{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001761",
 "municipality": "Southgate",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.southgate.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Canine Control By-law 2024-078, as amended",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.southgate.ca/media/pnxn5mfg/by-law-2024-078-canine-control-by-law-as-amended-by-by-law-2026-039-and-by-law-2026-033.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates, controls, and licenses the keeping of dogs and kennels in Southgate.",
   "capture_sha256": "7fbacd1e9ca8870b1f7c4d5e866fc0cc441b4b2a3b65992613b46e74294bd1fd",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7fbacd1e9ca8870b1f7c4d5e866fc0cc441b4b2a3b65992613b46e74294bd1fd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Dog deemed at large if not under physical control by leash maximum 1.8 metres (six feet)",
    "max_animals": "3 dogs per property or dwelling unit",
    "fine_range": "First offence: not more than $50,000; second and subsequent offences: not more than $100,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2.5",
    "leash_rule": "s. 7.2",
    "max_animals": "s. 2.3(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 23.7(a) and (b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southgate/animal-control/text-7fbacd1e9ca8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/southgate/animal-control/"
}