cdf/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/perry/backyard-hens/"
}