{
 "answer": "In the City of Timmins, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: Livestock and horses prohibited except in rural agricultural (AT) or rural wilderness (AW) zones, confined to owner's property.; setback: No pigeon coop closer than 10 meters to a dwelling on any abutting or adjacent property.. Source: By-law 1994-4232 - Regulate and Prohibit Keeping of Certain Kinds of Animals (Office Consolidation to 2005), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001796",
 "municipality": "Timmins",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.timmins.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 1994-4232 - Regulate and Prohibit Keeping of Certain Kinds of Animals (Office Consolidation to 2005)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1994-04-25",
   "document_url": "https://timmins.civicweb.net/document/20699",
   "summary": "Schedule A prohibits keeping chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, peacocks and other animals city-wide except in rural agricultural/wilderness zones. Caps rabbits at 5 and domestic cats at 6 per dwelling; pigeon coops must be 10m from a neighbouring dwelling and owners must belong to a racing pigeon club.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "6494a77d9decacfa11604fdf05a8c3db6fb7acab71a5b48270a36767b549856a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6494a77d9decacfa11604fdf05a8c3db6fb7acab71a5b48270a36767b549856a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "Livestock and horses prohibited except in rural agricultural (AT) or rural wilderness (AW) zones, confined to owner's property.",
    "setback": "No pigeon coop closer than 10 meters to a dwelling on any abutting or adjacent property."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule \"A\" s.(1): Chickens",
    "livestock_rule": "Schedule \"B\" s.(6)",
    "setback": "Schedule \"B\" s.(14)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/timmins/backyard-hens/text-6494a77d9dec/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/timmins/backyard-hens/"
}